201 
1 
Months. 
| 
JSouth 1 
Atlantic j 
territo- 
ries. 
East and West 
Guif territories. 
Rio 
Grande 
Valley. 
Ohio 
Valley 
and 
Tennes- 
see. 
m.m. 
m.m. 
|- 
m.m. 
m.m. 
m.m. 
January 
107 
r 
130 
96 
3 i 
104 
February 
91 | 
120 
86 
27 
103 
March 
1 10 
165 i 
95 
28 
101 
April 
98 
137 : 
100 
i 7 
95 
May 
95 
1 12 
119 
69 
90 
June 
130 
I2 5 
96 
54 
ITS 
July 
147 j 
120 
95 I 
40 
109 
August 
161 ' 
1 116 ; 
78 ' 
1 78 
9 i 
September 
1 33 
\ 96 
133 
1 150 
70 
October 
104 
i 67 
105 
88 
68 
November 
97 
105 
1 12 
4 i 
86 
December 
103 
123 
104 
39 
9 i 
Total - 
1-358 
j h 407 j 
1,219 
654 
1,126 
1 
How it stands with the rain divisions during the growing time 
of the cotton may be seen from the tables (to follow) borrowed 
from America which refer firstly to the whole cotton growing coun- 
try and in particular to the two chief growing states, Texas and 
West Louisiana. 
Egypt, where an even better quality of cotton Is cultivated than 
in America, has, compared with that country, a very dry climate, 
which may be seen from the following rainfall observations made in 
Alexandria and in Cairo. 
January. 
February. j 
March. j 
' 1 
iJL 
May. 
June, 
July. 
& 
§5 
Jj 
September. J 
October. 
November. 
December. 
15 
O 
H 
■ 
s - 
e 
B 
£ 
£ 
6 
s 
E 
E 
E 
P ! 
E 
E 
e 
£ 
B 
E 
s' 
£ 
e 
E 
£ 
E 
g 
E 
Alexandria 
82. 6j 
~ 0 
40 
°i 
0 
0 
0 
0 
| >4-3 
3°° 
3o-5 
56.6 
188 
Cairo 
22.8 
1 
i-7 
0 
0 
1 
3-5 
0 
Ia 
0 
1 
S-‘> 
0 
4.6 
33 
With these small quantities of rain it would seem to be impos- 
sible to grow cotton in Egypt if it were not that artificial irrigation 
remedies this want. 
