The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-19
the COTTON SUPPLY.
Cultivation and Produce Of the apIo In tho
East.

Cultivation and Produce Of the Staple In tho
From the London Herald. Oct a.
Mr. Taylor, British Consul for Kurdstan ia his report
for 1885, writes fonows Of the cultivation In
year. Of which So 600 maunds, value f4o,o wer:
exported to interior home provinces further north Very
little DO said in favor Of this article al pro cont
only allude to Il now point out what may be done
and the great value OF the colony Ras ei Ain
means q encoursging ana developing rs culture The
boor has not been turned since Tameane destroyed
site in the ninth century The ground for miles about
uneucumbered By stones or elevations, checksrsd By
numerous cross cuts, denotlng former extensive sys-
tenn Of irrigation sopng gently away from the Khaboos
and bright flowers completely under the natural In.
fuenoe OF It's waters those Of the Zirgan, that dow
INTO H. ana numerous other drains from the nsgnts
been unavailable for agriculture be Worthless Shenk
Arabs in the absence Of : controlling govsrnmsni.
wandering over Il ~ WILL thus forcing the UNWILLING
sxpatration or an industrious pcalAntry, unable %
comply with their sxorritant and Misunderstanding
o s ss na; S::n oS for ~
Barracks have been built the Arabs concliatsd; while
the nucleus of new town and advanced military sstabf
insure immunity to proprietary natives who have long
deserted IT, Having visited the spo. speak VIII
and high Importance are better advocates than casual
travellers who only the long ranges Of grassy mounds
now marking the ct: y rich desert prairie:
Ishag el Istakharee in his 'Kitab-elAgaleemn says
"Its principal production ID cotton, and for about
villages and cultivated lands among the most csisbraiss
ia Midol days journey below Ras-e Ain, lhs whole
boor ana between Arban and Ndjo, one days journey
all the land 10 cultivated. There are villages upon VII
,ss among s, them TSsn sh:n:h az
Tssnc: people o. Issu ana ths BUY their cotton
river 10 AaksSsn. small but very productive town.
whore there bridge ian iron suspension bridget ovst
which is exported TO IkhIst and Mosul" Ebu Hanka,
the gsographer follows in the Same style Both are
nation would need . volume. Scarcely : vesties a
the towns mentioned now exists. but thar dtes ar3
AID Il Is psrt Of he Dian now pursusd = az
II the now system Of colonization the material
Aid OF government such aid will prove valuable
and the expenses incurred In connection with moC
productive than in any other part OF the Ottoman do
nnions II will reclaim the farcst portion OF MssopdS
tamia restrain the nsolence OF the Shenr Arabs whose
federation and subsidy disgrace to the State and
the security Of the former easy and direct routs
between Mosul ora Aleppo and tho sea- From ancient
tmcs far back As those OF Alexander the GrsaS
commercial Intelligence selected this route, BY NsIbin
and the West; the Persian merchants with Serted
sold its silks at the annual fair Of Batn@ In Ssroo near
ORA and battered Their goods At tho emporiums q
Haran Ras ELAN and Nisibn before Christianity even
had name. Now moro than ever the most n.
vorable route for similar connection between Eugland
empires.
A despatch forwarded by the EugIi.h Foreign once
u.
letter from . scientific chemist established in thai
country describing insect that had caused much
havoc IN The cotton crops o. Egypt during the Last two
catlon together with request that the Of spec
mems accompanying Il might be submitted to scientific
investigation In England In order II possible, 70 dscss
means 10 prevent In future the losses occasonsd bf
this scoge, the following valuable communication upoa
the subject from Professor williamson Owens College,
Manchester, will be read with interest," and IL 10 hoped
viii prove servceable TO tho cotton growers Of Egypt
have to remark that the moth which has proved 90 de-
sractive TO the co ton plant 10 the Earss 5liQaanA
snn. an extremely rare insect !" sudden
remarkable phenomenon. There appears TO b
no remedy for but that OF picking on the lvp whom
scarcely capable Of being adopted on so large scale e
would be necessary in the present instance The proba-
!, came, rsturnng however, from time 70 tms q q
the case with the caterpars which 90 destructive
have corresponded With some or our leading metro
poltAn entomoogsts on the subject, and they agree
m:dy Ss sn so.Sa q UD.s my
return Of better days OF course you srssdy swsr
seasons that are affected By the Insect"
tns following letter from Smyrna dated August -
Rpo,tw II have lately made short tour in TIE intX
ror and and the cotton plantations have .su7srsds
the whole Of last month well part Of che prssess
but above All, the creates. injury was the seq.
the blossom falls down. Competsns people eoek
mate the damage thus done to BE- thirty per cent Of ~
crop Of course this could be well avoided By ntro.
sucina the system OF irrigation. Our cotton fields ar$
not be more difficult than in Egypt What could We "a
DO ~ the beautiful Meander vsllsyf why with 8 tlH
tie labor, II could be turned into . second Erypk Why.
the Caister Valley produces fine cotton q New o.
leans All We want Is capital and skilled labor A fsH
hundred skilled English farmers could do moro in on3
year than our impoverished peasantry in twenty w
want somebody 10 teach NJ the European system q
Agriculture We want somebody 70 sst the example,
and thus stimulate ~ 70 labor II instead Of haviaG -
We now have. whole st Of honorary members Of the In
pera Cotton Commission, had only three able
saaried men, whose whole time should Be devoted II
inspecting the cotton dstricss and nstruoting Tho
farmers the proper way OF ousvaing the textile a.
not hesitate In saying that both the government ana
farmers would reap . considerable benefit Suoh .
mission could also do great deal Of good super.
Intending European settlers who might DO induced 70
come out and settle here