COTTON CULTIVATION 



IN" THE 



MADRAS PRESIDENCY. 



CHAPTEE I. 



GENERAL YIEW OE THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY, AND OE THE 

 IMPROYEMENTS REQUIRED IN INDIAN" COTTON. 



(1.) Hand-book to the Cotton Cultivation of each Presidency ordered 

 by the Government of India, 22nd July, 1861. — (2.) Method pursued in 

 drawing up the present Hand-book to the Madras Presidency, 28th Au- 

 gust. — (3.) Three objects sought by the East India Company with reference 

 to Cotton. — (4.) Boundaries of the Madras Presidency. — (5.) Physical 

 features of the country. — (6.) Three modifications of the tropical heat, 

 viz. the table-land, the sea, and the two monsoons. — (7.) North-east 

 monsoon, October to April: South-west monsoon, May to September. — 

 (8.) Climate of the Madras Presidency and Cotton States of North Ame- 

 rica compared : reversal of the seasons. — (9.) Revenue divisions of the Ma- 

 dras Presidency. — (10.) Revenue systems of the Madras Presidency : based 

 upon the Village communities. — (11.) Three Revenue systems: First, 

 the Village joint rent system. — (12.) Second, the Zemindary system. — 

 (13.) Third, the Ryotwary system. — (14.) Advantages of the Ryotwary 

 tenure over the Zemindary and Village joint rent systems. — (15.) Revenue 

 division of lands : Government, Zemindary, and Inam. — (16.) Nature and 

 extent of the Cotton soils of India. — (17.) Four great Cotton districts: 

 Bellary and Cuddapah to the North; Coimbatore and Tinnevelly to the 

 South. — (18.) Statistics of the Cotton-growing districts. — (19.) Review of 

 ^the three improvements required in Indian Cotton. — (20.) First, Better 

 ' variety of Cotton required : general classification of Indian and American 

 Cottons. — (21.) Six leading varieties of Cotton, viz. Indian, Bourbon, 

 New Orleans, Pernambuco, Egyptian, and Sea Island. — (22.) Indian, 

 Bourbon, and New Orleans Cotton compared. — (23.) Second, Better sys- 

 tem of cultivation required : Indian and American agriculture compared. 

 — (24.) Third, Better method of separating and cleaning the Cotton re- 

 quired : the Foot Roller.— (25.) The Native Churka.— (26.) The American 

 Saw Gin.— (27.) The Thresher.— (28.) Division of the subject matter in 

 [ the present Hand-book. — (29.) Twelve years of Cotton experiments divi- 

 sible into three periods of lour years each. — (30.) Specialities of the 

 several Chapters. 



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