MAGANLAL L. PATEL eS 
The special characters of the produce in this strain of cotton are as 
follows :— 
(1) The bolls are intermediate in character between the large tapering 
and the large spherical type. The opening is complete. The weight of the 
kapas per boll is :— 
Grm. 
(a) 1917-18 50 Sg, ero) 
(6) 1918-19 of .. 1:60 
(c) 1919-20 R s. i4 
(2) The kapas gave a ginning percentage and lint-index as follows :— 
Year Ginning percentage Lint-index 
1917-18 fe aie 46°5 4°76 
1918-19 50 dic 49°3 5°23 
1919-20 5c . 515 o73 
The ginning percentage of 1919-20 is probably above the normal for the 
strain, as part of the first picking was lost owing to late rains. But, in any 
case, the ginning percentage of this strain is remarkable, and it may be relied 
on to give between 46 and 50 every year. This isan extremely valuable 
quality and one of which use can be and is being made in crossing. 
(3) The seed was an average Goghari size. One hundred seeds weighed 
as follows :— 
Weight of 100 seeds 
Grm. 
1917-18 ‘Ss at an are 5°44 
1918-19 a ae ae on 5°39 
1919-20 are ate F ate 5°39 
(4) The lint is very coarse and poor and gave the following average 
measurements in 1919-20 :-— 
Centimetres 
Lint on tip of seed ‘ts wee L840 
Lint on middle of seed Se ste Lead 
Lint on base of seed an ae OD 
The variation from the mean («a ) at the tip was 9°6 per cent. below, (6) 
at the middle 10°3 per cent. above, and (c) at the base it was exactly the 
mean value. The lint was, therefore, very uneven on the seed. 
The lint in the middle of the seed measured as follows, as determined 
from one hundred measurements made on seeds. The variation is shown in 
Staple of 1:3 centimetres xe xe 1 
Don kee Do. é 0 
Do. 1:5 Do. 8 
Dor kG Do. 27 
Dow ele Do. 28 
Do. 1:8 Do. 19 
Dose elk Do. 12 
Do. 2:0 Do. 4 
Do, il Do. 1 
* In both these seasons there was a very large amount of shedding of bolls, in 1918-19 
owing to the long drought and in 1919-20 to the late rain. These figures are hence not normal, 
