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Climate." In this Inland District the rain fall is very CHAP. 



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small, generally about 20 to 30 inches at most, and the * 



climate is very dry. The seasons for rain are from May to 333 

 August, and secondly from September to the 15th Novem- 

 ber. The quantity of rain that fell during the last five 

 years is shown in the foot note.* The Cotton lands are 

 entirely dependent upon the fall of rain, as irrigation is not 

 employed. 



Seed used and whence obtained." The kind of seed 334 

 used, is that of the Cotton grown in this district. 



Nature and character of the Cotton." The Cotton of 335 

 this District is of the herbaceous character, or small shrubs. 

 The height of the plant varies from two and a half to one 

 and a half feet. Its branches are spread over a foot, and the 

 seed sown is two or three inches apart in the same row, but 

 between each row a space of about one foot and a half is 

 left. When Cotton and corraloo are sown together, one 

 row of Cotton is planted for every two rows of corraloo, and 

 a space of about two feet is left between each line. The 

 corraloo is harvested earlier than the Cotton, which comes to 

 maturity a month afterwards. In the best lands, the root 

 spreads one to one and a half feet in depth ; but in ordinary 

 land not deeper than one foot or even less ; laterally it does 

 not spread more than from three to four inches. 



Method of cultivation, time of flowering, and 336 

 weight of Cotton wool per acre,etc. " As already stated, 

 theRegudor Black land, previously made ready for cultivation, 

 is, upon a seasonable fall of rain, sown through bamboo tubes 



* Early rains. Later rains. 



Inches. Inches. 



1852-53 7'5 21-3 



1853-51 7'1 2-3 



1854-55 5-1 10 9 



1855-56 2-3 15-3 



1856-57 H" 6-4 



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