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adjudge their respective merits. With dhollera of the day 

 standing at Es. 900, cotton from irrigated lalio was 

 valued at Rs. 815, spinning 14's to 16's; that from purified 

 lalio at Rs. 880, spinning 20's ; and from pure wagad 

 Rs. 850, spinning 16's. 



In the Junagadh State, two years ago, selections were 

 made in mathio. These were put out last year, but owing 

 to the unfavourable character of the season it is premature 

 to say anything on the relative merits of the different types. 

 The Sindewahi Cross is also being tested there. 



At Ajupura, in the Thasra Taluka of the Kaira Dis- 

 trict, where cotton is being grown on newly broken up 

 grass lands, experiments were made with four different 

 sorts of cotton to test the most suitable type for this part 

 which is a new extension of the tract. 



The prospects of the successful introduction of a high 

 class selection of Surat cotton into this part are very 

 favourable, but the data are not yet sufficient to indicate the 

 most suitable. 



At Surat, while the ordinary local cotton gave a profit 

 of Rs. 167 per acre, Selection II gave Rs. 214, Selection 

 I-A, Rs. 200, and Selection 1027 A. L. F., Rs. 184. 

 The last named was considered in the Bombay market to be 

 superior even to navsari and was valued at a premium of 

 Rs. 35 per candy. There is no doubt that these strains are 

 all superior to the local product and when the difficulties 

 incidental to the distribution of seed of improved cottons 

 on a large scale are overcome the Surat-Broach tract bids 

 fair to supply a very high class cotton. 



Southern Mahratta Country. Sholapui 1 and the north- 

 ern part of the Bijapur District, by growing neglectums, 

 have become merged into the Khandesh tract for commercial 

 purposes, and the testing of Kumpta-Dharwar varieties 

 is confined to Satara, Belgaum and Dharwar districts and 

 the lower part of Bijapur. 



The experiments with kumpta, which are confined to 

 the Dharwar farm, gave the following results : — With 



