New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-02

The bombay Crop Of IsOB-7-Its Money
Value Nineteen Millions of Pounds
sterliug-GreaI Progress In the Guilt
walton, Cleaning, and PnckiaE-ExcrI.
lence of the Native Seeds, etc,
From the Times Of India April
The report of Mr. W. Walton, the acting
cotton commissioner, on the cotton crop OF
the northern division, completes the Stats
tlcal account Of the present position Of rot
ton cultivation throughout the presidency.
This portion OF the report is even more EN-
Cpuraging than that on the southern diyis-
ion, where the increase in area under cot
ton in lSGG-7 is, in exotic cotton, Il per
cent, and in native. In the northern di-
vision, the increase in area for lSGG-7 Is for
exotic cotton, 9St per cent, subject to a de-
crease i'll native growth o! per cent. Then
as to outturn the increase in the southern
division was, for Indigenous cotton, - per
cent, aud for exotic rs; but in the north
crn portion of the presidency the increased
yield this year in 1866 is, in exotic cotton,
$40 per cent, subject to a decrease in the
native variety of Il per cent. This cuor-
nous increase in the better variety is due
nearly as much to improved yield as to in
creased breadth under cultivation, Mr..
Walton tells US that the exotic cotton
this year has produced 20 pounds clear
cotton per acre, rs compared with thirty
pounds in the previous season. These state
mcnts need some explanation, and care Is
required lest the public at home should be
msied on the important question Of exotic
versus indigenous cotton cultivation. In
writing on Mr.. Walton's report on the
southern division We remarked that it
seemed to furnish demonstration in favor
J Of cultivating exotic cotton in preference to
any native variety, but we ventured to
| anticipate that evidence tending to qualify
! such conclusion would be gathered 10y the
| commissioner when in the northern diVIt-
! r. ~ La.
! turnout, and the enormous improvements
in the yield of exotic cotton rs returned
in the report now before us, our surnise
would appear to be a very mistaken one.
| And vet when the matter is looked at more
| closely, it will be seen that there is no mis-
| take, unless it be in the misuse in the report
of that very excellent and distinct term
exotic. The report says, by far the greater
| part of the exotic cultivation was carried
| on in Khaudei-h. II will, however, be seen
| that the exotic" cotton IS not foreign
| cotton at all, nor is it even so derived, The
| report goes ON 10 say that the collector,
| Mr.. Ashburncr, introduced superior cot,
| ton from Berar,' and it is this transplanted
| variety which has shown such splendid
results. We are not referring TO this fact
! with any wish 10 discourage the cultivation
of New orleans and Egyptian, wherever the
| soil aud climate are suitable Tor those
Cvotics.
Those interested in the stability Of oUl
cotton trade Will look forward with grea'
interest to the result of the large and care
fully conducted experiments III the Anne
dabad zillah with New Orleans and Egyptian
| seed, as mentioned by Mr. Walton. Yet he
speaks with some caution as to the prospects
| OF exotic cotton in Gu2erat; and probably
there, as well ~ in khandeish, some care
fully selected indigenous seed might even
succeed better than the foreign varieties,
In Khandcish, taking the simple test OF
| Weld to breadth sown, we see that Dharwar
| EryptiAn. Peruvian, Sea Island, and ever
the New Orleans aCchmatized, have III
failed, as compared with the native Hing
unhat and Berar seed, which has produc"l
some seventy pounds OF clean cotton 10 th
acre. So successful has been this introdul
tion of the new native plant, that the yicl
ofthe old khandeish variety, once so CONVEX
lent for mixing purposes has dwindle,
literally to "A handful of "eigat pounds.
Khandeish is the only cotton producing II
lab in the northern division besides Guzerai
| and Mr.. Walton, with all before him tina
has been done in that ancient home of ISL
rats, > thinks that the new field Of khandcis
may become 1.-THE most important cottol
district of this presidency
| No doubt the very full report on tn,
khaudeish collectorate has been dul.
peruscd by our readers. so that we need no
dwell on the specially interesting facts II
view that this great agricultural triumph
has not been accomplished by means c
exotic secd-as for want of more col
rectly descriptive term it Is writ en- by Nj
Walton-but by 1.-THE improved 0omrawu
tee seed that has been introduced int
Khandeish by Mr.. Ashburner,' and the Gu
tiyation of which has been so assiduousl
promoted, not only by the collector himse
but by Mr.. Hewett, the cotton inspector
AMI others who could be named. The co
lpctor of Khandeish states in his return tina
there are in the district | ,407, 0sS acres cap,
Bile of producing cotton, of which Onl
ana 33G are under cotton in this abundan
vear. and we observe that from these figure
IN the report the inference is drawn tha
=. cotton planting is not yet one-third {
what it can reasonably be increased to i
Khandesh. 1t is not clear whether the co
lector or Mr. Walton is responsible for thi
inference, but there must be some tallacy i
il. When the commissioner, in his torme
renort stated the total extent of Ian
canable of producing cotton in the Dharwa
district, he reminded his readers that tn
| necessary rotation of crops forbids NOR
than one third of the whole area of sucl
land being occupied with cotton in any on
wear. If that rule be applied TO khandeish
Il would seem that the 43G,336 acres nov
under cotton nearly approach the proper
ton that the cultivation can reasonaol
be increased to.
II will be serviceable il we here bring C
gether the chief statistics of Mr.. Walton
report on the northern in the same way W
ala for the southern division. The con
harrison between the present year and tn
last may be stated as follows:
AcREs UNDER CULTIVATION.
E sfssis S ssIfs ss ?'s