The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-28
--Old Series, VI. ".

II An'ardeh (27o pound, oinranaly eo,-
tan. seeds sowr. ~ IN, a,r,see. f'lb led
dan, lacrrs... and produces ianr csntars
| 600 p ,uni,, fcottoh IL setd-tkaf IL 10
say. The sotiun with ihe seed tside j. Nv
ID comes out oi the co ttn pod ia Liking
tbs sy,eldas tile averags.hY"ry arihh pant.
Ell prodvccs ~ cantars ot gnrele.liou a.,l
ahout "a prdris q seed. Au ardvh ii
seed of then species sows. like tllr orber
eight frddans; but its yield is ihpre than
treble, and has even heen stated al i've
fold. But NY most Trustworthy inform
ant only gives ten eeniars per if,ldar, which
| | may add is the amount taken by one uf
| the leading Trims rs the bas's Of iicir cal
culstions Us to the effect q; the new plnut.
They add that il il ditfiruli toSry exactly
what would he the ordinary yield. rs all
returns hitherto are be re,a; ai ,xrepI i,n-
al culture on a small srpie. On this cal
culativn ni tcn rur'nrs sacl, urtcb cf seed
would produce eight cnntars ~ cnttun 10
seed--that is TO say. over dopbe the u
mount produced by ordinary seed. A.
present prices each arieb wuutd return
about gao in seed and cotton together,
instead Of COG as il does nuw. The new
cotton lam assured on the best Authority,
is Of good appearance commercially speak
ing, and equal il quality TO ordinary Eeyr-
tian cotton he plant grows IL differ
ent manner from the ordinary cotton plant.
Il grows to about the hight Of ten feef, has
. straight vertical sleai. wiilinnt hrsnches.
with very feS leaves. and il thickiy studi-
ed with pods. Seventy are SAID 10 have
been gathered from the frst plpit discover
ed The ordinary cotton j. found on
shrub. rome four Or five feet high, with
spreading branches. Nearly yard must
be left for air, light and growing room be-
tween the shrubs, uereas the new plant,
from the abserro Of branches. requires on.
" half the space. This Tact is Il material
with view 70 lis capacities d production
in given space. IL i, called here Bamia
cutt,n, from The Resemblance of the plant
to vegetable cf tia, name. end the Arabs
main,ain that il is the result OF cross he.
tsecn tho two shrubs. But others sny it
mas beon brought from the Soudon or Equ-
atnriol Africa, Nothiug. however. ~
positively known Tie history Of It's dis.
coyery is curious. A Capt. living ~ tho
upper part II the delta. al u Place called
Berket. el-Spb. {" Well of the I,ion.'
satinn on the Cairo Npilwoy,) in the lro-
vince Of hlenout, nniicch in the autumn Of
1873 n plant IA Cotton 6rid wholly differ
ent from the rest. lie cnlrc,ed the pods.
separated the srej. aud planted !; III ,scre.
| III az isalated plos Of gIoauS. For three
years he has carried on the cultivation, aud
now there are said to be from 800 TO 500
ardebs in the country, aud the seed is snld
in public market. | am told that a. high
as E25 and even $50 per ar,leb Is paid im-
stead Of c. All has been bought ny.
and the supply is exhausted. Supposng
that all these wonderful facts are true
and ] have them from good anthority--a
small revelation IN eur prospects j. at hand
| Ii. rs is stated. there are 100 ardebs of
seed ready for sowing this Mnrch. aud il
multiplies itsclf by sixty. ~ above stated.
we shall have for the following cIop about
81. OnO afdrbs, au,: for March. 1879. there
will be enntlgh 10 snw The cotton rounfry
ten miles over. as there are miiy T10. p1D
iedjans in the whole Of Egyp, Rbieh arc
lit for cotton culture.