CHAPTEE III. 



rOTTE TEAES OF EXPEEIMETTTAIi CTTLTTTEE trNBEB 

 BB. WIGHT IN COIMBATOEB, 1845 TO 1849. 



(86.) Position of the Cotton experiment in 1845.— (87.) New arrange- 

 ments. — (88.) Mr. Morris reports unfavourably of Bellary : his death. — 

 (89.) Mr. Fmnie reports unfavourably of the Madras district ; despatched 

 to Tinnevelly.— (90.) Dr. Wight's new Cotton Farms in Coimbatore, 

 1845 : four points neglected in the previous experiments. — (91.) Eesults 

 of four successive seasons on the new Farm, 1845-49.— (92.) Suggestions 

 of the Manchester Association respecting sowing in May and on low soils. 

 —(93.) Dr. Wight's reply : First, July is the best time for sowing.— 

 (94.) Second, Low Alluvial soils have proved a failure, but low lands near 

 the coast are under trial. 



DK. wight's notes ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE AMERICAN PLANT 

 TO THE SEASONS OF INDIA. 



(95.) Habits of the American plant.— (9&.) Four Seasons of the 

 American plant. — (97.) Adaptation of the habits of the American plant to 

 the Indian seasons. — (98.) First, Seasons on the eastern side, under the 

 north-east monsoon. — (99.) Monthly mean temperature and mean fialls 

 of rain in the Carnatic. — (100.) Cotton cultivation under the north-east 

 monsoon : sowing in September. — (101.) Second, Seasons on the western 

 side, under the south-west monsoon. — (102.) Cotton cultivation vmder the 

 south-west monsoon: sowing in May. — (103.) Third, Intermediate re- 

 gions under both the north-east and south-west monsoons. — (104.) Cot- 

 ton cultivation under both monsoons ; sowing in July.-^(105.) Large 

 experiment in early sowing throughout the Cotton districts in the Madras 

 Presidency. — (106.) First Eesult : India not too hot but too cold. — (107.) 

 Theory confirmed by a comparison of the temperature of Madras with that 

 of Vera Cruz, Mobile, and Natchez. — (108.) Eising temperature in Ame- 

 rica, but diminishing temperature in India, during the growing seasons. — 

 (109.) Second result: Carnatic not too dry, confirmed by a comparison of 

 mean falls of rain — (110.) Two methods of cultivating American Cotton 

 in India : adaptation of seasons and artificial irrigation.— (111.) Experi- 

 ments in irrigation, securing a rising temperature to the growing plant. — 

 (112.) Five practical suggestions. — (113.) First, Choice of soil. — (114.) 

 Second, Preparation of the land for the seed. — (115.) Third, Ploughing 

 and hoeing during the growing season. — (116.) Fourth, Distance between 

 the Rows. — (117.) Fifth, Treatment of the plant as an Annual, and 

 rotation of crops. — (118.) Profitable cultivation of American Cotton 

 throughout the Peninsula. 



