258 COTTON IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. [185362. 



CHAP, dominions. The district is also the scene of an interesting 



! experiment in the growth of foreign Cotton now under 



Mr pis- ^ a ^- The Collector reports that the lines of communication 

 cher's ie between the frontier of the neighbouring Cotton districts 

 Apni 1*61. an( j |.j ie coag ^ are j n better order than any beyond the 

 boundary of the district. The principal road, namely, that 

 between Dharwar and Coomptah, is bridged and metalled, 

 and in good working order. Mr. Fischer adds, " The ob- 

 stacles to increased production seem to be uncertainty of 

 local demand, the want of European capital and influence in 

 the producing districts, and the absence of a direct shipping 

 port on the coast. If European Agency and capital were to 

 be found in the Cotton districts, there would be no difficulty 

 in increasing the supply of Cotton. However great the de- 

 mand may be at a distance, it has but a very indirect effect 

 on the producing powers of the Ryot. If the demand exists 

 at his own door, or within his own district, he has both the 

 will and the industry to profit by it." 



365 Report of the District Engineer on the experimen- 

 tal culture of Mr, Kleinknecht. The District Engi- 



Captain 



Ster er i5t neer re P r ^ s " that Cotton soil in the usual acceptation of 



i86i. ember that term does not exist in this District, except possibly in 



small patches along portions of the Dharwar frontier near 



Moondagode and Hullial, wherever however Cotton is not 



actually grown, the ground being covered with jungle. 



" Bub it is right to add that an experiment on a large 

 scale for the growth of Cotton in jungle land below the 

 Ghauts, has been in progress for a couple of seasons, under 

 Mr. Kleinknecht, the Agent for Mr. Brooke, a Merchant of 

 Bombay and Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce at that 

 Port. None but the finest varieties of foreign seed are put 

 down by Mr. Kleinknecht, and I have heard a very high 

 opinion expressed of samples of his produce by the Agent 

 of another Bombay Firm now at Beitkool, Mr. Brooke 



