CHAPTEE III. 



EOTJE YEABS OF EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE UNDER 

 DR. WIGHT IN COIMBATORE, 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. Finnie reports unfavourably of the Madras district : despatched 

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

 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. 



DR. WIGHT'S NOTES ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE AMERICAN PLANT 

 TO THE SEASONS OF INDIA. 



(95.) Habits of the American plant. — (96.) 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 falls 

 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 under 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 Result : 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.) Rising 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 Eows. — (117.) Fifth, Treatment of the plant as an Annual, and 

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

 throughout the Peninsula. 



