International COTTON, FIBRES, and other TROPICAL AGRICUL¬ 
TURAL PRODUCTS & Allied Industries EXHIBITION, 1914, 
to be held in connection with the 
International RUBBER & Allied Industries EXHIBITION. 
Royal Agricultural Hall, London, 
24th June to 9th July, 1914. 
COMPETITIONS for COTTON 
ARRANGED BY THE 
British 
Cotton Growing Association. 
(Incorporated by Royal Charter), 
WHO HAVE PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING PRIZES : 
A. —SILVER TROPHY. 
1. For the best general exhibit of various varieties of cotton shown 
by any Government Department of Agriculture of any British Colony or 
Protectorate or of Egypt or the Anglo Egyptian Sudan, such exhibit to 
have been grown during 1913 or 1914 or any farm or farms under Govern¬ 
ment supervision. 
2. Two samples of about 14 lbs of each variety to be submitted, one 
to be ginned and the other unginned. 
3. Each sample to represent the product of at least one acre. 
4. The exhibit must be accompanied by a certificate signed by the 
Director of Agriculture or other responsible Government Officials and stating : 
(а) The origin of the Seed. 
(б) That the samples have been produced during the years 1913 or 
1914. 
(c) The amount of acreage under each variety of cotton. 
( d) The total amount of seed cotton and lint produced on each plot 
5. The exhibit shall be judged by the British Cotton GrowingAssociation 
whose decision shall be final. 
B, —THREE SILVER CUPS. 
1. Namely one each for the West Indies, Nyasaland and the Anglo- 
Egyptian Sudan for the best type of Cotton grown on any farm or plantation 
during the years 1913 or 1914. 
2. Each exhibitor may show one or more varieties providing that not 
less than 5 acres shall have been planted of each variety. 
3. Two samples each of about 14 lbs. of each variety to be submitted, 
one to be ginned and the other unginned. 
4. Each sample to be accompanied by a statement certified by a Govern¬ 
ment Official or other independent authority as to 
(а) Origin of Seed. 
(б) Acreage of land on which the sample has been grown and the yield 
per acre of seed cotton and lint during the years 1913 or 1914. 
(c) That the sample submitted is fairly representative of the crop. 
5. The exhibits shall be judged by the British Cotton Growing Association 
whose decision shall be final. 
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