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tions, but they were now placed in good working order CHAP, 

 under the direction of Mr. Petrie, an Engineer who had ' 

 been sent out from England expressly to work the gins and 

 to superintend the repair of the machinery. A Colaba press iMifWd 

 had also been forwarded in the place of an Atlas press, which Despatch 

 had not been found to work so well as had been expected. MadmsGo- 



ven.ment, 

 6th June 



Unfavorable results: their causes. The results how- p 8 3 3 5 v lbid 

 ever of this season were unfavorable, both as regarded the 62 

 crop and the proportion of wool to seed. Dr. Wight as- Dr.wi g ht' 

 cribed the failure to two causes : 1st, To the circumstance November 

 that the abundance of rain brought by the North East mon- P.WI. 

 soon had fallen within too short a period, and had been 

 followed by a long period of dry weather ; and 2nd, To the 

 American system of ridging, which created a deep water fur- 

 row on each side of the row of plants, and thus in dry seasons 

 drained the water too rapidly off the lands. This latter idea 

 had already been made the subject of experiment. At an 

 early period Dr. Wight had not considered that Americano*. par * 

 ridging was suitable to an Indian climate. Accordingly 

 during the second year he had tried the effect of sowing on 

 level ground ; but then the season had been unusually wet, 

 and the ridging would have served to carry off the water. 

 In the third year he had reverted to the ridging ; but 

 then the season had turned out unusually dry, and the 

 ridging drained the land too rapidly, and in fact proved 

 worse than the level method. The real cause of the failure 

 appears to have been the exhaustion of the soil, and the 

 necessity for a rotation of crops. However this subject will 

 be discussed further on. 



Comparison of the crops of the third Season with 63 

 those of the second.-The difference in the out-turn of the 

 second and third seasons, as regarded the proportion of Cot- 

 ton produced to the extent of acreage, may be thus ex- 

 hibited. 



