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Bombay: Southern Mahratta Country. After my 

 visit to Gokak Agricultural station to inspect and report 

 on some interesting experiments conducted by Mr. Kottur, 

 I submitted the following note. 



Egyptian cottons. In 1908-09, Abassi was grown. 

 The plants were very vigorous and tall and gave good 

 cotton. In 1909-10, the plants were stunted and were 

 attacked by red-leaf blight. In 1910-11, Abassi and Meta- 

 Eifi were both tried with seed procured from Sind. The 

 plot became water-logged, the plants were attacked by red- 

 leaf blight and the outturn was small. In 1912-13, the 

 plants were moderate. This year they have done better. 

 Mr. Kottur thinks that, by selection, he can finally make 

 the cultivation of Egyptian cotton in Gokak a success and, 

 as he is endowed with the spirit of independent research, 

 I recommended that he should be encouraged to persevere. 

 In this tract, cotton is grown under irrigation on four 

 thousand acres out of an area of forty thousand acres, so 

 in the event of success a large area could be put out under a 

 high class cotton. 



Cambodia cotton suffers from red-leaf blight. It gives 

 a good yield under a low rainfall and a bad one under a 

 heavy rainfall. The crosses from Nadiad- Abassi x Bour- 

 bon, Bourbon x Abassi, Abassi x Cambodia are not promis- 

 ing and they are becoming later in ripening. Broach 

 cotton is only fairly satisfactory. Selected Kumpta does 

 well. The local variety kumpta is the most to be depended 

 upon under all conditions. Under irrigation it yields 

 up to six hundred and seven hundred pounds of seed cotton 

 per acre. 



The following observations made by Mr. Kottur on 

 Meta-Fifi sown from seed imported from Egypt by me are 

 interesting as showing differences caused at once by a new 

 environment : — 



(1) The height of the plant, instead of being eight 

 feet, is from four to five feet. 



