TOBACCO AND COTTON 115 



a large selection of acacias that might be 

 tried. 



Cotton is another product making headway in 

 Nyassaland, of which it is safe to predict a future 

 for Mozambique. Long staple Nyassaland upland, 

 a locahzed type of American, has proved itself 

 suitable at Bompona on the Chire, and would 

 doubtless do so also in other parts of the Province. 

 The planting season there is February, when the 

 rains are half over, an interval being selected after 

 a rainy day when the soil is damp ; the seed is 

 sown in rows 4 feet apart, 1^ foot separating the 

 plants in the row. 



The following is the result of 10 hectares planted 

 at Chilomo by the Zambesi Company in 1911 : — 



The yield was 5,500 kilos of seed-cotton, esti- 

 mated to give 32 per cent, of lint valued at 

 7d. a lb. with American milling at 5^d., a return 

 of ieil2. 



A West African variety of great reputation 



