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It is obvious, from all these results and from the descriptions of the types 

 which have been isolated from kumpta cotton, that we have in this cotton 

 as it is usually grown, a mixture of a considerable number of strains differing 

 in character of plant, in yield, in the ginning percentage of the kapas prr duced, 

 and in the quality of the cotton lint. It is clear too that some at least of 

 these strains breed true, and that, hence, it is possible by simple isolation of 

 existing strains to get types which are better adapted to the special requne- 

 ments of the cultivators and the trade than the mixture at present existing. 

 It is clear, furthermore, that the qualities of earliness, yield, ginning percentage 

 and staple are really in no way opposed to one another, and that there is no 

 essential reason why an early cotton, with high yield, high ginning percentage, 

 and good staple should not exist. These qualities are most nearly combined, 

 so far as we have gone at present, in the cotton described as " Dharwar No. 1." 

 But the existence of pure line strains of a cotton having all the characters of 

 kumpta cotton, including long staple, but with a ginning percentage in pure 

 line cultivation of over 36 per cent, by isolation from a simple cross with gkogari 

 cotton, would lead to the belief that it will be possible to go much further and 

 combine in one strain this ginning percentage with the other desirable qualities 

 occurring in "Dharwar No. ]." This will be the object of the next stage of 

 the work on kumpta cotton. 



