. Indian cotton. sed to tenants it is the custom for the land-owner to claim one-third of the produce in lieu of rent. For taxation purposes the land is divided at present into fourclasses ; on all except the best land cotton is grown. The taxation isRs. 1-4 for the good black soil, which is class 1, the second class pays10 annas, the third 6 annas, and the fourth 4 annas. There is also a house tax of Rs. 3 per household. On the good black soil cotton is not grown, because it isfrequently waterlogged (no doubt Buri cotton from the CentralProvinces would do well here, as it is wilt-resisting).
. Indian cotton. sed to tenants it is the custom for the land-owner to claim one-third of the produce in lieu of rent. For taxation purposes the land is divided at present into fourclasses ; on all except the best land cotton is grown. The taxation isRs. 1-4 for the good black soil, which is class 1, the second class pays10 annas, the third 6 annas, and the fourth 4 annas. There is also a house tax of Rs. 3 per household. On the good black soil cotton is not grown, because it isfrequently waterlogged (no doubt Buri cotton from the CentralProvinces would do well here, as it is wilt-resisting). The average holding in the proper cotton tract is 15 to 20 acres ;two-fifths or one-half is usually planted with cotton. It is customary in the Myingyan district to express the valueof land, rice and other produce on the basis of Rs. 25 per 100 visscotton. Generally, cotton is grown on the tops of hilly lands where thegood soil has frequently been washed off; some of the soil is agravellv loam. !0B INDIAN COTTON,. Some of the Burmese Cultivators who supplied me with information. A Talk with Burmese Cultivators. INDIAN COTTON. 207 At the end of April, or May, the ground is harrowedMethod of four times on different days, and 7 viss of seed is Cultivation. sown broadcast to an acre. The harrow then passes again over the field and covers the seed. Afterthe plants are several inches high the harrow is used againfor the purpose of thinning out. The sowing takes place immedi-ately after the first shower, and as, on arrival of the rains,every cultivator is anxious to finish sowing before the soil becomesdry, it would be impossible to sow the seed in rows, as this would taketoo long. Additional labour, beyond the members of the household,is very expensive; and although the cultivator recognises the gainto be obtained from row cultivation he has no funds with which topay the wages of hired coolies. The field is generally weededtwice. The cotton crop is ready for picking about the end of
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