. 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. ALAGOAS 125 " Verdao " was again the best fibre ; the ginnery was full of the usual mixture. The factory we inspected had two gins with 50 saws each, a cleaning sieve and two screw presses worked by hand. Last year this factory dealt with 1,200 bales of 75 kilos. The daily production is 30 bales. The cleaning sieve takes 3001b. of dirt daily out of the
. 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. ALAGOAS 125 " Verdao " was again the best fibre ; the ginnery was full of the usual mixture. The factory we inspected had two gins with 50 saws each, a cleaning sieve and two screw presses worked by hand. Last year this factory dealt with 1,200 bales of 75 kilos. The daily production is 30 bales. The cleaning sieve takes 3001b. of dirt daily out of the of seed cotton which is handled. When the bales are sent per ox cart they are made to weigh 110 kilos. Planting takes place in May—June and the cotton is ready for picking in about three months. A most unusually quick period of growth, but in all this district of Alagoas this information was Market Scene at Sant'Anna do Ipanema The export tax horn the State of Alagoas is six per cent, ad valorem, plus seven per cent. Municipal duties are 200 reis per bale and in addition the large ginning factory w^e saw had to pay annually 175S000 ior town dues. The crop in Alagoas was not ready for picking at the time we visited the fields. The plants looked very vigorous : generally the *' annual herbaceous " kinds remain two years in the field ; " Verdao " remains four years. One of our party went on horseback from Propria to Quebrangula, a three days' journey, and brought samples back from the following j)laces on this tract : (1) Propria.—Not in reach of overflow of Sao Francisco ; cotton very dirty, most of it 23mm., but the " Verdao " is 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 Cot
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