. Indian cotton. the JamraoCanal has been very short, and the cultivators, not being able to 162 INDIAN COTTON. obtain sufficient water for the growing of Egyptian cotton, had tobe released from the undertaking, which they had given when enter-ing into possession of the land, to grow a certain proportion underEgyptian cotton. Until the Rohri Canal is completed it will beimpossible, in view of the shortage of water in the canals, to growEgyptian cotton on an extensive scale. Fairly large trials have been made with a good classAmerican. of American Upland cotton. It has the advantage of a short
. Indian cotton. the JamraoCanal has been very short, and the cultivators, not being able to 162 INDIAN COTTON. obtain sufficient water for the growing of Egyptian cotton, had tobe released from the undertaking, which they had given when enter-ing into possession of the land, to grow a certain proportion underEgyptian cotton. Until the Rohri Canal is completed it will beimpossible, in view of the shortage of water in the canals, to growEgyptian cotton on an extensive scale. Fairly large trials have been made with a good classAmerican. of American Upland cotton. It has the advantage of a short growing period, shorter than Sind cotton, andconsequently it can be grown along inundation canals. There is avery large tract where it can be cultivated. It is a hardy plant, butit is easily affected by salt in the soil, and suffers considerably fromwhite ants. During the past year some good yields were obtainedby farmers, and in many cases it produced as much seed cotton asthe neighbouring plots of Sind A picker m Sind in a field of American Cotton. As a result of my previous visits, American seed has been im-ported in considerable quantities and distributed amongst the culti-vators in Lower Sind; and a small syndicate of the BombayMillowners Association has been formed, on the suggestion con-tained in my previous report, for the purpose of establishing, inco-operation with the Government of the Bombay Presidency, abuying agency for American long-staple cotton in Sind, and forginning, pressing, and supplying baled cotton. The syndicate haserected modern gins at Mirpurkhas (Lower Sind) and at Shikarpur(Upper Sind) for handling this cotton; the land for the ginningfactories was given by the Government. The syndicate makes itsown arrangements for selling the baled cotton, and the prices paidto the cultivator are the full market value of the cotton fixed on thebasis of the grading of samples sent from time to time to Liverpool,less the charges for ginning, pressing, broke
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