DIFFERENT QUALITIES OF SUNN, 279 
Roxburgh, in heckling, found it lost about one third; though 
the tow is of course of use for some purposes. 
But that some good Sunn is also prepared in the present 
day is evident from the difference in price which it brings in 
the English market. Mr. Dickson also having passed some of 
it through his machine; the Sunn has become light-coloured 
and clean, with the fibres lying parallel to one another, and 
showing them as well fitted for spinning. Parties who have 
seen it have pronounced it well worth £35 a ton. 
That good Sunn may also be produced in some of the old 
localities is evident, for Mr. Sconce, when Collector of Chitta- 
gong, having grown some Hemp and Flax in this district, as 
ready mentioned at p.177, grew also some Sunn, which was 
thus reported on by the Hemp and Flax Committee of the 
Agri-Horticultural Society, 1843. 
“@. Sample of Sunn (Crotalaria juncea) or Indian Hemp.— 
Quality in every respect superior ; clean, strong, of even fibre ; 
would meet with an extensive and ready sale in Europe; it 
would pay better if not heckled, but merely scutched. 
“In addition to the above, your Committee would beg to 
call the attention of the Society to the memorandum appended 
to this Report, obligingly furnished by Mr. Deneef.” 
“G. This is also a good-quality sample ; but, like samples 
B and E (dressed Hemp and dressed Flax), it has been prepared 
in too expensive a manner to admit of its being profitable. It 
is much better than my sample of Sunn, and perhaps would 
fetch £20 per ton in the English market.” The sample of true 
Hemp grown at Chittagong, Mr. Deneef says, would have 
fetched £18, but if better prepared, £25 per ton. 
CULTURE IN MADRAS TERRITORIES. 
Dr. Roxburgh, in describing the culture about Rajahmundry, 
and in the Northern Circars, states that the seed is sown 
towards the close of the rains, in October or November. A 
strong clayey soil suits it best, the farmers say. About 
120 lb. of seed to the acre is the usual allowance. It requires 
no further care than being covered with the soil, which is done 
with the common Hindoo harrow. In February or March 
soon after the flowers drop, and before the seeds are ripe 
