112 REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



a good ginning percentage, it is desirable that the intro- 

 duced cottons which have passed the experimental stage 

 should receive support at the hands of the Department both 

 for extension and disposal. 



It does not seem to be an insurmountable difficulty to 

 sow Broach cotton before jowari when the cultivators have 

 appreciated the value of this cotton. They are shrewd 

 people and know their interest better. 



Again the Department is now well strengthened by the 

 location of Agricultural Overseers who can efficiently 

 manage the cotton work which falls in the months of April 

 and May when the work in the district is slack. 



Gujerat. Ahmedabad District. Messrs. Whittle & 

 Co. complained that the cottons of this tract had deteri- 

 orated by fraudulent mixing and enquiry shows that several 

 varieties of cotton are grown normally in this tract and 

 that very special care will have to be taken to prevent the 

 mixture complained of. 



Surat Farm. The programme of work for next year 

 on this farm will be as follows : 



1. Unit selections of Selection 11, 1018-P.G. and 



1027-A. L. F. developed after special selections 

 will be tried on a field scale. 



2. Analytical work of local cottons of Khandesh and 



North Gujerat. 



3. Trial of typical varieties of the Presidency to test 



the ginning percentages. • 



4. Special enquiry on the cottons of the Ahmedabad 



District based on the information supplied by 

 this office. 



Distribution of seed of improved strains in the 



Surat District. 



Pure farm-grown seed of improved strains is distributed 

 in a block of six villages round about Surat which is styled 

 as group I. 



Mixture of seed of all the selected strains is distributed 

 in four villages and is called group II. 



