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northern parts we have an extension of the herbaceums 

 from the Southern Mahratta Country. Mr. Mankad says 

 that the ceded districts of Cudappah, Kurnool, and 

 Anantpur are more or less divided into three distinct 

 regions by the ranges of hills known as Erramalas and 

 Nalamalas. West of the Erramalas are found herbaceum 

 cottons known to the trade as Westerns. In the valley 

 between the Erramalas and Nalamalas they are known 

 under the trade name of Northerns. These are commer- 

 cially superior to Westerns, the cotton having a slightly 

 reddish tinge. On the east of Nalamalas is grown Yerra- 

 patti, a variety of Gossypium indicum known under the 

 trade name of Coconadas. Bellary, Anantpur, and a 

 portion of Kurnool produce Westerns. Portions of 

 Kurnool and Cudappah have Northerns. Portions of 

 Cudappah and Guntur produce Yerrapatti. In the 

 western and northern parts Yerrapatti is grown in lighter 

 kinds of soils; the Coconada area grows mostly Yerra- 

 patti in all kinds of soils. Northerns, on the whole, are 

 considered superior and fetch the highest price. 



In some places in the Koilpupla taluka District, Kur- 

 nool, and in the Bangampalli State one finds a naked- 

 seeded herbaceum. The staple of this cotton is superior 

 to that of Northerns, but its ginning percentage is 

 only 23 to 25. The cultivators prefer this black seed for 

 feeding their bullocks, as they consider that it contains 

 more oil. 



In the south of the Madras Presidency the cultivation 

 of cotton comes in from Tanjore; the varieties grown are 

 Uppam (herbaceum) down to Madura; from Madura to 

 Tinnevelly, in addition to Uppam, is grown Karanganni, 

 which is a variety of Gossypium indicum. 



Imported Broach grows luxuriantly at Hagari with a 

 high ginning percentage, but its long duration of growth 

 is a drawback to its cultivation. 



Selection experiments with the local cotton Jowari- 

 Hatti (Westerns) are in progress. In 1912 the valuation 

 of the selections made at Hagari Station proved that 

 most were equal to the best class of Westerns. The 

 naked black-seed cotton was considered by Messrs. Tata. 

 Sons and Co. to be the best of the indigenous types in 



