203 





June. 





August. 



September. 



Xo. of rainy days over the 

 whole cotton territory ... 



o- 



M 



9~ 



16 





8- 



I 2 



Texas and West Louisiana 



5" 



-8 



4- 



10 







5-n 



5~ 



12 



No. of dry days over the 

 whole cotton territory ... 



6- 



-12 



8- 





8-15 



9- 





Texas and Louisiana 





20 



1 1- 



'9 



1 1 — 1 6 



1 1- 



n 



Xo. of partially clouded 

 days over the whole cot- 

 ton territory 



13- 



-i6 



12- 



17 



I2-I8 



10- 





Texas and Louisiana 



I 2- 



-i6 



9- 



15 



1 1 — 1 4 



9- 



i3 



Xo. of cloudy days over the 

 whole cotton territory ... 





■10 



6- 



8 



4-9 



f _ 



D 



10 



Texas and Louisiana 



i- 



6 



3- 



5 



3-6 



4- 



8 



If it is intended to introduce the finer Ameri an kinds of cotton, 

 elsewhere, then it is advisable to consider beforehand whether 

 they would not be put under too different climatic conditions. If 

 we adapt our own archipelago to these conditions, then it becomes 

 evident that there are few places there, which could come under 

 consideration. It seems to be clear that in Palembang, the land 

 of cotton in our archipelago, there is a lot of risk connected, with 

 the cultivation of the mentioned kinds of cotton when we consider 

 the rainfall there. The driest months for Palembang are, accord- 

 j ing to the '' Rain observations in Netherlands India" (and these 

 ! on the chief places), May, Jrne, July, August and September with 

 respectively, 14, U,o, 10, 10 rainy days; with respectively, 194, 

 ; 134, 108, no and 131 m.m. of Rainfall. 'I he quantity of rain in 

 j the sowing and harvest months is thus here greater than in 

 I America. 



To what extent good cotton soil must contain nourishing mineral 

 contiuents is difficult to determine with the material at present 

 at our disposal. 



As long as we have no better insight into the quantities of plant- 

 food (which the plants take up) which are present in the soil it is 

 not possible to quite strictly determine the limits. Soils with less 

 than 0.05% phosphoric acid must be considered as very poor in that 

 constituent, unless they have a sufficient amount of lime, to make 

 up for this want. 



