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In attempting to improve the cotton of Sind, superior Indian 

 varieties were first tried, but were soon discarded in favour of 

 exotic kinds. The Department of Agriculture found that 

 Egyptian cotton succeeded on the Government farms, and 

 afterwards 4,000 acres were planted on the Jamroa Canal. The 

 crop was of good quality, but was difficult to dispose of, as 

 the Bombay mills do not use Egyptian cotton. Egyptian 

 cotton has, moreover, the disadvantages that it requires more 

 careful cultivation than Sindhi and has a long growing period, 

 which practically restricts its growth at present to the Jamrao 

 Canal area. 



Some years ago trials were made with American cotton, and 

 it was found that this had the advantages of having a short 

 growing period (thus enabling it to be grown on the common 

 inundation canals), of giving a yield per acre equal to that of 

 the Sindhi cotton, of being hardy and amenable to the method 

 of cultivation employed for the Sindhi variety, and of being 

 more easily marketed than Egyptian cotton. The author 

 during a visit to the cotton-growing regions of the United 

 States selected the " Triumph " variety as being the most 

 suitable for Sind. This plant bears large bolls, matures early, 

 gives good yields, and is well adapted for growth on irrigated 

 lands. After repeated experimental trials at the Government 

 farms, it was decided to grow the variety on a large scale, 

 and, early in 1913, 30 tons of seed were distributed in the 

 Jamrao area and 10 tons in Sukkur and Upper Sind frontier. 

 A syndicate of Bombay millowners was formed to buy, gin, 

 bale, and dispose of the crop derived from this seed. The 

 crop amounted to 511 bales, and was sold in Liverpool at an 

 average price of id. per Ib. below that of Middling" American. 



Seed for planting 6,000 acres has been distributed this year 

 (1914), and it is expected that with better ginning the product 

 will be equal in grade to Middling American. A seed farm 

 of 200 acres has been started by the Agricultural Department 

 in order to prevent deterioration of the stock. 



NOTE PRELIMINAIRE SUE LES ENGRAIS CHIMIQUES DANS 

 LA CULTURE DU COTONNIER EN EGYPTE. 



Par VICTOR M. MOSSERI, 

 Membrc de I'lnstitut Eg\ption. 



[ABSTRACT.] 



Dans ces quinze dernieres annees, on a fait en Egypte de 

 nombreuses experiences sur la fumure du cotonnier. 



La plupart de ces experiences n'ont porte que sur une seule 

 annee de culture. II est rare aussi qu'on ait pris des pre- 



