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Breeding Experiments. 



28. Breeding of cotton was continued on the lines previously 

 followed. 



29. Preliminary experiments in breeding on Jowar were also 

 made this year, but as the work was commenced late it was con- 

 fined to an investigation of the process of pollination as it occurs 

 naturally in the field. 



Pests. 



30. During the year under report all the cotton crop on the 

 Station as well as in the district was attacked by a disease locally 

 known as " Dahido " a mite. 



Another disease which made its appearance on the Station 

 was the stem-borer in Chavli. 



Young seedlings of Tal were in some cases attacked and 

 eaten up by a kind of caterpillar. 



Boll-worm, the common disease, was also present to a greater 

 or less extent. 



There were casual attacks on young Jowar plants by beetles 

 and on the little advanced plants by sugar-borer. 



Irrigation Experiments; 



31. These experiments, started last year, with Broach 

 Deshi cotton and lucerne were carried during the year under 

 report with slight modifications, viz., (1) last season half the area 

 under Broach cotton was watered twice after the rains ceased, 

 while the other half received no artificial watering. In the season 

 under report the area was divided into 3 parts. One of these 

 received 3 waterings, the second two waterings and the third no 

 watering after the cessation of the rains. (2) In the case of lucerne 

 the interval of 20 days between waterings was changed to 

 30 days. 



32. The results of cotton are given below : 



Yield ]>tr 

 acre of 



seed 

 cotton. | 



3:0 



330 



CU 



Remarks. 



The j]ots were in 

 fall flower at the 

 lime of the 2nd 

 watering ; the 3rd 

 wuteriug was civeu 

 when "the fruits 

 J were forming. 



