INDEX. 



K. B. — The numerals refer not to tJie Pages but to the No. of 

 the Paragraphs. 



Adonie Talook, 88. 



Alabama, 107; suitableness of the 

 soil to the growth of Cotton, 143 ; 

 the Professor of Chemistry re- 

 quests information regarding the 

 Cotton plant, 304. 



Alluvial soil, description of 16, 47 ; 

 cultivated with Cotton, 48 ; re- 

 sult of the second season, 55 ; fail- 

 ure of the Cotton crop, 94 ; un- 

 suitable to the growth of American 

 Cotton, 272 ; the component parts, 

 355. 



America, North, climate of, 8; plant- 

 ers engaged to instruct the natives 

 of India in Cotton cultivation, 35 ; 

 six evils to be guarded against, 72 ; 

 rising temperature during the Cot- 

 ton growing season, 108 ; man- 

 ner of using the American saw 

 gin, 130 ; early cultivation of Cot- 

 ton, 143 ; nature of the lands on 

 which Cotton is grown, 145 ; man- 

 ner of manuring, 146 ; the life of 

 a Cotton planter, 150 ; advantages 

 of gins, 156 ; rent of lands, 157; 

 minimum prices of Cotton, 158; 

 labourers compared with those of 

 India, 159. 



American Cotton, soil adapted to, 16 ; 

 question of ridging, 54 ; advant- 

 ages possessed by India in the cul- 

 tivation, 72; its superiority to 

 Indian, 83 ; price, note to 84 ; 

 distribution of seed among the col- 

 lectors, 105 ; two methods of cul- 

 tivation, 110; choice of soil re- 



quired, 113 ; preparation of the 

 lands for the seed, 114; plough- 

 ing and hoeing during the grow- 

 ing season, 115 ; distance between 

 the rows, 116; treatment of the 

 plant as an annual and rotation of 

 crops, 117; its profitable cultiva- 

 tion, 118 ; plans for extending the 

 cultivation, 119 ; order of Court 

 of Directors for 6000 bales, 121; 

 failure of the purchase system, 

 124; early cultivation in America, 

 143 ; minimum price, 158 ; re- 

 duction of land-tax is not bene- 

 ficial to its culture, 160 ; unfitness 

 of the churka, 170 ; sale at Coim- 

 batore of some damaged, note to 

 177; successful culture in Court- 

 allum, 184; unsuccessful culture 

 at Sevacausey, Yirdooputty, and 

 Aroopoocottah, 185 ; Mr. Finnie's 

 views on extending the cultivation, 

 203 ; his matured judgment 

 against its culture, 204 ; Dr. 

 Wight's opinion, 210 ; Mr. Fin- 

 nie convinced of the folly of culti- 

 vating it in India, 211 ; liable to 

 failure in any part of the Madras 

 Presidency, 227 ; causes of failure, 

 228 ; Dr. "Wight's cultivation by 

 irrigation, 242; Mr. Thomas's 

 method to induce the Ryots to ex- 

 tend its cultivation, 258 ; Mr. 

 Lees' cultivation, 259 ; discussion 

 concerning the purchase on Go- 

 vernment account from Ryots of 

 Tinnevelly, 260; successful cul- 



