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Indian cotton (1915)

International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Associations, Pearse, Arno Smith, 1872- · [Manchester] · leaf 146

An illustration from Indian cotton, 1915, leaf 146
e is much less severe. Bhindi(Hibiscus esculantus, or ladys finger) has been tried with successas a trap crop on the experimental farms, but it is doubtful whetherit can be used with advantage by the cultivators in villages wherethere is little or no demand for bhindi as a vegetable. Bhindi,or… … On an average 5,000 cotton carts enter Akola every morning. Many beggars sit outside along the road side and beg from the ryots a handful of cotton. Unless this vegetable is destroyed as soon as the insects appear, itwill act as a breeding area for them. Bhindi seed is mixed with thecotton seed in…

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