141 
(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 un- 
cleaned, from Sind. 
No. 138. Cotton-seed; prepared for sowing. 
Amulnair, Khandeish. 
To prepare the seed for sowing, it is, as ob- 
tained 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 per- 
fectly 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 re- 
placed 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 Khan 
deish 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 “ju- 
reea,” 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 uni- 
versally grown in the Broach and Surat districts, 
from which it is presumable that it was intro- 
duced in the northern and Western parts of 
Gujarat. 
The “jureea” cotton is grown within three or 
four miles of Ahmedabad, and around Memoo- 
dabad, 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 dhol- 
lera ” (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 con- 
siderable admixture of sand. In the “ wagu 
reea ” 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 ex- 
tract 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,“ dha- 
kanioo ” 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 cotton- 
seed, 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