. Brazilian cotton; being the report of the journey of the International cotton mission through the cotton states of São Paulo, Minas Geraes, Bahia, Alagôas, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Parahyba, Rio Grande do Norte. Cotton growing. l23 Chapter VIII. STATE OF ALAGOAS Superficie : 26,915 sq. km. Population : 800,000. Density : 30 per sq. km. The capital is Maceio and has 40,000 PaO Di ASSUCAIT- ^ SCALE . '.' '.° V 7 7 " ^ S TATE ALAGOAS Alagoas is the second smallest State to Sergipe. It is situated north of the latter on the left side of the Sao Francisco river. It has a frontage t
. Brazilian cotton; being the report of the journey of the International cotton mission through the cotton states of São Paulo, Minas Geraes, Bahia, Alagôas, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Parahyba, Rio Grande do Norte. Cotton growing. l23 Chapter VIII. STATE OF ALAGOAS Superficie : 26,915 sq. km. Population : 800,000. Density : 30 per sq. km. The capital is Maceio and has 40,000 PaO Di ASSUCAIT- ^ SCALE . '.' '.° V 7 7 " ^ S TATE ALAGOAS Alagoas is the second smallest State to Sergipe. It is situated north of the latter on the left side of the Sao Francisco river. It has a frontage to the Atlantic Ocean with Maceio as an important harbour. In the north its boundary is Pernambuco. The State of Alagoas is chiefly sugar producing, but of its 35 municipalities the following may be mentioned as growing cotton : Agua Branca, Paulo Alfonso, Piranhas, Pao de Assucar, Bello Monte, Traipu, Sao Bras, Colegio, Penedo, Junqueiro, Sant'Anna de Ipanema, Palmeira dos Indios, Victoria, Vigosa, Limoeira, Anadia, Santa Luzia, Leopoldina ; others produce sugar and cotton, viz. : Parahy%a. Atalaia, Pilar, Alagoas, Sao Miguel, Sao Jose da Lage, Uniao and Muricy. There are 10 cotton mills in the State, with 50,000 spindles ; we visited only the cotton thread mill of Pedra, of which I have given a description in chapter II. A steamer took us from Propria up the River Sao Francisco, but after a few hours our boat ran on a sand bank. We then continued our journey in a " canoa," a native boat of small dimensions, but had to seek shelter on account of a heavy storm, meanwhile our steamer got off the sand bank and soon overtook Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original International Federation of Cotton and Allied Textile Industries. International Cotton Mission to Brazil; Pearse, Arno S. ,
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