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able season, as much as 176 Ibs. of cleaned cotton 

 was picked from the acre. The results are there- 

 fore encouraging." 



In another part of the report, he says with 

 reference to the Bolundshuhur model-farm : 

 '." So far as can at present be judged, it would 

 appear that deep-ploughing is of great benefit to 

 the plant. Those parts of the seed farms which 

 have been thus treated, show very favorably by the 

 side of the fields cultivated according to the ordi- 

 nary native method. The plants on the well- 

 ploughed fields were much stronger and healthier 

 than their neighbours, and, as already noticed, 180 

 Ibs. of clean cotton per acre was picked from these 

 fields. This season, an ordinary native field hardly 

 yielded 50 Ibs. to the acre." 



Deep-ploughing will not only enable the plant 

 to obtain an extra amount of nourishment from a 

 hitherto untouched source, but the deep penetration 

 of the roots into the soil will enable the plant to 

 withstand droughts and sudden changes of climate 

 much better than it does at present. It is prefer- 

 able that the ploughing should be done with the 

 hoe, and extend as deep as possible, the land being 

 afterwards levelled, and all clods carefully broken. 



The soil is then thrown up into ridges, sufficiently 

 apart to enable the plants to extend laterally 

 as much as possible, but still close enough for the 

 plants to shade the soil and prevent it becoming too 



