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Dods were laro:e, exceedino; m weis-ht three or four Letter from 



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times those oi the country plants. 1 have no spe- Cuddapah, 

 cimen of the cotton left ; but that the Committee ^^^^^^^^^-^ 

 may be enabled to form some estimate of its qua- 

 lity, as compared with the country cotton, I beg 

 leave to submit for their inspection two pieces 

 of cloth prepared by the same weaver from 

 each description of cotton. The second supply 

 of seed reached me at an unseasonable period, 

 and cannot be distributed for cultivation till the 

 next rains. The seed appears on trial to be in 

 excellent order. 



It is not, however, to be expected, that the 

 American will ever supersede the country cotton, 

 as the latter plants require no watering, and being 

 annual are cultivated in unenclosed fields, chiefly 

 in the rich black soil of the Western talooks. I 

 would rather solicit the attention of the Committee 

 to the encouragement of the country cotton, by 

 holding out sufficient inducements to the ryots to 

 make them careful as to the mode of collecting the 

 kupas in the fields. 



I beg leave to submit for their consideration, 

 copy of a letter from Mr. Lush, Superintendent of 

 the Botanic Garden at Dhapooree, who at Dharwar 

 has introduced the observance of a few simple 

 rules with such success, as to lead to the appoint- 

 ment of an Agent on the part of the Bombay 

 Government. I was anxious to impress the advan- 

 tage of the Dharwar system on the ryots of Koil- 



gootta, 



