I also mentioned the area of land planted with Mit Afifi and Zagora. The Sakellaridis variety replaced the Mit Afifi in some places. The decrease in Zagora was greater than in Mit Afifi, relative to the planted area. Sakellaridis and Nubari replaced them, just as the fine varieties of these two types replaced the medium grade of Mit Afifi in some places. The result of this is shown in this table, which includes the average prices of "Good Fiber" cotton from these three varieties in December 1913 and 1912.

Cotton in Riyals Variety Increase or Decrease from 1913 1913 1912 Mit Afifi ... ... ... + 46 24 18 18 Nubari ... ... ... 19 19 Sakellaridis ... ... 21 20 The demand for government seed distributed to farmers has been increasing, and this is what was distributed in the past two years: Year 1912 Year 1913 62,733 Ardabs 90,096 Ardabs Four new varieties of cotton, derived from cotton seed raised in Giza and Qushsha, were presented to a committee of experts in Alexandria. The committee recommended the removal of one variety and its expansion in cultivation. It is hoped that expensive experiments will lead to a variety that matures early, thus avoiding the bollworm. During the past year, efforts were made to educate small farmers through thirty-eight experimental fields on how to improve their land cultivation with their available means in a more reasonable and less expensive way than before. The wide openings through which water flows from the canals were replaced by pipes of various diameters.