118 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



At the Gadag Farm, experiments are conducted with 

 different forms of Upland cottons known as Dharwar- 

 American which, as has been stated, require both mon- 

 soons. Their cultivation is naturally restricted to the tracts 

 where these climatic conditions prevail. They exist in the 

 fields mixed with jowari hatti (kumpta) round Ranibennur. 

 This mixture of Dharwar-American and kumpta cannot 

 be treated as fraudulent, but must be taken as a pre- 

 cautionary measure on the part of the cultivators to ensure 

 a crop from at least one variety. In a normal year the 

 Dharwar-American ripens first and the crop is mostly off 

 the land before the kumpta comes in so that both can be 

 marketed at different times. The local department ought 

 to work out the actual economic significance of this mixed 

 cropping. The doubtful variety is Dharwar-American, 

 as kumpta is more generally grown pure. 



In 1912-1913, I pointed out that the deterioration of 

 the Dharwar-American cotton had been caused by the 

 mixture of Upland and New Orleans types of cotton, and 

 arranged with the Director of Agriculture for the testing 

 of the same. As a result of this test the Upland type has 

 proved far more promising in outturn, ginning percentage, 

 and the quality of fibre than the New Orleans type. The 

 Upland type, on an average, gives 60 lb. more kapas per 

 acre than the ordinary Dharwar-American mixture, gins 

 3 per cent, higher, and in value commands. Rs. 15 more 

 per candy of 784 lb. The following statement gives the 

 average outturn and ginning percentage of the three types, 

 which will be found to be of interest : — 



