Excerpt from The Nature of the Colour of Black Cotton Soil The black cotton soil of India covers an area of at least sq. Miles and ranks as the second most important of our Indian soils. On it by far the largest proportion of our Indian cotton crop is grown. The origin of the soil and the cause of its dark colour have long been matters of discussion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.