203 
0 
-i2 
S 
oi 
3 
b/3 
(U 
p 
• 
5 
3 
3 
<; 
<u 
No. of rainy days over the 
1 
9-16 j 
whole col ton territory ... 
,0-14 
S-J5 
8-12 
Texas and West Louisiana 
5-8 
4-10 | 
5- 1 
5-12 
No. of dry days over the 
' 
whole cotton territory ... 
6-12 
8-14 
8-15 ! 
9-15 
Texas and Louisiana 
9-20 
1 i-i-9 
1 1-16 
11-17 
No. of partially clouded 
I 
! 
days over the whole cot- 
ton territory 
13-16 
1 
I 12-17 
12-18 
10-13 
Texas and Louisiana 
12-16 
9-15 
1 
1 1-14 
9-i3 
No. of cloudy days over the 
l 
I 
whole cotton territory ... 
5-10 
{ 6-8 
4~9 
0 
T 
Texas and Louisiana 
1-6 
3-5 
3-6 
' 4-8 
If it is intended to introduce the finer Ameri an kinds of cotton, 
elsewhere, then it is advisable to consider beforehand whether 
they would not be put under too different climatic conditions. If 
we adapt our own archipelago to these conditions, then it becomes 
evident that there are few places there, which could come under 
consideration. It seems to be clear that in Palembang, the land 
of cotton in our archipelago, there is a lot of risk connected, with 
the cultivation of the mentioned kinds of cotton when we consider 
the rainfall there. The driest months for Palembang are, accord- 
ing to the "Rain observations in Netherlands India" (and these 
on the chief places), May, Jvne, July, August and September with 
respectively, 14, 11,9, 10, 10 rainy days; with respectively, 194, 
134, 108, no and 131 m. m. of Rainfall. The quantity of rain in 
the sowing and harvest months is thus here greater than in 
America. 
To what extent good cotton soil must contain nourishing mineral 
contiuents is difficult to determine with the material at present 
at our disposal. 
As long as we have no betier insight into the quantities of plant- 
food (which the plants take up) which are present in the soil it is 
not possible to quite strictly determine the limits. Soils with less 
than 0.05% phosphoric acid must be considered as very poor in that 
constituent, unless they have a sufficient amount of lime, to make 
up for this want. 
