The Story of the Cotton Plant
The book The Story of the Cotton Plant was written by author Here you can read free online of The Story of the Cotton Plant book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Story of the Cotton Plant a good or bad book?
Where can I read The Story of the Cotton Plant for free?
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read The Story of the Cotton Plant Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book The Story of the Cotton Plant
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read The Story of the Cotton Plant Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book The Story of the Cotton Plant
What reading level is The Story of the Cotton Plant book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Surat, Broach and Sind Cottons, all poor types, are all grown inthis part of India.
_Southern India District. _--This lies in the southern part of theResidency of Madras, and east of the province of Travancore. TheNilgiris and Shevaroy Hills are found here, as are also the Cauvery andVaigai Rivers. The cotton districts best known are Coimbatore andTinnevelley, both of which are admirably situated and well watered. TheCalicut of fame which gave rise to the name Calico is also in thisdistrict.... Tinnevelley lies almost at the extreme south of India on theGulf of Manaar opposite to Island of Ceylon. Its cotton is well known, but is of a poor type. As far back as 1847, experiments carried outunder the superintendence of Dr. Wright proved that this district wasvery suitable for the cultivation of American cotton. A fact interestingas well as instructive is given by him to the effect that in thesouthern part of India the crops universally failed where grown from thenative seed, while those grown from American seed realised very fairamounts--better even than were obtained when good crops were got afterusing Indian seed.
What to read after The Story of the Cotton Plant?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Wilkinson Frederick to read onlineMoreLess
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Surat, Broach and Sind Cottons, all poor types, are all grown inthis part of India.
_Southern India District. _--This lies in the southern part of theResidency of Madras, and east of the province of Travancore. TheNilgiris and Shevaroy Hills are found here, as are also the Cauvery andVaigai Rivers. The cotton districts best known are Coimbatore andTinnevelley, both of which are admirably situated and well watered. TheCalicut of fame which gave rise to the name Calico is also in thisdistrict.... Tinnevelley lies almost at the extreme south of India on theGulf of Manaar opposite to Island of Ceylon. Its cotton is well known, but is of a poor type. As far back as 1847, experiments carried outunder the superintendence of Dr. Wright proved that this district wasvery suitable for the cultivation of American cotton. A fact interestingas well as instructive is given by him to the effect that in thesouthern part of India the crops universally failed where grown from thenative seed, while those grown from American seed realised very fairamounts--better even than were obtained when good crops were got afterusing Indian seed.
What to read after The Story of the Cotton Plant?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Wilkinson Frederick to read onlineMoreLess
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
8 / 10
8 / 10
User Reviews: