. 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. BAHFASAO FRANCISCO RIVER 115 During the whole of our journey we saw only on one occasion that a woman was employed at a ginnery in separating the bolls of dead fibres. We noticed a clear Hybrid of " Inteiro,"' being covered all over with the verdigris linters of " ; Indeed, though " Verdao " is only a recent introduction, the apparent
. 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. BAHFASAO FRANCISCO RIVER 115 During the whole of our journey we saw only on one occasion that a woman was employed at a ginnery in separating the bolls of dead fibres. We noticed a clear Hybrid of " Inteiro,"' being covered all over with the verdigris linters of " ; Indeed, though " Verdao " is only a recent introduction, the apparent hybridization which has taken place and which is at once visible on account of the green hairs on the seed, is a striking fact, noticeable all over the north. There were in the ginning factory a number of cotton bales, packed in palm-leaf canvas from Pilao Arcado ; this was very dirty cotton of short On the banks of the Sao Francisco, near Joazeiro Joazeiro is the emporium at the end of the navigable part of the Upper Rio Sao Francisco and cotton is sent to it from the interior of the Pernambuco State as far away as 100 to 120kra. ; it comes unginned on muleback. Cotton also enters from Casa Nova, 90km. away and from the district of the 'municipio" of Joazeiro, 60km. in circum- ference. A distance from the town is the "Horto Florestal," an agri- cultural experimental station, belonging to the Federal State Govern- ment. It suffered severly from the flood of 1919 and there was no cotton plantation there when \\q visited the place. The Director, Dr. Paulino d'Araujo Gaes, promised to plant several hectares Avith cotton ; he is evidently working under great difficulties, owing to shortage of money. There is an excellently managed orphanage for boys and girls run in connection with the experimental Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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