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The Agricultural Journal of India January 1921

1921

In the course of that discussion I pointed out the hybrid nature of the entire Egyptian cotton crop and indicated the possibility of the spontaneous origin of new and advantageous types as the result of the fortuitous combination through cross-fertilization of certain characters. [...] In the preceding sections I have reviewed the problem as presented at the present time and it remains for me to extract from that review in the form of definite proposals the salient features of a policy which will lead to " the maintenance and improvement of the quality of Egyptian cotton and the increase of its yield." These proposals fall naturally into two sections the practical or technic [...] Should Pelion or for the matter of that any other of the new forms now coming to the fore repeat the career of Sakel the pendulum is bound to swing too far in the reverse direction and the present complaint in the trade of an excess of Sakel will be followed14 M-1RICULTURAL JOURNAL OF INDIA [XVI I. by a complaint that there is too little. [...] The essential consideration here is the provision of a continuity from the termination of the experimental stages dealt with in the above recommendations to the last stage in which purity of the crop is established throughout extended tracts. [...] Their work will be primarily to gain the confidence of the people or it is only by so doing that they will be able efficiently to perform the duty of supervising the work involved by the licensing system from the inspection of crops to the marking of the seed.
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Frontmatter
i-xviii unknown view
Late Colonel John Farmer C.I.E. F.R.C.V.S
1-3 R. B. view
Some Common Indian Birds. No. 7. the Magpie Robin or Dayal (Copsychus Saularis)
4-6 T. Fletcher, C. M. Inglis view
The Egyptian Cotton Problem. a Report to the Egyptian Government
7-18 H. Leake view
Some Experience With Poppy Growers in the United Provinces
19-23 H. E. Annett view
The Care and Treatment of New Sugarcane Importations
24-31 T. S. Venkatraman, R. Thomas view
Forests and Irrigation: A Plea for Scientific Preservation and Growth of State Forests and Special Cultures
32-39 S. K. Gurtu view
Some Local Practices Prevalent in South India in the Control of Insect Pests
40-51 T. V. Ayyar view
Cross-Fertilization and Sterility in Cotton
52-59 G. L. Kottur view
Some Observations on the Inflorescence and Flowers of the Grape
60-64 S. H. Prayag view
The Growth of the Sugarcane
65-73 C. A. Barber view
Breeding Dairy Cattle for Milk Production
74-88 J. Mackintosh view
Intensive Cultivation During the War
89-93 unknown view
The Dynamometer for the Lincoln Trials
94-97 unknown view
Domestic Fruit Bottling with or Without Sugar
98-104 unknown view
Notes
105-112 unknown view
Personal Notes Appointments and Transfers Meetings and Conferences Etc
113-116 unknown view
Review
117-117 P. J. Wester view
New Books on Agriculture and Allied Subject
118-120 unknown view
Backmatter
i-xii unknown view

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