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Another experiment to compare the proportion of flowers to bolls during 

 1917-18 and 1918-19 in the " Dharwar No. 1 " and inordinary humjAa cotton 

 gave results showTi in the following table : — 



The ordinary kmnpta cotton thus produces fifty per cent, more flowers 

 than " Dharwar No. 1 " when grown at Dharwar, but ripens a smaller number 

 of bolls per plant. The number of bolls ripened is not, however, markedly 

 greater, owing to the fact that the wider spacing (24 inches by 18 inches) 

 adopted for the sake ot the more bushy types mixed in the hmpta ordinary 

 cotton was a positive disadvantage for the erect "Dharwar No. 1." 



The "Dharwar No. 1 " strain having been found to breed true to type 

 has been tested every year since 1914: at Dharwar to ascertain its yieldmg 

 capacity as against the ordinary kumpta cotton of the farms. The results 

 have been as follows : — 



"Dharwar No. 1 " thus yields, on the average of five years, 20 per cent, 

 more hapas per acre than ordinary hiinpta. This increase in itself may or 

 may not mean a corresponding gain in the nett profit. Whether it does so 

 or not, depends on whether the increase in yield is accompanied by an equal 



