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(No.  133.)  “  Doom  Koontee.”  Dharwar.
Used  for  the  same  purpose  when  tlie  plants
are  larger.  The  sucoess  of  the  crop  depends
very  mueh  on  this  Operation,  which  is  usually
performed  three  or  four  times.
(No.  132.)  “  Kullio  Koontee.”  Harrow  from
Kattyawar.
380.  Model  of  a  cart  from  Berar.
137.  A  yoke  from  Nagpore.
541.  Model  of  Persian  water-wheel,  worked  by  either
camel  or  bullock,  from  Bombay.
Collection  of  Samples  of  Cotton  Seed,  Seed
Cotton,  and  Cleared  Cotton,  used  and
produced  in  the  Presidency  of  Bombay,  and
other  parts  of  Western  India.
Government  of  Bombay,  Sind,  Malwa,  Punjab,  &c.,
Class  of  Cotton.
138,  218-232.  Collection  of  eottons,  cleaned  and  uncleaned,
  from  Sind.
No.  138.  Cotton-seed;  prepared  for  sowing.
Amulnair,  Khandeish.
To  prepare  the  seed  for  sowing,  it  is,  as  obtained
  from  the  “  churka,”  well  rubbed  on
close  netting  stretched  on  a  rectangular  frame
or  cot,  which  removes  adherent  fibre.  It  is
then  rubbed  on  the  ground  in  a  mixture  of
wetted  cowdung  and  mud,  or  sometimes  in
the  latter  only.  In  this  way  it  becomes  perfectly
  smooth,  and  fit  to  pass  readily  down
the  sowing  tube  or  “  nullee,”  which  would
otherwise  become  choked.
No.  219.  Seed-cotton,  1871-72.  Amulnair,
Khandeish.
Malwa  kind  ;  short  coarse  staple,  like  Sind,
&e.;  formerly  grown  in  Khandeish,  until  replaced
  1865-66  by  Hingunghat  cotton.  This
kind  yields  about  35  per  cent.  of  fibre  and  65
per  cent.  seed.  The  Khandeish  Hingunghat
yields  about  30  per  cent.  fibre.
No.  225.  Malwa  cotton.  Hydrabad,  Sind.
Same  variety  as  Hoseinabadee,  Seonee,
Sind,  &c.  Formerly  grown  in  Khandeish,
where  it  is  still  found  in  small  quantities.
Reported  to  be  more  productive  than  Khandeish ­
  Hingunghat;  yields  of  150  lbs.  cotton
per  acre  not  unusual.
Coompta  and  Talikote  Class  of  Cotton.
233-242.  Collection  of  seed-cotton  and  cotton-seed
from  the  Dharwar,  Sattara,  Poona,  and  Sholapoor
districts.
Gujarat  Cotton.
In  Gujarat  the  “  laria”  or  “  lallioo  ”  cotton,
which  is  picked  from  the  pods  in  the  field,  and
the  “wagureea”  (“wagriah”  of  Dr.  Forbes
Royle),  or  cotton  extracted  at  home  from  pods
“  kala  ”  or  “  dhakanoo  ”  collected  in  the  field,
are  the  two  principal  varieties  of  cotton  grown.
2.  The  “laria”  has  a  sub-variety,  the  “jureea,”
  and  the  two  yield  the  class  of  cotton
known  as  “  laria,”  its  characteristics  being  a
more  soft  and  silky  staple,  and  greater  freedom
from  dirt,  than  the  “wagureea  ”  kind  possesses.
The  “  jureea”  differs  from  “  laria  ”  in  having
a  shorter  and  stronger  staple,  and  a  smaller
proportion  of  fibre  to  seed.
“  Laria”  cotton  is  grown  in  the  Duskrokee
purgunna  of  Ahmedabad,  and  about  Etola,  in  the

Baroda  State;  also  in  Kattyawar;  but  in  all
these  districts  it  occupies  a  very  small  area  as
compared  to  the  “  wagureea  ”  kind.  It  is  universally
  grown  in  the  Broach  and  Surat  districts,
from  which  it  is  presumable  that  it  was  introduced
  in  the  northern  and  Western  parts  of
Gujarat.
The  “jureea”  cotton  is  grown  within  three  or
four  miles  of  Ahmedabad,  and  around  Memoodabad,
  in  the  Kaira  district.
3.  The  “  wagureea”  or  close-podded  kind  is
the  principal  cotton  of  Northern  and  Western
Gujarat,  including  Kattyawar  and  Kutch.  It
is  inferior  to  “  laria  ”  in  staple,  which  is  more
woolly  and  coarse,  and  comes  to  the  market  in  a
dirtier  condition.  It  has  several  sub-varieties,
of  which  may  he  mentioned  the  “  nalkuntha,”
grown  about  Dholka  and  Sunund,  with  a  weak
staple  and  small  yield  ;  the  “  jatwadee,”  grown
about  Veerumgaum,  superior  to  the  above  in
point  of  staple;  and  the  “  Jhallawar,”  produced
about  Wudwan,  &c.,  the  best  kind,  and  known
as  “  fair  dhollera.”  The  term  “  nowlode  dhollera
  ”  (from  nowa  new,  and  lodn(  to  gin)  is
applied  to  the  cotton  fresh  ginned  from  superior
“  kuppas  ”  or  "  kala,”  and  sent  down  just  after
the  monsoon.
The  cotton  of  Laria  when  ripe  hangs  pendent
from  the  pods,  which  shrivel  and  dry  up,  and  the
seed-cotton  is  gathered  in  the  field.  The  plant
attains  a  height  of  three  or  four  feet,  thriving
best  in  the  black  soil,  which  contains  a  considerable
  admixture  of  sand.  In  the  “  wagureea ­
  ”  kind  the  plant  attains  a  height  of  two  or
two  and  a.  half  feet.  The  capsules  or  pods  only
open  slightly,  and  some  force  is  required  to  extract
  the  seed-cotton  from  the  cells.  The  wool,
therefore,  remains  confined  within  the  pods
which  are  gathered,  in  which  state  they  are
termed  “  kala  ”  or  “  kalliah  ”  in  Gujarat,“  dhakanioo
  ”  in  Kattyawar.  The  “  kala  ”  is  stored
in  the  house  or  in  the  wakhdrs  or  ginning-yards,
and  the  seed-cotton  is  extracted  and  ginned  as
required.
Verawul  Class  of  Cotton.
243,  244.  Specimens  of  Verawul  cotton  and  cottonseed,
  from  Joonaglrar,  South  Kattyawar.
Kutch  Class  of  Cotton.
245-249.  Specimens  of  cotton,  seed-cotton,  and
cotton-seed,  from  Nowanuggur,  Kattyawar.
Dhollera  Class  of  Cotton.
250-269.  Collection  of  cotton,  seed-cotton,  and
cotton-seed,  from  various  parts  of  Guzerat.
Dharwar  American  Class  of  Cotton.
270-272.  Seed-cotton  and  saw-ginned  Dharwar  from
Sind  and  the  Dharwar  district.
Oomrawuttee  Class  of  Cotton.
273-285.  Cotton-seed,  seed-cotton,  and  cotton  from
Berar  and  Ahmednuggur.
No.  279.  Barsee  Oomrawuttee  cotton.  H.  H.
the  Nizam’s  Territory.
Produced  about  Latoor,  Pathree,  and  Nam  -
dair,  &c.,  in  H.  H.  the  Nizam’s  Territory,  and
exported  from  Barsee  Station,  in  the  Sholapoor