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Farmers advised to cultivate cotton by mid-June
ISLAMABAD (April 27
2004): The cotton farmers have been advised to
cultivate double quantity of cotton plants by mid
of June to get better per acre production,
official sources told APP here on Thursday.
In the normal situation, 15,000 to 20,000 cotton
plants per acre are appropriate but if one wants
to cultivate in the month of June than he should
sow 30,000 to 35,000 plants per acre.
The distance between the two plants in the month
of June should be six inches for better per acre
production acre while in the normal situation this
distance is about 2.5 inches.
The cotton farmers have also been advised to use
seeds, including CIM-442, CIM-473, FH-900, FH-901
and MNH-552 after the first June for healthy and
better production.
In Sindh province, the sowing of the cotton is
nearly completed while in the Punjab province, it
is still under way and so far about 80 percent of
the total cotton crop production comes from
Punjab.
An area of 2.860 million hectare has been set as a
target for cultivation of cotton during the year
2003-04, which is less by 11.63 percent as
compared to the year 2002-03.
Courtesy Business Recorder
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Pakissan.com; Advisory Point
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