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adaptation of systems of agriculture, also to a proper 

 selection of bolls for seed and finally to the 

 application of modern mechanical skill to rendering 

 this article fit for the English market, complete 

 success would follow ; and that Cotton fully equal 

 to the best Upland Georgian, if not to Sea Island, 

 could be sent annually from India, in sufficient 

 quantities to supply the demands, not of England, 

 only but of half Europe. 



One Mill Owner I find writing to the Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural Society of Bengal in. 

 1839, says: 



" Accompanying are 24 bundles (five pounds each) 

 of twist) spun from the cotton grown at Akra farm 

 under the superintendence of the Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society', also one piece of cloth (10 

 yards) made from the twist spun and wove by the 

 power loom ; and one piece (20 yards) made by the 

 native hand loom" " This cotton I have carefully 

 watched through the various stages of cleaning) card- 

 ing, roving, spinning, fyc. and have no hesitation in 

 characterising it as equal to the VERY BEST Upland 

 Georgia Cotton; its staple is fully as Iong 9 and I 

 would say stronger and better adapted for mule 

 spinning than any I have imported direct from 

 America." 



tf My own opinion with regard to the cultivation 

 of Upland Georgia cotton in India, judging from what 

 1 have seen of it when tried under great disadvan- 



