382 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. [Ilay 2, 1908. 



Cotton si'fil which was at one time wasted, is now of iucieasiug value (jwiug 

 to the oil extracted therefrom. and the cake manufactured from the residue. 

 The ])artsof the CommDnweaUli suital)lc for cotton i,'rowin<i are considerably 

 greater than the area undci' cotton in the I'liircd States, being practically 

 unlimit(Ml. The uphind \-ari('ties of cotton fioin which the hulk of the woj-ld's 

 supply is obtained, are no more dilliiuh to cultivate than maize, although the 

 harvesting is rather more expensixc it should also be distinctlv understood 

 that black labour is not essential h)r cotton growing. Everything in connec- 



Cotton Bolls. 



tion with the cultivation and manufacture of cotton can be, and is in many 

 places, ])erformed by white labour. To those farmers who might like to try 

 a plot of cotton as an adjunct to other crops, the following notes on its 

 cultivation in;i\' l»c of interest: — 



Varieties. 



Cotton belongs to the botanical order of jilants called Malvacerp, which 



inchuh^s the common weed mai'sh-mallow, the old-fashioned garden holK'hock. 



