Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . Cotton:—Cot-ton has been in Chosenironi very earlytimes, but until(juite reeently the])rocluetion wasliarelv sutheientto cover domesticneeds. It wasonly throu<^h theeftbrts of ande n c o u r a gementgiven by theJapanese au-thorities that realprogress was witnessed in this important branch of agriculture. One ot thesteps taken was the establishment of an association v\,-ith the purpose ot en-couraging cotton growing and the introduction of improved seeds and superiority of American upland cotton over the native species wasestablished
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . Cotton:—Cot-ton has been in Chosenironi very earlytimes, but until(juite reeently the])rocluetion wasliarelv sutheientto cover domesticneeds. It wasonly throu<^h theeftbrts of ande n c o u r a gementgiven by theJapanese au-thorities that realprogress was witnessed in this important branch of agriculture. One ot thesteps taken was the establishment of an association v\,-ith the purpose ot en-couraging cotton growing and the introduction of improved seeds and superiority of American upland cotton over the native species wasestablished by experiment, as well as by practice, and Kings improved being found the most satisfactory of the American species, its cultivation haslieen assiduously encouraged. This has Iesulted in a substantial increase inthe production of cotton. The production, however, being onh 2*),()7(),()()() native cotton and 72,1()4,()()() lbs. of American upland in li)17, is but childsplay compared with that of the great cotton producing
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