45.] MR. WHOUGHTON'S SUCCESSFUL CULTUEE. 51 



Question of manure. As regarded manure, Mr. Wrough- CHAP. 



ton. had discovered that it should not be applied to land in ! 



the same year that Cotton was cultivated upon it. In fact, 71 

 he was very doubtful whether manure was required at all, 

 as deep ploughing often repeated seemed to effect all that 

 was needful. 



Three advantages possessed by India over Ame- 72 

 rica in the cultivation of American Cotton. Mr. 



Wroughton further remarked that three advantages were 

 possessed by his district over America in the cultivation of 

 American Cotton ; viz 1st, There were fewer contingencies 

 to guard against ; 2ndly, The soil was more congenial ; 

 and, Srdly, Labourwas much cheaper. On the first point he 

 stated, that whilst the Indian cultivator had only two evils 

 to dread, the drought and the grate, the American culti- 

 vator had six contingencies to guard against ; namely, the rot, 

 the rust, the caterpillar, the frost, and storms of wind and rain. 

 On the second point he stated, that his land at Ootacamund 

 had yielded nearly 1,200 Ibs. of seed Cotton per acre, which 

 would give 350 Ibs. of clean Cotton wool; whilst the average 

 crop of the best soils in America was only 400 Ibs. of clean Cot- 

 ton wool per acre. But even granting that the productive 

 power of the American soil was superior, still the cheapness 

 of labour in India would enable the cultivator to produce 

 much cheaper Cotton. In India the cultivation was peculi- 

 arly a family undertaking ; little children plucking the Cot- 

 ton, after a little practice, as well as the women. 



Remunerative demand alone required in India. 73 



Mr. Wroughton summed up his remarks by stating, that 

 nothing was now required in India, but a remunerative de- 

 mand to stimulate the Ryots to the growth of Cotton. For 

 many years the cultivation had been exceedingly neglected. 

 Rarely had any attempt been made to produce it as a single 

 crop. In most cases the seed was sown with three or four 



