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it is plain that the deterioration in quality is not due to 

 natural causes but has been brought about by the deliberate 

 selection of the most inferior type in the prevalent mixture. . 

 Ghogari is spreading southwards and it is not looking very 

 far in advance to foresee that the whole of the South 

 Gujarat cotton country will become contaminated with it. 

 In the northern part of Gujarat, with the exception of 

 wagad which covers large areas to the west of Ahmedabad 

 and which is also a cotton of good type, we have a hetero- 

 geneous assemblage of varieties which are grown caprici- 

 ously throughout the area. For instance, in Ahmedabad 

 District, lalio, wagad, mathio, ghogari and rozi are 

 found not in the same fields of course but scattered indi- 

 scriminately. 



Central Provinces. 



In the Central Provinces the mixture of cottons in the 

 fields is exactly as described for Khandesh in the Bombay 

 Presidency, with the addition that a sort of acclimatized 

 Upland Georgian from Chhutia Nagpur called Bhuri 

 has been introduced into wilt-infested areas on account of 

 its resistance to the disease. Bani or Hinganghat which 

 spreads in from the direction of the Hyderabad Territory 

 has rapidly gone out of favour on account of its low yield 

 and low ginning percentage. 



As in Khandesh, the white-flowered neglectum or rose- 

 um is being distributed lavishly to the exclusion of all other 

 varieties. That there is abundant justification for this 

 course is proved by the following figures : roseum and 

 Saugor jari, both white-flowered, give a gross return per 

 acre of Rs. 57; the yellow-flowered varieties, Berar jari, 

 Rs. 41 ; bani Rs. 39 ; Malvensis Rs. 33 and vera Rs. 31 

 respectively. Two Cawnpore Selections K22 and K7 give 

 Rs. 43 and Rs. 33. Bhuri is worth Rs. 51 per acre. 



At Sinclewahi in the Chanda District, where attention 

 is being paid to the possibility of growing better cotton 

 under irrigation, a very promising cross between bani and 

 deshi Lahore has been tested but in yield it still holds a 

 minor position. Cambodia, under the same conditions, give* 



