Dr. L. H. Gough.] 



[Bull. Ent. Research. Vol. 9, Pt. 4. 



Table II. Results of the Examination of the Cotton Seed distributed by the Ministry of Agriculture to the Fellahin for sowing. 





Crop 

 Year. 



Number 



of 

 Samples. 



Number of Seeds. 



Percentage 

 Damaged. 



Total 



Weight of 



Sound 



Seeds. 



Weight in 



grammes of 



1,000 Sound 



Seeds. 



Results of Germination Tests. 



Variety. 





Number 



of 



Samples 



Used. 



Total 

 Number 

 of Seeds 



Used. 



Number 

 Germinated. 





Examined. 



Found to 

 be Sound. 



Percentage 

 Germinated. 



Sakellarides . . 



1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 



7 

 37 



11 



79 



57 



298 



6,563 

 34,449 

 10,486 

 80,737 

 58,400 

 164,385 



6,331 

 32,939 



9,817 



72,438 



49,382 



145,768 



3-5 ± 0-72 



4-4 4- 0-32 



6-4 ± 0-58 



10-3 ± 0-22 



15-4 ± 0-25 



11-3 ± 0-11 



681-1 

 3,454-4 

 1,036-4 



7,247-9 



5,053-7 



14,728-7 



107-6 ± 1-05 

 104-9 ± 0-45 

 105-6 ± 0-83 

 100-1 ± 0-31 

 102-3 4/- 0-37 

 101-0 ± 0-16 



6 

 24 



7 



33 



27 



275 



2,790 

 12,022 



3,482 



16,455 



13,404 



125,960 



2,507 



10,677 



3,113 



14,635 



11,477 



108,683 



90 ± 1-01 

 89 ± 0-50 

 89 ± 0-93 

 89 4- 0-43 

 86 ± 0-48 

 86 ± 0-15 





1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 



14 



58 



3 



16 

 12 



24 



13,757 

 56,099 

 2,934 

 16,872 

 12,361 

 21,993 



13,219 

 53,201 

 2,663 

 14,716 

 10,483 

 19,794 



3-9 ± 0-51 

 5-2 ± 0-25 

 9-2 ± 1-11 

 12-8 ± 0-48 

 15-2 ± 0-55 

 11-1 ± 0-39 



1,353-3 

 5,440-6 

 275-0 

 1,462-6 

 1,062-3 

 1,695-8 



102-4 ± 0-75 

 102-3 ± 0-36 

 103-3 ± 1-59 



99-4 ± 0-69 

 101-3 ;fc 0-79 



97-1 ± 0-56 



14 



39 

 3 



16 

 7 



22 



5,653 

 18,200 

 1,295 

 7,971 

 3,478 

 10,852 



4,894 

 16,052 

 1,123 

 6,735 

 3,080 

 9,065 



87 ± 0-66 



88 ± 0-40 

 87 ± 1-43 

 84 ± 0-61 



89 ± 0-93 

 84 ± 0-53 





1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 



3 



27 

 1 

 5 



1 



2,910 



25,704 



955 



5,606 



1,035 



2,809 

 24,677 



943 

 5,042 



854 



3-5 ± Ml 



4-0 ± 0-37 



1-3 ± 1-98 



10-1 ± 0-86 



17-5 ± 1-98 



292-2 

 2,547-0 



97-0 

 464-9 



85-6 



104-0 ± 1-59 

 103-2 ± 0-53 

 102-9 ± 2-76 

 92-2 ± 1-23 

 100-2 ± 2-76 



3 



17 

 1 

 5 



1,366 



8,373 



494 



2,494 



1,184 



7,480 



459 



2,212 



87 ± 1-43 

 89 ± 0-60 

 93 ± 2-47 

 89 ± Ml 





