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Favoured by the mild climate of that part of the kingdom 

 bounded by the frontier which Greece had before the war, this 

 cultivation is bound to extend largely in this region, 



The winter feeing very mild 1 and of comparatively short dura- 

 tion, sowing can be carried out early, towards the beginning 

 of the month of March, a matter of great importance if the 

 enterprise is to succeed and to yield a good return. On the 

 other hand, with no fear of bad weather and rains during the 

 ripening of the fruit, perfect ripening and a high yield can be 

 obtained. 



Experiments in this cultivation have been made almost every- 

 where in the kingdom, in the Peloponesus as well as in con- 

 tinental Greece. 



The Agricultural Society of Githion, after having experi- 

 mented for several years in cotton cultivation, declares itself 

 very satisfied with the results so far obtained. As an essential 

 to success it draws the attention of the Agricultural Service to 

 the necessity of early sowing and a good 1 preparation of the 

 soil, towards the beginning of the month of March and not 

 later than the last days of that month. 



Cotton cultivation has been carried out on land not irrigated, 

 and in general, the yield on soil of average richness and 

 relatively dry in summer has been from roo to 1*025 kilograms 

 of cotton per hectare, and from i'i5O to 1*300 kilograms per 

 hectare for rich land retaining a fairly high degree of moisture 

 in summer. 



The agricultural station at Messolonghi has made experi- 

 ments, on a fairly large irrigated tract, in the cultivation of 

 cotton with the Sakellaridis variety. Notwithstanding the late 

 period at which sowing was carried out, towards the beginning 

 of the month of April, and in spite of the hot summer weather 

 which followed, the thermometer having reached 39 and 40 C., 

 the yield was still remunerative, amounting to 900 kilograms of 

 cotton per hectare. The Greek Government, anxious to know 

 exactly the value of the cotton grown in different parts of the 

 kingdom, from the point of view of both quality and market 

 value, sent samples to Egypt to the well-known firm of Messrs. 

 Coremi & Benachi with the request that each sample might be 

 classified as reg-ards its quality as well as its market value. 



The reply of the firm of Messrs. Coremi & BenacM was 

 entirely satisfactory. After having carefully examined the 

 different samples they pronounced the cotton from Githion to 

 be of the best quality, and they offered to buy all the cotton 

 produced in the district at the price of 22 talaris per cantar. 



The cotton produced at Messolonghi was also found to be 

 of good quality, and was valued at 21 talaris per cantar. 



As the results so far obtained are very encouraging for this 



