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there is a possibility of this. If it can be proved that the 

 cultivator loses nothing by abandoning ghogari, the 

 authorities will be justified in prohibiting its cultivation. 

 Messrs. Tata & Sons had the following remarks to offer on 

 some samples of ghogari taken from the Broach Farm : — 



" They have no staple at all (except one which seems 

 to have a little) and they resemble bengals more than any 

 other variety. We are given to understand that this type 

 has not only taken a firm hold in the broach cotton tract 

 but it has also extended into the Surat District. If this 

 is the fact, it is greatly to be regretted, since it is not at 

 all desirable that such a short-stapled type should be 

 encouraged in Broach and Surat Districts. We would 

 therefore strongly recommend that the department should 

 take rigid steps to discourage the growth of such types in 

 Broach and Surat." 



I think that the possibility of identity between wagad 

 and ghogari should be investigated by a local interchange 

 of seeds, viz., by testing ghogari (under proper restrictions) 

 somewhere near Viramgaum and wagad at Jambusar. I 

 am also of opinion that, at Dohad Farm in the Panch 

 Mahals, experiments should be confined to the testing of 

 herbaceum cottons of whose tract this area is a natural 

 extension, and that it is not desirable to allow neglectum 

 cottons a footing in a staple cotton tract. 



At Ajupura, in the Kaira District, Selection IA from 

 Surat, yielded 472 lb. of seed cotton (value Rs. 131 per acre) 

 with a ginning percentage of 37-2, wagad gave 456 lb. 

 (value Rs. 131) with a ginning percentage of 36-8, ghogari 

 gave 411 lb. (value Rs. 117) with a ginning percentage of 

 36-8, and the local kanvi gave 398 lb. (value Rs. 114) with 

 a ginning percentage of 38. 



Central India. 



Samples of four cottons were received from the Indore 

 Farm for valuation and remarks. They stood in the follow- 

 ing order : — 



(1) Cambodia. Value per acre Rs. 137-7-0, outturn 

 710 lb. seed cotton, ginning percentage 33, 



