Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-01-21
Cotton Raising In India.
8. COOPER,
Adj't and lnsp. General.

The CALCUTTA (ndia) Gazette Of Sept. %, has long
article Cpcn the raising OF cotton in that section of the
world. 1t says:
The season 1862 has been almost universally bad
one in respect 10 the cotton cultivation There has
b toe much rain, and overmosture inmical to the
development OF the plant Our previous expectations
CT the gross out turn have quey not been fully
reaiz O. Thus st the yield estimated at above
100000 p0dnGs the actual out-turn as estimated at
the close OF the season, only about OOO
OOO pounds, that is about 100 600 900 pounds lss-
Tne injury done 10 the crop by the superabandance of
rain however, not fully represented by the deficit of
the outturn just mentioned for it has been con-
dered tuat ger under cotton cultivation
than that stated at the beginning of the Year Thus
instead OF $780, $50 being under cotton as es su-
posed there 628 02l acres, Or an increase sf
81 his 62802l acres has oeen ascer.
talned by actual i'd measureurnr field by Geid ia the
Sanger and Jubbupore div and in almost TIE en-.
tire tract forming The \ ag POKE division
Notwithstanding this lar-e Increase in the quantity
OF land brought inlo cultivation, the actual Increase OF
proancon, appears, iaia shcrt r!age, of cx ;ta.
tlon Embracing ali localities aud dst ct2 In ! da
the uai increase 10 ports for E. pa.A :5r lCG3
over 1862 ior eight months only 3yc 400 pounds.
The arlcie III the Gazette then goes o2 20 give the
particulars OF the yield OF good season. resulting il
the fact that on y eIghtytwo pounds ct clean cotton
be realized ON acre OF ground or three hun.
dred and twenty eight pounds Of seed. This m prove
very slender reliance for the spnQers and operatives
OF Great Britain In these Souhe States 1t is con-
SlQereO poor season 8 yleiu when two hundred and
fifty TO three hundred pounds cleac Gotten are not
made from acre, while four hundred pounds or
full bale, Is not yield some rich lands
However, considerable increase was expected in
certain districts III tie central provinces the year
1868.
The article further states that Quantity of accima-
zed Amel cotton seed had been received, and dis
rlbuted among the farmers n the best growing
district also small quantity Of Egyptian. 1t ex-
presses The belief that The tie present
lngs with the foreign seed will be gieatr than that of
last season, when 1t almost entirely failed Here is the
rub-the soil of India is adapted to free cutva-
ZION OF cotton. American seed, which is of prolific
nature southern soil in this country, will sue
ceed on the poor lands Of Hndostan The native seed
from year to year, cannot be confded in.
Ii Is about n years since the East India Com
pany, with its stpeodaries in England, to the Uni
ted States tor cotton seed, cotton gins and cotton
planters, to be employed 10 the vicinity of Bombay as
we'll iu other sections Of the country spending large
sums OF money, which eDded in total failure after two
years trial.
Capt. MackeEzie the Superintendent or Secretary
of the Chief Commissioner the promotion of the
culture, winds ~ with the hope that the next season
will give more favorable results from the change of
seed. We add that it will take an addition OF
several millions OF OF aGd the rate of 81 lbs
of per acre. to ill the void or covtr the two mil
ons and half bales which Great Britain received in
some years from the United States
C0ronicLe & Sentinel.