1918. ] The Fifth Indian Science Congress. Cxi 
Finally the question of the development of iting industries is 
dealt with. The coir industry is practically the only one that is now 
ied on and i pports nearly 180,000 pe The majo 
the export trade i oanut produce however in 
products o a These are sent foreign countries where they are 
where 
L arious finished articles. The manufacture of th 
articles in be country itself will result in an enormous increase to the 
national wealth of the country. 
The cocoanut inasatey is the i a that contributes to 
Paper are to point out the present pont of the industry in Tra 
work that is being done towards its nih opment, and the possibilities 
that still exist for its further developme 
sei Eastin of the Indigo soils of Bihar.—By W. A. 
AV 
otnitanig an increase in area under indigo in Bihar within the 
past year the yield has decreased. An examination of records of yields 
from certain ekcries : ‘shove that this decrease in yield both of seed and of 
f ate manuring 
indi ve scale it is practically certain that in t t few years the 
a trope will fall off enormously each year ae they prick a very low 
The author also discusses the profitability of using superphos phate at 
ome c 
ces, the methods o nl akan and the general question of 
of the i digo indust 
The improvement of ‘* Tinnevellies’’ cotton.—By R. 
THomas. 
go foilag puthor after giving a short description of the two species which 
en make up Tin innevellies cotton and of the area where the ey are grown 
a i es main lines of work for the papa of cotton cultiva- 
is . 
se lines of work are as Monae a 
(a} The ery of unit strains of cotton and the propagation and 
sal. tribution of the best selections on the largest possible 
se 
ae co-operative sale 
of cotton. 
(c) The formation of ¢ -operativ: e seed unions which undertake the 
sien strains 
In th 
“per the author confines himself to a discussion of improve- 
by whi — ve been: produced in the staple of ‘* Tinnevellies” cotton 
making these 04 ns 
the cotton vores in the way of obtaining for the 
co i t in 1917 
they he of 7 ross ni Salon own. He pace — bait 
ton grow owers by Rs. 7 la khs. 
