100 TEXTILE FIBRES. 



the small amount of cotton that is contained in an East Indian capsule, 

 in contradistinction to the amount contained in the larger capsules from 

 other countries. For the above samples I am indebted to Mr. T. K. 

 Marsden, of Platt Brothers & Company, Limited, Oldham. 



The principal kinds of East Indian cottons are Broach, Oomrawuttee, 

 Hingunghat, Bhownuggar, Tinuevelly, Bourbon, and Saw Ginned 

 Dharwar and Bengals. Lower classes of staples aro included under the 



Fig. 67. Unopened capsules. 



following names, viz. : Scinde, Veraval, Comptah, Rangoon, Dhollerah, 

 Cocoanada, arid Assam. 



The cotton known as Smyrna or Greek is valuable for the spinning of 

 special hard twisted yarns. 



The West Indian cottons are more valuable in staple than those of 

 other countries. The principal kinds are La Guayran, Mangarole, 

 Macedonia, and Carthagena. 



Japan cottons are of short and harsh staples. 



Queensland cottons are mostly grown from Sea Islands seeds. 



Australia has not, so far, been successful in growing this long-stapled 

 cotton. The want of suitable rivers in Australia and the arid atmosphere 

 are prohibitive to cotton culture on a large scale. 



Sampling. The marketable properties of cotton fibres are tested in 

 the raw state by putting a tuft of fibres between the fingers and thumbs 

 of both hands and then pulling them asunder. The amount of resistance 



