. Indian cotton. Separating the White and Khaki Cotton in a Compound of aGinning Factory in In the Compound of a Ginning Factory in Burma. INDIAN COTTON. 205 In every ginnery compound a large number of women andchildren, who receive 4 annas per day, are employed in separating thekhaki and stained cotton from the white cotton. In the height of the season some 2,000 cotton carts come dailyto the largest factory, and the illustration on page 200 shows thetraffic in the compound on such a day. Each cart is examined,especially as regards moisture, and the combine firms refuseto receive any
. Indian cotton. Separating the White and Khaki Cotton in a Compound of aGinning Factory in In the Compound of a Ginning Factory in Burma. INDIAN COTTON. 205 In every ginnery compound a large number of women andchildren, who receive 4 annas per day, are employed in separating thekhaki and stained cotton from the white cotton. In the height of the season some 2,000 cotton carts come dailyto the largest factory, and the illustration on page 200 shows thetraffic in the compound on such a day. Each cart is examined,especially as regards moisture, and the combine firms refuseto receive any cotton that has been watered. I examined severalcartloads of damp cotton, which had been watered to such an extentthat the cotton smelled quite musty : seeds from such lots mustnecessarily lose all germinating power. Mr. J. S. Furnivall, , who had just completed theGeneral Settlement, , the basis of taxation for the land in Information, the Myingyan tract, and who in the carrying out of this work has examined a large number of cultivators, gaveme the following information :— Unless
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