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COTTON. 

 (Khartf.) 



Varieties. None. 



Cotton is almost invariably sown in the best land, i.e. t the gatihan, in 



Preparation of land, ma- villages cultivated by the less industrious classes ; 



hure > &c - but the industrious classes devote their gauhan to even 



higher cultivation and grow cotton in the " manjha." It is generally, though 



not always, manured with 50 to 80 maunds the acre, but is always grown in land 



habitually manured, except in the poor lands of Sengar and Jumna ravines, 



where it is often grown as a first crop on newly broken-up land, to strengthen it 



by the leaves, &c., shed by the plant. 



The land is well ploughed, certainly twice, seldom oftener, as it is impor- 



Ploughing. tant to get the seed in <l uickl y after r in. A yoke of 



oxen will plongh an acre in two days. 

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