COTTON 197 



The extension of this cotton in the Dharwar District will 

 be limited, as the longer growing season of Broach would 

 always be a strong factor against the possibility of its 

 ever supplanting Kumpta to any degree. This was 

 successful from the first, and last year the approximate 

 area sown was about 4,000 to 5,000 acres. The season, 

 on the whole, was unfavourable both to Broach and 

 Kumpta cottons. 



While the rate of Kumpta for the day was Rs. 129 per 

 Naga of 1,344 Ib. of kapas, that of Broach (Navsari 

 seed) varied from Rs. 155 to Rs. 190, the ginning per- 

 centage ranging from 29*5 to 34. 



In Broach cotton, which has been grown continuously 

 at Dharwar for ten generations, the percentage has 

 dropped from 34 to 29, which is 4 per cent, higher than 

 average Kumpta even at its best; practically it will not 

 be possible to grow Broach in this tract unless a con- 

 siderable proportion of the seed is renewed at short 

 intervals by direct importation, as, besides the loss in 

 percentage, the Broach cotton degenerates also in colour 

 and other qualities. 



Many of the higher class of annual American cottons 

 do not thrive in this tract. It is possible that one or some 

 of these may be established in the future, but for the 

 present we can only safely say that the successful intro- 

 duction of Broach and Cambodia cottons have been made. 



In Guzerat, with which is associated the peninsula of 

 Kathiawar, the chief varieties belong to the hcrbacemn 

 race, which produces the finest of the Indian cottons. 

 These attain their highest quality in Navsari, extending 

 northwards to above Surat; from Broach northwards a 

 series of lower quality forms come in, and in the sandy 

 alluvial soil (goradu) of North Guzerat a perennial 

 variety is found scattered through other crops. In 

 Kathiawar, since the advent of famine and years of un- 

 certain rainfall, inferior types of neglectum have in many 

 tracts completely ousted the herbaceum, which for many 

 a year produced first-class cottons. In the tracts of 

 deep and dense black soil in South Guzerat repeated 

 experiments with numerous exotic varieties have proved 

 their absolute unsuitability to this class of soil, and the 



