| Show COTTON TREE O WIL JiU C u It MI HAEL supplies further information on the Spence cot cotton ton len tree or of hullo In a report tram from lr ulta II says at rn In a form r report on Spence Cot inn I 1 coke ot of It os as 1 a plant mm r II v value lue halt had not lIot yet Ct been hI r I stated that thai meats malt maln by Mr Spence himself ont on t Welt Web I near tea t I the Iho experiments ot of Prof Irot JJ J pl nigh professor or of agriculture nt at Ie g or of Poona could nut r Int rl ea to 10 mean that the tho cotton colton PIe hal had h b u II proved to bo be all ull that Mr r E I a j I have us lIS I oh t a lnE do nY Y mw hUm hron n nil an entirelY Y I ar My I Informant Is 1 a klent al or at large and he 10 Bald Id JU at al visits to both the tho tJ than n ot of Jt I pence and to tn the expo IU nent Dt I r of J The Tho alt r dl I holt hesitate to concede that UI the t at I t r i 1 not 1101 yet been proved to 10 he bl a r 1 P t c rob Ol producer and Mr pence j v I tn to show to lily my In Ur IQ mant i 1 o rs that his hilI tl m ns I II us as to the commer r tal dal value l the tho Sinco for ormer report on this Ir E r written to thle peace nee h I to e llor ot the the talcum ut which reads ns as Inco th publication In iii the p press Sl or of r f letter on the u subject of nt cot tb c 1 h con co I s from nil all parts ot of India Initio for tor i brn fortunate enough hr t 1 rl to Ih h superior both In staple appearance tt gronIn the nUt ear ISI toe t t rd America Tha Im importance or of this Ibis and the wide t t Q on Il of ot pr A 10 the for 01 the I nm x glad a I to 10 nJ Is recognized on all sides cur fell eel confident It will Interest r tt to 10 that tIIt the Century have made mado with the Iho Spence cotton and the follow following toll ow owIn In ing Is their report dated 1 September 11 1906 1306 Wo Vo have hae passed the tho tour four bags of at Spence cotton through the process of at ining and weavIng amid forward Yom 01 sample of at cloth made wh ch we believe Is the that has ever eyl been made In III the tho power looms from frum Indian grown rown cotton The cloth Is made from warp and weft and tram from the trIal we ore are satisfied that the Iho cotton will spin a good warp and jOg wet watt lion From this cloth can COli ho bo 1 inn for tor which do de domand roaM mand exists In India particularly on the tho Bengal side thanks to the tho For India to be able to grow grill such cotton Is ono one of at the best things that In Indian mills could wish for forand and 1111 wIll open tull a new and very Cry trade If they will Get ma suitable fur tor the tho longer lonter staple It If ye we had had a 3 larger quantity ot of rot cot cotton ton Ion with which wo we coUld have continued the Iho trial making necessary changes we ore arc sure suro a still finer doth cloth could uld bo be Made hlade trout from it II Tho total loss 1 ot of hr blow I is anI only 3 per cent and we 0 would gladly give gle U cents per pcr pound for tor this cotton Upon this Mr Michael makes the following comment I hope that the tho experiment ot of Mr Spence and Professor Knight with this tree treo will demonstrate all that Is b claimed for tor the plant but bul for tor the tho present mUst confess contess skepticism Mr Spences let letter letter ter sounds more like II a prospectus than that of at t a scientist or In an who I is anxious to give to 10 the public on Jr 11 that lie be r relied on In Inan an any event It will not bit to the tho ment of at An cotton for tor It If the Iho plant proves n success In India It will also provo prove 1 a success In U the tho cot of at America Under the tho clr nil all wo we can do is III to 10 hope that the tho Spence cotton plant ml may pro prove proven n II success and walt wait and set sec |
