. 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. PERXAMBUCO 131 The Federal Government has been constructing some excellent motor roads in the interior of this country, with the primary intention of being able to convey foodstuffs to the inhabitants during the periods of drought. The whole of the north-eastern portion of Brazil is subject to periodical droughts which cause famine and widespread distress, but more will
. 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. PERXAMBUCO 131 The Federal Government has been constructing some excellent motor roads in the interior of this country, with the primary intention of being able to convey foodstuffs to the inhabitants during the periods of drought. The whole of the north-eastern portion of Brazil is subject to periodical droughts which cause famine and widespread distress, but more will be said under this heading in the description of Rio Grande do Norte and Parahyba. which suffer more from them than the State â of New Motor Roads of this kind are being constructed throughout the North-eastern States. This photograph was taken near Patos The construction of these roads costs five contos per kilometre and whilst formerly all the cotton business was done at the coast, through the opening of these excellent means of communication the business, as we have seen in the case of Trajano de Medeiros & Co., and " Sociedade Algodoeira do Nordeste Brazileiro," is being taken into the interior. Besides the construction of these roads for the purpose of reducing the want of the people, the Federal Government has constructed large reservoirs of water in several parts and it is in the neighbourhood of these that cotton is frecj^uently 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. , 1872-. [Manchester, Eng. , Printed by Taylor, Garnett, Evans & co.
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