COTTON-WOOL. 



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cotton, on the authority of an intelligent farmer, may be Append 

 reckoned as follows. 



A connah is a parallelogram of twelve nulls in length, 

 and by ten in breadth. Twelve nulls are about one hun- 

 dred and thirt}^ English feet. 



Cawns of Cowries. 



Rent , 5 o 



Nine labourers to clean and dress the 



ground, at eight puns per day 4 8 



Seed, three seer, at one cawn per seer . . 3 o 

 Sowing the seed in rows, eighteen inches 



wide, each seed four inches apart ; seven 



men one day 3 8 



Ridging the earth to the roots of the plants 



when they are about four inches high ; 



five men o 2 8 



Breaking the clods ; four men 2 o 



Weeding four times 10 o 



Cotton does not ripen at the same time like 



grain, but successively, like many fruits ; 



it must therefore be watched attentively 



and gathered as it ripens. It will require 



about fifteen days labour 7 8 



Cawns 38 o 



or A. Rs. 9 8 



If the season prove favourable and the 

 soil be good, a connah will yield three 

 maunds, which will now sell for four 

 rupees per maund - 12 o 



Gain, C. Rs. 2 8 



This however, it must be observed, is supposing every 

 person to be hired for the work : but, says the relator, 

 I work myself, my children work and considerably assist 



2 A S me, 



