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proceeds, and forward monthly account to Director of Board of 
Agriculture. Such planters to bear half expense and receive all the 
Drop. If this is not inducement enough, let Government try others, 
as I inn aCrCS (P” Ze l \ % (etc.) such prizes to be decided by 
Resident-General, Resident of State and Board of Agriculture, 
F.M.S. Mr. Treub, of Buitenzorg, and his assistant far outstrip all 
our experts in knowledge re cotton. If Government were to send 
men to Java to investigate the Agricultural Department there they 
would receive every help. Cost of experiments above suggested 
£10 to £12 an acre: But let Government begin by sending to Java. 
Quickest action would be to follow Mr. Arden’s suggestions, and 10038/0 3. 
see what cash actually comes from cotton and cotton-seed (oil for P ' OF 
cows). South Sea Island cotton planted gave long staple and hied! 
price, \ield per acre unknown. Miserable Indian plantations yet 
give astonishingly good results, but the soil there is black and line. 
Many Indian coolies here know about cotton growing, so too some 
Chinese. In the Province, Mr. CHASSERIAU has such coolies and 
might be induced to experimentalise. A fair test might be got if 
Mr. Arden took eight or ten of these (Tinnevelley) coolies, gave 
ploughs, etc., and opened some land on the ialang near the Gardens. 
Another plan would be to give Chinese coolies seed and a bonus. 
Chief trouble here is felt from the rain on the open bolls. Mr. G. E. 
Bagnall (Bukit Nanas) would give seed up to 24 acres, with land, 
etc., on certain conditions at Port Dickson and Seremban, Govern- 
ment to stump and plough ( = $50 per acre). If desired, the Pro- 
tector of Labour whilst in India would get information. Where 
cotton is most grown, wages 2/6 to 6/- a day. Strange, if we can 
grow quality and quantity per acre, we could not compete, begin- 
ning as we should in all mechanical appliances where they have 
arrived.” J 
™^ ee ^ SO: ‘‘Agricultural Bulletin of the Straits and Federated 
Malay States ” : — 
No. 10 Yol. If. “Cotton,” p. 309. 
N °‘ If ' “ The Cultivation of Cotton in the F. 
M.S., ’ p. 345. 
N °' ™c Vo !* II * “ The Cultivation of Cotton in the F 
M.S., p. 396. 
No. 12 Vol. II. f ‘ Cotton in the S.S. 4 o years ago, 
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