Hand book to the Cotton Cultivation in the Madras Presidency Exhibiting the Pri
Hand book to the Cotton Cultivation in the Madras Presidency Exhibiting the Pri
James Talboys Wheeler
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FINNIE'S " NOTES ON COTTON CULTIVATION IN AMERICA AND INDIA. " (143. ) Early cultivation of Cotton in America : compared with the pre- sent cultivation in India. (144. ) Climate discovered to be of more import- ance than soil. (145. ) Nature of the lands in America, on which the Ame- rican plant is grown. (146. ) Manure: consisting of old stocks and rotten seed buried in a furrow between the rows. (147. ) Climate: very humid at night but hot in the day. (148. ) Rotation of crops: alternation wi...th Indian Corn occasionally necessary. (149. ) Capital required in American cultivation. (150. ) Successive operations necessary to raise a crop : clean- ing old land and clearing new. (151. ) Planting. (152. ) " Scraping" or hoeing. (153. ) Gathering. (154. ) Uncertainty of weather : average crops. (155. ) Expenses of Cotton cultivation : produce estimated, not at so much per acre, but at four to eight bales per Negro. (156. ) Machinery : Gin- 88 CHAP. House, Gins, Press, and Driving Machinery.
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