THE COTTON ZONE OF THE WOELD, 19 
use were made in England, but they are generally of Bom- 
bay manufacture. The ginning is done by speculators, 
who buy the cotton of the native growers at the market 
villages. It is then immediately packed, by means of 
screws, into bags or loose bales, containing 392 lbs. each. 
When these arrive at Bombay, they are put into the steam 
screw and hydraulic presses, and condensed to the uniform 
size of 4 feet 3 inches in length, 2 feet in width, and 18 
inches in thickness. 
The climate and soil are admirably adapted to the 
profitable growth of cotton. The cotton-growing months 
embrace June and February. The mean temperature of 
these months is about 90°. The seeds are planted early in 
June. The plants are in flower from the middle of July 
to the 10th of August. The cotton is picked in March. 
About 105 lbs. of clean and ginned cotton is the average 
product per acre. No insects affect the plant, but the 
political and social condition of the people has operated 
and will continue to operate to the prejudice pf the cotton 
growth and trade, as long as the country is under the gov- 
ernment of the East India Company. 
6th. Bordeaux, France. — Many experiments have been 
made in this and the adjoining departments of France 
within the last fifteen years in the culture of cotton upon 
different varieties from India, Algeria, and America ; but 
every attempt has proved an entire failure. The reader 
will discover, by a glance at the chart, that France is en- 
tirely north of the cotton zone. 
6th. Calcutta, British India— The cotton plant is in- 
digenous in India, and has been cultivated by the inhab- 
itants throughout the whole length and breadth of these 
extensive territories from a period anterior to historical 
record. The annual product of British India is 1,000,- 
