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of British-grown long-stapled cotton will, to a certain 

 extent, be solved." 



The Manager of the Empress Mills, Nagpur, has 

 supplied the following results of the working of Lyallpur 

 cotton, along with American, Bani, and Buri types. 



The count spun was 245 warp, and in all cases number 

 of turns per inch was the same. 



Loss per cent, on cotton Te n si n of 



in blow-rooms 24 s warp 



Ib. 



American F.G.M. Bowed ... 775 ... 57'44 



Panderkora Bani ... ... 8-34 ... 60*33 



Lyallpur ... ... ... lO'oS ... 52*20 



Buri(C.P.) ... ... 10-37 ... 46-10 



The prices at the time of purchase were very nearly 

 the same in all cases. On this basis, but including the 

 blow-room loss, the purchase prices per Ib. work out as 

 below : 



Annas per Ib. 

 American ... ... ... ... ... 6*5 



Panderkora Bani ... ... ... ... 6-53 



Lyallpur ... ... ... ... 6-63 



Buri (C P.) ... ... ... ... 6-65 



United Provinces. 



The predominant cotton of this Province is composed 

 of the usual mixture of neglectum, producing what is 

 known in the trade as Bengals. Towards the eastern 

 side of the Province a bushy cotton, the intermedium of 

 Todaro, is grown in patches. It is found in the same 

 way throughout the adjoining Provinces of Bihar and 

 Orissa. The chief objection to its extensive cultivation 

 is its long growing period. In addition to these, 

 American Upland is also grown, but its chances cf 

 further extension are at present problematical. A few 

 of the forms of neglectum have been separated and tried 

 on the field scale, and, as in other parts of Bengals' tract, 

 the white-flowered cotton is rapidly ousting the others 

 on account of its hardiness, high out-turn, and high 

 ginning percentage. 



At present steps are being energetically taken to dis- 

 tribute new and improved varieties of neglectum cottons 

 into the tracts most suitable to them. Mr. Leake is 

 attempting to evolve a hybrid which will in time take the 

 place of these, and the possibilities of American annual 



