INDEX 



235 



improvement, 29 ; American, 

 52, 75 ; baling, 47 ; botanical 

 characters, 10 ; Brazilian, 70, 

 75 ; chemical composition, 15 ; 

 climatic conditions in Egypt, 

 23 ; climatic conditions in 

 United States, 19 ; climatic 

 conditions required for, 17 ; 

 cultivation, 17 ; cultivation 

 methods in Egypt, 23 ; cul- 

 tivation methods in United 

 States, 19 ; diseases, 32 ; 

 Egyptian, 57, 75 ; ginning, 

 45 ; harvesting, 18 ; harvesting 

 in Egypt, 26 ; harvesting in 

 United States, 21 ; hybridisa- 

 tion, 30 ; imports into United 

 Kingdom from United States, 

 51 ; Indian, 66, 75 ; insect 

 pests, 36 ; irrigation in Egypt, 

 26 ; length of fibres, 14 ; manur- 

 ing, 26 ; mercerisation, 16 ; 

 perennial or tree, 12, 31, 69, 

 70 ; Peruvian, 69, 75 ; pre- 

 paration for the market, 45 ; 

 pressing and baling, 47 ; prices, 

 74 ; production in Argentina, 



71 ; production in Asiatic 

 Russia, 71 ; production in 

 Brazil, 70 ; production in 

 British Empire, 76 ; production 

 in British West Africa, 77 ; 

 production in British West 

 Indies, 94 ; production in Cey- 

 lon, 97 ; production in China, 



72 ; production in Colombia, 

 71 ; production in Corea, 74 ; 

 production in Cyprus, 96 ; pro- 

 duction in East Africa Pro- 

 tectorate, 91 ; production in 

 Egypt, 54 ; production in Fiji, 

 97 ; production in Gambia, 86 ; 

 production in Gold Coast, 82 ; 

 production in India, 61 ; pro- 

 duction in Japan, 73 ; produc- 

 tion in Malta, 96 ; production 

 in Mexico, 71 ; production in 

 Northern Provinces, Nigeria, 

 80 ; production in Nyasaland, 

 93 ; production in Papua, 97 ; 

 production in Peru, 69 ; pro- 

 duction in Queensland, 97 ; pro- 

 duction in Rhodesia, 97 ; pro- 

 duction in Sierra Leone, 84 ; 

 production in Southern Pro- 

 vinces, Nigeria, 78 ; produc- 

 tion in Sudan, 88 ; production 

 in Uganda, 90 ; production in 



Union of South Africa, 97 ; pro- 

 duction in United States, 49 ; 

 production in Venezuela, 71 ; 

 propagation by budding and 

 cuttings, 32 ; regions of cultiva- 

 tion, 17 ; rotation of crops, 28 ; 

 Sea Island, 52, 75 ; seed selec- 

 tion, 29 ; soil conditions in 

 Egypt, 24 ; soil conditions in 

 United States, 19 ; soil condi- 

 tions necessary for, 18 ; sowing 

 in Egypt, 25 ; sowing in United 

 States, 19 ; structure of fibre, 

 14 ; tree or perennial, 12, 31, 69, 

 70 ; use in paper-making, 216 ; 

 varieties, American, 52 ; varie- 

 ties, Egyptian, 57 ; varieties, 

 Indian, 66 ; varieties, Peruvian, 

 69 ; weeding, 21 ; West Indian, 

 75, 94 I world's production, 9 ; 

 yield in Egypt, 55 ; yield in 

 United States, 50 



Cotton aphis, 42 



Cotton boll, 12 



Cotton boll rot, 35 



Cotton boll shedding, 33 



Cotton boll- weevil, 36, 71 



Cotton leaf blight, 35 



Cotton leaf -roller, 41 



Cotton mildew, 35 



Cotton-picking machines, 22 



Cottonseed, 13 ; disinfection of , 43 



Cotton-seed cake and meal, 13 



Cotton-seed oil, 13 



Cotton stainers, 42 



Cotton wool, 15 



Cotton worm, American, 40 ; 

 Egyptian, 41 



Crawford - Elliot cotton - picking 

 machine, 22 



Crin vegetal, 214 



Crotalaria juncea, 122 



Cuscuta epilinum, 101 



Cutworms of cotton, 41 



Cymbopogon Nardus var. vallidus, 



222 



Cyprus, cotton growing in, 96 ; 

 flax growing in, in 



Dahomey, cotton growing in, 78 

 Darwaso fibre, 150 

 Deccan hemp, 146 

 Decortication of ramie, 126 ; of 



Sisal hemp, 175 

 Degumming of ramie, 127 

 Delinter, 13 

 Dharwars cotton, 67 

 Dholleras cotton, 67 



