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Teysmann cherished the hope that the cotton culture would be 

 considerably more developed in this residency, for which besides 

 the example of Demak there was also the possibility of increasing 

 the cultivation by thousands of bouws. 



In Demak itself, where according to statements, the largest 

 amount of cotton is grown in our archipelago, it could easily be 

 doubted. 



The New Orleans cotton has for many years been grown in 

 Demak ; it grows there very satisfactorily, and gives the planter 

 good profits, as the yield there is 12 piculs per bouvv. 



Of the 9,800 bouws planted with cotton, only 187 are planted 

 with New Orleans cotton. TEYSMANN, however, found as a fact 

 that the cultivation of this variety increased but slowly, yet it has 

 nowhere in Java attained such an extent as in Demak. This 

 culture has here been furthered entirely by its own quality, yet it 

 will not attain the extension of Java, that is wished for unless 

 assistance steps in and pushes the cultivation on with energy, it 

 has no advantage over Java cotton, as in order to grow well it 

 requires a rich soil, which is indeed found in most sawahs, but which 

 lias to undergo a proper preparation, while this is of little impor- 

 tance with the Java cotton. In the cultivation of the latter kind, 

 only the surface of the sawahs is loosened, against the growing of 

 the weeds, and to fill in the cracks which are made by the dry sea- 

 son on the sawahs. 



The New Orleans cotton is less able to withstand long continued 

 rains than the Java cotton. It grows best when sown in April or 

 May. 



The New Orleans cotton realised in 1858 in the harvest time 15 

 cents and later in the year 30 cts. vvhile for the Java cotton only 

 6-12 cents per kattie of raw cotton were obtained. 



Japara. 



In this residency the cotton cultivation steadily declined as prices 

 fell, whereby the risk, which is connected with the growing of 

 cotton, owing to the changeableness of the weather and the insect 

 plagues, is not covered sufficiently. 



The Javanese cannot plant the cotton for less than 5-6 guilders 

 the pickul and even then find difficulties with the cheating by 

 Chinese. 



The Javanese is more and more inclined to take toother second- 

 ary plants, such as tobacco, which gives him more profitable results. 



The trials with foreign varieties of cotton, such as New Orleans, 

 Sea-island and Egyptian cotton have proved, with a few excep- 

 tions, on the whole unsuccessful. 



SOERABAIA. 



In the year 1858 there were about 800 bouws planted with cotton 

 of which most was on sandy soils. 



The best plantations are found in Kapasan where the sandy soil 

 requires little working. The plantations, always consisting of Java 

 cotton, cover an area of x 300 bouws with an average product of 



