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Dr. Wight's reply : 1st, July is the best time for sowing. ... .... 66 



2nd, Low Alluvial soils had proved a failure, but low lands near the 



Coast were under trial. ... .... 67 



DR. WIGHT'S NOTES. 



Habits of the American Plant .... .... .... ib- 



Four seasons of the American Plant.... 68 



Adaptation of the habits of the American plant to the Indian seasons.. 69 



1st, Seasons on the eastern side, under the north-east monsoon .... ib. 



Monthly mean temperature and mean falls of rain in the Carnatic 70 



Cotton cultivation under the north-east monsoon, sowing in September, ib. 



2nd, Seasons on the western side, under the south-west monsoon 71 



Cotton cultivation under the south-west monsoon, sowing in May. . . . ib. 

 3rd, Intermediate regions under both the north-east and south-west 



monsoons 72 



Cotton cultivation under both monsoons, sowing in July. ... .... ib. 



Large experiment in early sowing throughout the Cotton Districts in 



the Madras Presidency .... 73 



First Result : India not too hot, but too cold. . . , , . . . . . ib. 

 Theory confirmed by a comparison of the temperature of Madras with 



that of Vera Cruz, Mobile and Natchez 74 



Rising temperature in America, but diminishing temperature in India 



during the growing season 75 



Second Result : Carnatic not too dry, confirmed by a comparison of 



mean rain fall .... 76 



Two methods of cultivating American Cotton in India : adaptation of 



seasons, and artificial irrigation ...... .... ib. 



Experiments in irrigation, securing a rising temperature to the grow- 

 ing plant .... 77 



Five practical suggestions ...... .... 78 



1st, Choice of soil .... .... ib. 



2nd, Preparation of the land for the seed ... . . . 9 ib. 



3rd ,Plouging and hoeing during the growing season 79 



4th, Distance between the rows * , , ib, 



5th, Treatment of the plant as an annual and rotation of crops .... 80 



Profitable cultivation of American Cotton throughout the Peninsula. . ib, 



