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The Department of Agriculture has made arrangements for the preparation of the best selected seeds for large farmers who are willing to cultivate them, so that they can multiply the good seeds under government supervision and distribute them in the second and third seasons. These arrangements have necessitated the participation of the Ginn Department, large farmers, and owners of ginn mills. The seeds produced by the Ginn Department are sold on the condition that the buyer undertakes in writing to allow government inspectors to visit the field where the seeds were planted and to label them with the name of the merchant or ginn mill owner from whom the cotton was purchased. The owners of the ginn mills who pledged to sell the government cotton seed resulting from the selected seeds recognized the benefit of this method.

Obtaining pure seeds – the situation calls for the Ginn Department to obtain its seeds from the examination fields so that the pure seeds from the Ginn Department's cultivation remain pure. Therefore, a method for generating these seeds through the method of hereditary selection according to Mendel's law and multiplying them using methods that ensure the purity of their seeds for the period of successive generations required before distributing them for planting in agricultural lands has been proposed. The seeds distributed in the future can be categorized as follows: First, the pure seeds that the Ginn Department obtains from the merchants' fields, which are the first generation (or the first cycle).

Second, the seeds obtained from the cultivation of the Ginn Department, which are the second generation (or the second cycle). These are sold to large farmers, and their seeds are purchased for the third generation.

Third, these last seeds, i.e., the third generation, are sold to medium farmers, and the seeds of their harvest are purchased, which is the fourth generation.

Fourth, this fourth generation is sold to small farmers on credit, and seeds are not taken from them.

Cotton mixing – among the matters currently being considered is the use of some means to prevent the mixing of fine cotton with coarse cotton, thus preventing the deception that currently affects farmers and merchants. Cotton resulting from mixing is generally coarse and its mixed seed is sold cheaply to farmers, resulting in the deterioration of the fine cotton variety.

Examination fields – during the year, efforts were made to improve agricultural methods by establishing examination fields whose owners provide the money and whose administration is undertaken by the employees of the Department of Agriculture. Work was carried out in twenty-four of these fields during the year. They were used extensively.

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