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the cottons grown from these samples and reported as 

 follows : — " We have examined these five samples and all 

 seem to have greatly improved on the Jalgaon Farm. We 

 would strongly recommend the cultivation of moglai cotton 

 seeds in the Khandesh tract. The samples have all obtained 

 the characteristics of moglai cotton which is considered to 

 be of good staple. That from Dharmabad comes first; from 

 Purna, second ; from Nander, third ; from Parbhani, fourth ; 

 and Jalna, fifth. This judgment confirms the opinion that 

 we expressed some years ago that a steady increase in 

 quality occurs from Jalna onwards to Dharmabad. 



" In Nander, there is such a great mixture of varieties 

 of cotton that only a small number of bales of pure good 

 long-stapled Nander is available. 



" This year the rates of moglai cotton, such as Nander,. 

 etc., are about Rs. 70 lower than broach rates, but ordi- 

 narily they used to be very nearly equal or about Rs. 10 

 lower. All these samples are good for spinning 16's to 

 20's." 



The value per candy (784 lb.) of these samples ran from 

 Rs. 460 to Rs 480, while those of the selections of N. R. 

 cotton on the Jalgaon Farm ranged from Rs. 390 to Rs. 400, 

 the value of fine khandesh cotton standing on the same day 

 at Rs. 445. We have, however, no information regarding 

 the acreage values of these moglai cottons. 



We have arranged for the testing of yellow-flowered 

 types of the local crop and the Sindewahi Cross against 

 the inferior white-flowered types in alternate strips of 

 moderate size, and these trials will have to be repeated for 

 several seasons. 



Southern Maratha Country. The type of cotton gener- 

 ally cultivated in Sholapur is the jari mixture of neglect- 

 urns prevailing in Khandesh and Berar; in this mixture 

 there are stray plants of herbaceum (jowari hatti) and 

 Upland. The neighbouring tracts of the Nizam's Domi- 

 nions produce a very high class of cotton from a type, in 

 which bani predominates, known as " karkheli." Before 

 it is finally decided to introduce N. R. into this tract to the 



