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Dharwar- American. New Orleans type comes true. 

 It is later in ripening than the true Upland form. The 

 staple seems better than that of Upland although the latter 

 was valued more highly in the market. 



The Upland has a ginning percentage of about 30, the 

 New Orleans 28. 



The Upland type is being grown pure in the Rane- 

 bennur Taluka by Mr. Kottur. The two varieties are 

 grown mixed in Gadag and Ron Talukas. 



The following is a note on the auctions drawn up by 

 Mr. Mankad :- 



" The auction sale of Cambodia kapas was held ar, 

 Gadag on the 9th May 1915. In all 20,000 lb. of Cambodia 

 seed were reserved for distribution purposes, 3,000 1ft. from 

 the Gadag Farm and the remaining 17,000 1ft. from the 

 purified lot of the special class of the auction sale of last 

 year. Of this quantity, about 7,500 1ft. to cover about 400 

 acres were sown in the Gadag and the Ron Talukas. The 

 same quantity was intended for the villages of the Bijapur 

 District, but on account of the suggestion made by the Gov- 

 ernment to put out larger areas under cereals, only half the 

 quantity was distributed chiefly in the village of Kundergi 

 in the Bagalkot Taluka and the villages of Mangoli and 

 Muttigi along the Don river where the conditions seem 

 more favourable. The area under Cambodia cotton in the 

 Bijapur District will be roughly 200 acres. 



Sowing was done from the end of September till the 

 first week of October. On the whole the season was 

 not unfavourable to Cambodia cotton in the Gadag and the 

 Ron Talukas of the Dharwar District but it proved very 

 unfavourable to the Dharwar- American. In the Bijapur 

 District, however, the crop suffered on account of abnormal- 

 ly heavy rains. 



With regard to the sowing period, it seems that 

 Cambodia in the District thrives much better when sown 

 in the beginning of October. The experience gained on the 



