222 COTTON IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. [1853 62. 



CHAP, very favorable to the American varieties. Garden experiments 

 VL in general are not very reliable, inasmuch as the plant re- 

 ceives far more care and attention under such circumstances 

 than it can possibly receive from the Kyot. Mr. Shubrick, the 

 Collector, has been highly successful in raising Egyptian 

 Proceed Cotton, which received the approbation and thanks of the 

 B<?ard of Board of Revenue and Madras Chamber of Commerce. Un- 

 isth ei Aprii fortu nately, Mr. Shubrick returned to Europe whilst the ex- 

 periment was still under trial, and his Cotton plantation 

 seems to have been neglected and consequently failed. Seed 

 however was forwarded to the Collectors of Cuddapah, 

 Bellary, Kurnool, Coimbatore, and Tinnevelly, for the pur- 

 pose of carrying on the experiment in their respective Dis- 

 tricts. The trial proved a failure. It seems probable however, 

 fJston'fiet" that the experiment might have stood a better chance of suc- 

 oct, isii? 1 cess had it been tried in the maritime Districts, and on soil 

 more nearly approaching to that of Madras. It has already 

 been seen that Black soil is well adapted to the growth of 

 Indian Cotton, but not to the growth of American ; but even 

 in Tinnevelly, the seeds obtained from Mr. Shubrick were 

 planted in Black land. On the other hand, the Collector 

 of the maritime District of Ganjam has expressed an opini- 

 on, that Egyptian Cotton might be grown to a great extent 

 in his Collectorate within an easy distance of the coast. 



299 Experimental culture of the Brazil or Fernambuco 

 variety by Dr. Kludge. An equally interesting ex- 

 periment has been tried in Madras, with reference to the 

 Brazil or Pernambuco Cotton, by Dr. Mudge, Surgeon Major 

 in the Madras Army. The following concise account of this 

 Dr^fiuS ? experiment, and of some others with Egyptian and Bour- 

 186?. Jan ' b n seed, has been kindly furnished by Dr. Mudge. 



"I first tried the Brazil or Pernambuco Cotton in 1860. 

 The Honorable D. Arbuthnot, Collector of Kurnool, gave me 

 12 seeds from which 11 plants came up. These were planted 



