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COTTON-WOOL. 



Appendix. January and February it is generally higher, from the 

 stock of the preceding year being nearly expended. 

 Other causes may also tend with this, as in other articles, 

 to cause an occasional fluctuation, such as a greater or 

 less demand, dearness of grain, and the like. 



Particulars respecting the Mode o/" Culture. 



The munnoah cotton-seed is sown in the month of 

 Assar (or June), that is in the beginning of the rains ; but 

 other seeds are also cultivated with it, such as the ashur, 

 kodow, junowarh, and sawun, as has been before stated. 

 Of these the two latter are reaped about the end of 

 August, that called kodow in November, and the ashur 

 in March ; but the munnoah is not taken from the plant 

 till Jeyte (or May), so that it requires near a year to bring 

 it to maturity. 



Rarreah is usually sown in this country about the month 

 of Bhadoon (or August) ; no other seed is cultivated 

 therewith. It comes to perfection in March and April, 

 at which time it is usually reaped. It is not only of a 

 better quality and more productive than that stated in the 

 preceding article, but takes less time in its cultivation ; 

 that is, from eight to nine months. 



The nurmah is not sown in the fields, but generally 

 round gardens, compounds, &c. It is put into the ground 

 in June, and its plant often rises to the height of eight 

 and ten feet, and when in flower is remarkably handsome. 

 It is also very productive, and frequently continues to 

 yield cotton during a period of four or five years, after 

 which it either dies or becomes barren; but it is generally 

 cultivated more for ornament than use. As the ryots 

 could not afford to sow it in the fields, since it would 

 occupy the same ground for several years and thereby 

 prevent them from putting other productions on it, its 



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