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Volume weight— (Uppam) 1 M.M. weighs 2*1 lb. 



Weight of seed— (Uppam) 1,000 seeds weigh 49*2 

 grammes. 



Number of seeds in 1 lb.— (Uppam) 9,220. 



Yield- 300 to 450 lb. Nadam 3001b. a year for 2£ 

 years. 



Ginning percentage— 22 per cent up to 26 per cent. In 

 selected strains up to 33 per cent. 



CAMBODIA COTTON. 



(Gossypium hirsutum.) 



This is a recently introduced cotton which has spread from 

 the south, and now occupies a very considerable area. It 

 should be grown normally as an irrigated crop, and will repay 

 good treatment. Very good samples of Kappas may be 

 obtained from the soils at the foot of the hills, as in Madura 

 district, but Cambodia does not take kindly to black soils. 

 Seed is sown at the beginning of the north-east monsoon. 



Seed-rate— 10 to 20 lb. 



Germination capacity— 90 per cent. 



Yield— 700 to 1,500 lb. per acre : cases have been reported 

 where the yield has been over 2,000 lb. 



Ginning percentage— 30 to 33 per cent. 



DECCAN HEMP : BIMLIPATAM JUTE. 



(Hibiscus cannabinus.) 



Tamil Pulicchai or Pulimanji. 



Telugu Gogu. 



Kanarese ... ... ... Pundi. 



Area in Madras— 66,200 acres. 



There are several varieties distinguished by the colour of 

 the stem and leaf which is either green or wholly or partly 

 red. The shape of the leaves also varies being either entire 

 or palmately divided.. The crop is grown very commonly as a 

 slight mixture in almost any crop, the leaf being used for 

 curry. As a pure crop, its cultivation is confined to parts of 

 Guntm* and Vizagapatam. Tests at Coimbatore have shown 

 that there the red stemmed green veined variety with divided 

 leaves is the best for fibre. 



Seed -rate- 25 to 30 lb. per acre. 



Volume weight— 1 M.M. weighs 263 lb. 



Weight of seed— 1,000 seeds weigh 24-5 grammes. 

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