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Teysmaun cherished the hope that the cotton culture would be 
considerably more developed in this residency, for which besides 
the example of Demak there was also the possibility of increasing 
the cultivation by thousands of bouws. 
In Demak itself, where according to statements, the largest 
amount of cotton is grown in our archipelago, it could easily be . 
doubted. 
The New Orleans cotton has for many years been grown in 
Demak ; it grows there very satisfactorily, and gives the planter 
good profits, as the yield there is 12 piculs per bouw. 
Of the 9,800 bouws planted with cotton, only 187 are planted 
with New Orleans cotton. Teysmann, however, found as a fact 
that the cultivation of this variety increased but slowly, yet it has 
nowhere in Java attained such an extent as in Demak. This 
culture has' here been furthered entirely by its own quality, yet it 
will not attain the extension of Java, that is wished for unless 
assistance steps in and pushes the cultivation on with energy. It 
has no advantage over Java cotton, as in order to grow well it 
requires a rich soil, which is indeed found in most sawahs, but .which 
has to undergo a proper preparation, while this is of little impor- 
tance with the Java cotton. In the cultivation of the latter kind, 
only the surface of the sawahs is loosened, against the growing of 
the weeds, and to fill in the cracks which are made by the dry sea- 
son on the sawahs. 
The New Orleans cotton is less able to withstand long continued 
rains than the Java cotton. It grows best when sown in April or 
May. 
The New Orleans cotton realised in 1858 in the harvest time 15 
cents and later in the year 30 cts. while for the Java cotton only 
6-12 cents per kattie of raw cotton were obtained. 
JAPARA. 
In this residency the cotton cultivation steadily declined as prices 
fell, whereby the risk, which is connected with the growing of 
cotton, owing to the changeableness of the weather and the insect 
plagues, is not covered sufficiently. 
The Javanese cannot plant the cotton for less than 5-6 guilders 
the pickul and even then find difficulties with the cheating by 
Chinese. 
The Javanese is more and more inclined to take to other second- 
ary plants, such as tobacco, which gives him more profitable results. 
The trials with foreign varieties of cotton, such as New Orleans, 
Sea-island and Egyptian cotton have proved, with a few excep- 
tions, on the whole unsuccessful. 
SOERABAI A. 
In the year 1858 there were about 800 bouws planted with cotton 
of which most was on sandy soils. 
The best plantations are found in Kapasan where the sandy soil 
requires little working. The plantations, always consisting of Java 
cotton, cover an area of X 300 bouws with an average product of 
