Vlll CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1st, Better variety of Cotton : general classification of Indian and Ame- 

 rican Cotton , .... 16 



Six leading varieties of Cotton, viz., Indian, Bourbon, New Orleans, 



Pernambuco, Egyptian, and Sea Island .... 17 



Indian, Bourbon, and New Orleans Cotton compared . . .... 18 



2nd, Better system of Cultivation : Indian and American agriculture 



compared ........ .... ib. 



3rd, Better method of separating and cleaning the Cotton : (1) The 



Foot Roller 19 



(2) The Native Churka , .... 20 



(3) The American Saw Gin ...... .... . . . , ib. 



(4) The Thresher 21 



Division of the subject matter of the present Hand-Book . . .... 22 



Twelve years of Cotton Experiments, divisible into three periods of 



four years each .... 23 



Specialities of the several Chapters. ... .... 24 



CHAPTER II. 



FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE UNDER DR. WIGHT AND 

 THE AMERICAN PLANTERS, 1841 TO 1845. 



Stoppage of demand for Indian muslins and calicoes, but gi owing de- 

 mand for Cotton wool. ... .... .... 27 



Early efforts to extend and improve Indian Cotton .... 28 



Introduction of Bourbon Cotton into the Madras Presidency ib. 



Mr. Metcalfe, an American Cotton cleaner, sent to the Presidency, 



1813 : efforts of the Madras Government, 1819-1836 ib. 



Ten American Planters sent to India, 1840 .... 30 



Preva'ling opinions upon Cotton cultivation in the Madras Presidency. 31 



Three Planters located in Tinnevelly, October 1840 .... .... 32 



Contemplated removal of the Planters to the neighbourhood of Mr. 



Fischer's establishment at Salem. ... .... .... 33 



First Season, 1841-42 : commenced under Captain Hughes. . . . ib. 



Reported failure in consequence of a heavy monsoon, January 1842 . . 34 



Sudden renovation of the crop : Dr. Wight succeeds Captain Hughes. 35 

 Relative effects of the Monsoon, the Drought, and the Rain upon the 



Cotton shrub : difference between the Red and Black soils, . il. 



