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bouws of sawahs and tegal fields planted with cotton. The harvest 

 was more or less 3 piculs clean or + about 9 piculs unclean cotton 

 per bouw. The clean cotton is grown at /15-per picul, so that at 

 a price of /5-per pickul uncleaned cotton, it would be possible to 

 extend the cultivation if the Assistant Resident urged it on. 



Satisfactory results with foreign kinds of cotton had not yet 

 been obtained. 



SOERAKARTA. 



The cotton cultivation is here practically of no importance at all. 

 Seeds of foreign kinds of cotton have been distribute ! to several 

 land owners. 



D J O CDJ AKART A . 



Owing to the extension which the indigo industry has obtained 

 here and in consequence of the many vegetable farms for the 

 numerous inhabitants, only a little Java < otton is grown in some 

 places, and the growing of better foreign kinds has not yet become 

 popular. 



The Resident at the time, took much trouble, in setting some ex- 

 ample in order to induce the Europeans as well as the native plan- 

 ters, to go in for the cotton industry. 



Mr. Teysmann saw in the Resident's garden some well grown 

 plants of Sea-island cotton. 



KEDOE, 



In this Residency there is scarcely any cotton grown at all as the 

 cultivation of vegetables, yields undoubtedly more profit. 



It is not possible to grow cotton for less than /12.50 per picul — 

 /0.30 per pound of cleaned cotton. That is the price paid for 

 cotton in the residency Kedoe. 



Experiments were made with foreign kinds, which gave partly 

 satisfactory and partly unsatisfactory results, which is attributed to 

 the amount of rain. 



BAGELEN. 



In this Residency there are many test-gardens, those in Koeto- 

 ardje yield good results. The New Orleans cotton flourishes here 

 as well as in Demak. According to Mr. TEYSMANN this Residency 

 is suitable for the cotton industry. In the Department Keboeman 

 1,000-1,500 bouws are planted with Indian cotton. The harvest 

 gives 3-6 piculs per bouw. The price varies from / "3-/6 for the 

 uncleaned, while for the clean cotton it is from f6-f 12 per picul.* 



The experiments with the foreign cotton failed for the most part. 



In the Department Poerworedje some cotton is also grown, but 

 the inhabitants prefer to grow other plants, as the cotton industry 

 is so uncertain. 



From / 1/-/24 the picul (=/o.4o8-/o.576 per lb. of clean cot- 

 ton) are here paid for the cotton. 



Of the foreign kinds which were experimented with in the 

 Department Poerworedjo only the New Orleans variety came up. 



* Generally 3 piculs <>f uncleaned cotton give I picul cleaned cotton. 



