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There are four experiments being conducted on this 

 farm in connection with Broach cotton :— 



(1) Shevri (Sesbania oegyptiaca) and jowar used as 



wind-breaks. Owing to the absence of easterly 

 winds this year the results are indefinite. As 

 it has had effects on contiguous crops, shevri 

 should be removed and the jowar alone kept on. 



(2) To test the prevailing idea that jowar follows 



Kumpta more profitably than it does Broach. 

 (Last year's conclusion served to prove that 

 jowar follows Broach just as well as it does 

 Kumpta.) 



(3) Wilt disease. It has only appeared this year and 



is increasing in Broach cotton, especially in that 

 from the new seed. 



(4) Deep versus shallow ploughing. 



Subsidiary tests are in progress to find out whether 

 jowar sown in August will come on as quickly as that 

 sown in July, the difficulty at present being that the culti- 

 vators say they cannot get their fields ready in July for 

 sowing jowar after Broach cotton. 



Very little of the Broach cotton produced by members 

 of the Agricultural Association ranked as first class in the 

 auction. They should not be discouraged by this failure 

 but repeat the experiments in more carefully selected areas. 



The members of the Association have also imbibed the 

 idea that Broach has a bad effect on the succeeding jowar 

 crop. The experiments on the farm (already referred to) 

 may reassure them on this point. 



Mr. Mankad has the following note on the sale of 

 Broach cotton which took place on the 16th May 1915 at 

 Dharwar : — 



" In all, 39,000 lb. of seed were distributed covering an 

 area of about 2,500 acres (10,000 lb. fresh seed imported 

 from Navasari and 29,000 Ho. from the special class of the 

 auction sale of last year). 



