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of Indian cotton, ind an average of about 500 Ib. of lint per acre. 
Clover or wheat follow 
“The clover is sown amongst the cotton plants before they are cut, 
and gives five cuttings between November and June, requiring eight 
waterings. Maize follows during the flood, and, after the maize, wheat. 
During the next flood maize is again sown, and is followed by clover, 
which, after two cuttings, is ploughed up to make way for cotton. 
Thus, in three years the cultivator gets a cab of cotton, two crops of 
maize, a crop of wheat, and seven gece of clover. In some ae 
cotton is grown every other year, the intermediate crops bein ; 
maize, and clover. On the large estate which formed the ‘ Domains of 
Ismail P asha, and is now managed by a board on behalf of his creditors, 
the maize cropping is generally omitted, and the land is given two 
fallows in flood-time in the course of three years. Maize is almost 
invariably man ad. Cotton follows clover and is commonly unmanured. 
ut the Domains administration has found that, by the use of manure, 
at yie 200 Ib. can be added to the produce per acre, and the practice 
of top-dressing is "abMading, It may be safely concluded that two-thirds 
of the Delta—or one and three-quarters million acres—receive manure 
annually.” 
X.—EGYPTIAN COTTON IN SIERRA LEONE. 
[K. B., 1897, pp. 304-305.] 
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Another promising economic plant in Sierra Leone is the nativ 
cotton, Pay ai: ha cath ar aes ta L. In order to supplement this 
an effo de e years ago to introduce the cultivation of the 
Egyptian "potton in the odia: The following letter affords particulars 
on these points :— 
ROYAL GARDENS, KEW, to COLONIAL OFFICE. 
Royal Gardens, Kew, 
SIR, 21st t January, 1893. 
I AM desired by Mr. Thiselton-Dyer to acknowledge the receipt 
of your letter of the 2nd instant forwarding a copy of a despatch from 
the Governor of Sierra Leone regarding the experiments made in the 
colony to cultivate Egyptian sae ing 
. Thiselton-Dyer has noticed with regret that these experiments 
have not proved successful in Sierra Leone, and that the Governor does 
not consider that there would be any good in forwarding more seeds to 
the colony. 
3. It will be within your recollection that in 1890, at the request of 
the Government of Sierra Leone, Kew undertook to obtain a com- 
n the Bum Rive 
copy of k very favourable ries Fadia by the Manchester Chamber 
of Commerce was enclosed, 
