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•can see the same classification on looking over both the 

 •elutriation and percolation tests figures. The soils from 

 Bhiiavadi, Sangli and Bijapur are physically imperfect 

 «nd are in need of phosphatic manuring; the soil from 

 village Miraj may not be physically imperfect, but it does 

 require phosphatic manuring. Of the other group, soils 

 from Pachhapur and Halgali villages seem to me to be 

 likely to dry up very quickly but are from the chemical 

 standpoint better off than the others. The soils from 

 Dharwar and Huilgol villages although chemically and 

 probably geologically the same as those from Pachhapur 

 and Halgali, are physically different, especially that from 

 Dharwar. I shall be very interested to hear from you what 

 the agricultural differences are. I would certainly have 

 thought that the soils from villages Bhiiavadi and Sangli 

 were agriculturally different from Miraj soil, although they 

 ■are chemically so very similar ; and in the same way I would 

 have expected Pachhapur and Halgali soils to be agricul- 

 turally different from that of Dharwar, although here again 

 chemically they are so similar." 



As regards the classification of the soils by Dr. Leather, 

 it will be seen that he divides them into two sections. The 

 valuations of the cotton samples from the same fields prove 

 that they arrange themselves almost exactly in the same 

 order. Thus in Section I, Bhiiavadi cotton was valued 

 at Rs. 272, Miraj at Rs. 280, Sangli at Rs. 285, and Bijapur 

 at Rs. 265; and in Section II, Pachhapur at Rs. 300, 

 Dharwar at Rs. 280, Huilgol- Gadag at Rs. 290, and Halgali 

 (Ranibennur) at Rs. 270. The rate of ordinary kumpta 

 for the day was Rs. 275. 



Gujarat. At Surat, attention is concentrated on the 

 difficult problem of how to improve the surat deshi cotton 

 which is very homogenous in character and is already the 

 best of the indigenous cottons. Three strains have been 

 isolated and studied : (1) 1027 ALF, (2) Selection IA, and 

 (3) Selection II. For the first period of five years, the 

 ginning percentages were : (1) 36-7, (2) 360 and (3) 35-7, 

 respectively, and for the second period of the last three 



