"ملف 19/176 II (C 40) الموارد المالية للبحرين" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٦] (٥٢٨/٢٨٦)

Agriculture.
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end th© jsainland it is not possible to assert that
it was grown in what is now kaonn as Bahrain, In
most of the gardens there are a few bushes of
cotton but it hes not been oultivated in recent
times.
The first sowing of cotton was rado at ali,
where Rtastom 68 was sown, and 95' of the seeds
gerrainatei ithin fifteen dt Unfortunately
this progress was not aaintained, the young plants
died and after two sontl.s only a negligible number
of plants remained alive. The reason for this
f;ilure was probably the sulphur in the water which
gradually saturated the soil and killed the plants.
After this experiment Abdul -'ozaibi, who
has always taken a great interest in agricnlture
offered to plant cot*on in a piece of grou id on
the outskirts of Han&meh and this planting was on the
whole a wary successful undertaking.
Tim area planted was about three ■ cres of new
ground. On 15th Ipril %ork was beiun on preparing
the grouad» digging it over and sianuring it, ridgss
were made and it aa irrig? ted prior to sowing Wiiioh
bet- a on 1st Hay, The ground was diwidod as follows.
It acres - Kustoia 82, 37a lbs.
1 w ~ n 90, 30 lbs.
3/4th » - " 68 m lbs.
SeptaM 82 and 90 was sown on ridges and 68 oa
plain plots. The see-; geminated very well, within
about 15 days. The rec nt manuring had a bad effect
on the plants after gern.nation but this was counter
acted by more frequent irrigation. /bout 90; of the