1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1916 

 1917 



14 

 41 

 3 

 10 

 20 



13,292 

 36,886 

 2,773 

 10,492 

 19,535 



12,738 



35,158 



2,574 



9,154 



17,184 



4-2 ± 0-51 



4-7 ± 0-27 



7-2 ± Ml 



12-8 4- 0-61 



12-0 ± 0-43 



1,350-6 



3,639-8 



280-0 



90M 



1,664-6 



106-0 ± 0-75 



103-5 ± 0-43 



108-8 ± 1-59 



98-4 4- 0-87 



99-1 ± 0-02 



14 



35 



3 



7 

 19 



1 



7 

 1 



6,346 

 15,920 

 1,488 

 3,483 

 9,766 



5,620 

 13,999 

 1,316 

 3,141 

 8,323 



89 ± 0-66 

 88 ± 0-41 

 88 ± 1-43 



90 ± 0-93 

 85 ± 0-53 



Jaunovitch 



1912 

 1913 

 1916 



1 



11 



1 



933 



10,590 



992 



900 



10,026 



849 



3-5 ± 1-98 



5-3 ± 0-58 



14-4 ± 1-98 



98-0 



1,045-3 



89-0 



108-9 ± 2-76 

 104-3 ± 0-83 

 104-8 ± 2-76 



295 



3,463 



497 



253 



3,013 



449 



86 ± 2-47 



87 dr 1-13 

 90 ± 2-47 



Voltos 



1913 



3 



2,889 



2,798 



31 ± Ml 



288-0 



102-9 ± 1-59 



2 



995 



862 



87 ± 1-75 





1913 



2 



1,442 



1,361 



5-6 ± 1-35 



143-1 



105-1 ± 1-95 



2 



897 



834 



93 ± 1-75 



All the above 

 varieties 

 combined 



1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 



39 

 179 



18 

 100 



81 

 342 



37,455 

 168,059 



17,148 

 103,215 



83,280 

 205,913 



35,997 

 60,160 

 15,997 

 92,196 

 70,722 

 182,746 



3-9 ±0 31 



4-7 ± 0-14 



6-7 ± 0-45 



10-7 ± 0-19 



15-1 ± 0-21 



11-2 ± 0-10 



3,775-2 

 16,558-2 

 1,688-4 

 9,175-4 

 7,191-7 

 18,089-1 



104-9 ± 0-44 

 103-4 ± 0-21 

 105-5 ± 0-65 



99-5 ± 0-27 

 101-7 4- 0-31 



99-0 ± 0-15 



38 

 126 

 14 

 54 

 42 

 316 



16,450 

 59,870 

 6,759 

 26,920 

 20,862 

 146,578 



14,458 

 52,917 

 6,011 

 23,582 

 18,147 

 126,071 



88 ± 0-40 



88 4: 0-22 



89 ± 0-60 

 88 ± 0-34 

 87 ± 0-38 

 86 ± 0-13 



Ashmouni 



1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1916 

 1917 



5 

 3 

 9 

 3 

 19 

 41 



4.964 

 3,088 

 8,469 

 3,184 

 19,129 

 41,321 



4,941 

 3,009 

 8,336 

 3,105 

 18,525 

 40,162 



0-5 ± 0-86 

 2-6 ± Ml 

 1-6 ± 0-64 

 2-5 ± Ml 

 3-2 4- 0-44 

 2-8 ± 0-27 



491-4 

 291-7 

 826-2 

 291-6 

 1,835-7 

 3,535-2 



99-5 4- 1-23 

 96-9 ± 1-59 

 991 ± 0-92 

 93-9 ± 1-59 

 99-1 4- 0.63 

 90-6 ± 0-43 



4 

 3 



8 



3 



7 



42 



1,981 

 1,277 

 3,844 

 1,485 

 3,500 

 22,724 



1,851 

 1,170 

 3,471 

 1,332 

 3,301 

 20,383 



93 ± 1-23 

 92 ± 1-43 

 90 ± 0-87 

 90 ± 1-43 



94 ± M3 

 90 ± 0-38 



