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packing is, as nearly as possible, as it existed in the Letter from 

 pod, barring the displacement necessary for sepa- to e.'h. 

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of the state of the staple in cotton prepared by the 

 foot roller, jig. 1. 



4. The women employed having spread cloths 

 in the banar, put the cotton in the sun in order to 

 crisp the seed. A common smooth stone (usually 

 of granite) A, about a foot square, is placed in 

 front of the woman who sits on a three-legged 

 stool, B. The cotton is rolled on the stone with 

 an iron rod, C, thicker in the middle than at 

 the ends ; this is turned round by the feet, which 

 are defended by wooden soles, D. The seed is 

 rolled out in front : the cotton comes out under the 

 stool behind in a continuous web. One woman 

 generally prepares a maund per day, which pro- 

 duces a quarter of a maund of cotton, the seed 

 being three-fourths of the weight. Occasionally 

 the seed is given for the work, instead of money. 

 When the latter is given, at sixpence per day, 

 the expense of getting out the seed may be 

 reckoned at fourteen rupees the Surat candy. 



5. The Madras churka, jig, 2, and Specimen 

 No. 2, consists of two wooden cylinders moving 

 in an endless screw, at the handle extremity. It 

 does the work neatly, and requires only one 

 person to attend to it ; but the operation is so 

 slow, that in an experiment I tried with it at the 



farm, 



