AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOR 1914-15. 



117 



Serial 

 No. 



8 

 9 



10 

 11 



12 



13 



14 



15 

 16 



17 



18 



19 



Name of Variety 



Ordinary Karanganni . 



Karanganni Special 



type Company No. I. 



Do. Company No. II. 



Do. Company No. Ill 



Pulichai cotton 



Tinnevelly cotton 



Company No. 2 — Special 

 Selection. 



Cambodia from Koil- 



patti. 

 Cambodia from Coim- 



batore. 



Uppam from Koilpatti 



Uppam from Coim- 

 batore. 



Remarks 



Of these four samples, No. 2 is best, Nos. 3 

 and 4 are alike, but a little bit inferior to No. 2 

 in length of staple. No. 1 comes last, being 

 short in staple. Nos. 2, 3, 4 can spin from 

 30's to 32's. No. 1 can spin up to 24's. Value 

 No. 1, Rs. 220 ; No. 2, Rs. 245 ; No. 3, Rs. 240 ; 

 No. 4, Rs. 235. 



Bourbon 

 batore. 



from Coim- 



Nadam from 

 batore. 



Cofm- 



White-seeded North- 

 erns from Nandyal. 



Black do. do. 



Ycrrapatti Red . 



Coconada Red 



Coconada white from 

 Samalkota. 



Westerns from Hagari . 



This resembles Akola cotton. It is a short staple 

 cotton. Can spin up to 16's. Value Rs. 200. 



It is a strong, silky, good staple cotton more or less 

 equal to Nos. 3 and 4. Can spin up to 30's. It 

 is not Uppam as it is supposed to be. Value 

 Rs. 235. 



This is more like No. 2 but more silky. Can spin 

 up to 32's. Value Rs. 248. 



! No. 9 is a bit longer in staple than No. 8. Both 

 are silky, long stapled cotton. The fibre is weak 

 and therefore cannot spin more than 32's. Value 

 Rs. 235 for each. 



Both are alike coarse, short stapled, No. 11 being 

 a bit whiter in colour than No. 10. Value Rs. 205 

 for each. Can spin 12's to 14's. 



It is a long stapled, silky cotton. 

 40's. Value Rs. 270. 



Can spin up to 



It is very variable in length of staple and may be 

 valued at Rs. 200. Can spin up to 16's. 



^ Both are silky long stapled cotton and strong 

 / fibred. No. 14 being whiter than No. 15, which is 

 I Red, No. 14 may be valued at Rs. 230 and No. 15, 

 ) Rs. 225. Can spin up to 32's. 



This is softer in feel and a bit longer in staple than 

 Red Coconada. More suitable for dyeing. Value 

 Rs. 215. Can spin up to 20 's. 



Both are red and white ordinary types of Coconada. 

 The fibre is coarse and staple shorter than No. 16. 

 Can spin up to 16's. Value No. 17 (Red), Rs. 205. 

 Value No. 18, for its colour Rs. 215. 



For Westerns, the staple is very good, being very 

 long. Can spin 24's. Value Rs. 215. 



N.B. — All the counts given here apply to warp and not weft. 



It will be seen that in the majority of instances, a 

 distinct advance in the value of cotton has been gained by 



