, 1866-12-02

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MADRAS yERsEs AMERICA, A Handbook Of
Cettou Galstyauon. X ]; T44nnIa WMIElkn.
ituin' 1isH ip' w. ->e" Ao1A' snSae y" Ao1a1Da'
Th. first cotton cultivated IN ancr,c. il
believed 10 b,re bcrn ,ntroducca frorn thu
Gr,cIan arrhiur1aoo. yirrinia wns thu Gos-
fer percnt of the rsnnted vouno k,nc- I'm,
short summers and scyerc climate hron1ht
f.ilnrc and tobacco rrnw,nr md nesro
brccd,nr wcre fonnd to hn roorc nroftah..
ro1,,,,r. fnr mo no,1e- r,1ndoa + g.
p;oro,rs carr;.d tba sac,, n Esn.
trc,.r and r.n,osso, tron, which u
6,ur5 ,ts wor ;nto tho ocn,.l c,im.t. If Ala.
hams and ,iiss,s.1nnf. In ,Iosc days thcre
Nh. M saw e;n hi fbc saca uos s,,n. rnte5
from tho ,,,,rc hr I'm ts;,;ors nv nr,1 nrocc.s
a n,,.tl,o, ,nore ,rin,ft1ro th,, th,t ~ ~
r,o,. Mt 1nd,. Tbc sncccss of M. 81, n,e ir
,he Cn,f s,otcs and m RI. sea islands ~.
cccde1 NJ, cr,ectat.ons and the ,ncrcos,,.
,,nnortencc af thc cron with fhc 1mnc,ns
r,rnn to 1,I,nt,t1on nr,,fts he vh,,r.v'. 1,n
Saro NM mn !, tr,i, already r1r,11inc sho
trafp. n ;,on ~ ,,,,1n-
Thonvh so;, Considerable fnf1,c,,ra +sc
ou.1itv nf cotton Nr. Finnic thinks That c,f.
mate il the ,trc,t ,,.sideratum. 4 ric,, sn,1
IN f,vo,,h,, cHnatc Vii, nr,,ncc n 1arce
anantitv Of f,no cation. noor so1, In faror.
able climate w,f1 ,,roduc, m InG,r;or somn,e.
1,,,t m n,,f;,rar,,,1c climate nnd ronr so,l
viii nrodnce m article inferior in oua,i.y
ard deficient in nuantitv- However rich ,be
eo32 may hc- M nro.}tahlc cron ran be pro.
ducef1 np1css the climate be nronftious. By
reversal Of seasons tile climate Of our Cation
States aud TINT of MADRAS
arc about the same, Every part Of
the presidency lies south of the twentieth
degree OF north .atitpde; while tue Auesi-
eau cottop reciuu lies wholly north of the
thfrttcth pa.ailc,. But the cotton SEASON Of
Southern lIiadostan is wln:~7. and tac
Temperature il not ycry different from that
Of GEO; F.s Ct Alabama In the summer. The
and rathers IL In March or Apr1, willis our
t, mber. The fayorI;e cotton soil Of India il
tho "black lanl.r which very much re,em.
,1cs the q Il1jnofs bottom, Il Is to be f;,und
in almost cyery district Of Madras, and varies
in dontb from three to thirty fe.t. resting
mon rock or sand. This soil IL said to be
pcculIarly aaapted to the rrowt1 of Indian
cotton. Many pafts Of the cotton
region. called cred lands" are more or less
sandy and better fitted for the American
variety,
In America, hsht SOILS are deemed best
The rows are set about i've feet apart; but
the Distance varies In tho ratio of quality In
the soil. The prime object Is to make the
branches Of Tie plant cover the whoie ground
towrrd the latter part Of the season when
the soil becomes too dry On the sen Islands
the rows are often put seveu feet apart, for
the growth Is 1aSuTiaut, aud the branches
spread far asunder. In some parts Of South
Carolina the rows arc not more ttau two feet
from one another. because the soll is poor
and the growth less vigorous. Tins. the
poorer the soil the more It Is exhausted. The
two main ideas of planting are to ensure .
good and recular stand Of plants, aud, In the
gathering season, to make It certain that the
staple Is perfectly cleaned. The seeds are
planted during the FIRST half of April, in
! ridges, between which are bitches, the
ground being turned toward both sides with
the plow. 4 pretty liberal quantity Of seed
| is rut into the drill, and at the first long
| most Of the nlants arc cut AWAY, leaving
couples standing at about the distance Of 4
| foot and half from one another. 1t the
/ second holng or ecraping the hills are cut
| down to single plants. The field must he
/ kept clear of weeds. Eyerr fifteen cr twcuty