COTTON CULTIVATION 



IN THE 



|Sf.: MADEAS PEESIDENCY. 



CHAPTER X. 



GENERAL VIEW OF THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY, AND 

 OF THE IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED IN 

 INDIAN COTTON. 



(1.) Hand Book to the Cotton Cultivation of each Presidency ordered by 

 the Government of India, 22nd July 1861. (2.) Method pursued in draw- 

 ing up the present Hand Book to the Madras Presidency, 28th August. 

 (3.) Three objects sought by the East India Company with reference to Cot- 

 ton. (4.) Boundaries of the Madras Presidency. (5.) Physical features of the 

 country. (6.) Three modifications of the tropical heat, viz. the table land, 

 the sea, and the two monsoons. (7.) North-East monsoon, October to 

 April : South- West monsoon, May to September. (8.) Climate of the 

 Madras Presidency and Cotton States of North America compared : reversal 

 of the seasons. (9.) Revenue divisions of the Madras Presidency. (10.) 

 Revenue systems of the Madras Presidency : based upon the Village com- 

 munities. (11.) Three Revenue systems : First, The Village joint rent sys- 

 tem. 112., Second, The Zemindary system. (13.) Third, The Ryotwary sys- 

 tem (14.) Advantages of the Ryotwary tenure over the Zemindary and 

 Tillage joint rent systems, (li.) Revenue division of lands : Government, 

 Zemindary, and Inam. ^16.) Nature and extent of the Cotton soils of India. 

 (17.) Four great Cotton districts : Bellary and Cuddapahto the north ; Coim- 

 batore and Tinnevelly to the south. (18.) Statistics of the Cotton growing 

 districts. (19.) Review of the three improvements required in Indian Cot- 

 ton. (20.) First, Better variety of Cotton required : general classification 

 of Indian and American Cottons. (21. , Six leading varieties of Cotton, viz. 

 Indian, Bourbon, New Orleans, Pernambueb, Egyptian, and- Sea Island. 

 (22.) Indian, Bourbon, and New Orleans Cotton compared. (23.) Second, 

 Better system of cultivation required : Indian and American agriculture 

 compared. (24.) Third, Better method of separating and cleaning the Cotton 

 required. The Foot Roller. (25.) The Native Churka. (26.) The American 

 Saw Gin. (27.) The Thresher. (28.) Division of the subject matter 3 in 

 the present Hand-book. (29.) Twelve years of Cotton Experiments divi- 

 sible into three periods of four years each. (30.) Specialities of the severa^ 

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