. 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. 90 BRAZILIAN COTTON currency values of the total exports from the country and those of coffee alone, since 191G, may prove of interest :— 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 COXTOS CONTOS CONTOS CONTOS CONTOS Total exporta Coffee onlv 1,137,000 589,000 1, 440,000 1, 353,000 2,179,000 1,752,000 1,220,000 861,000 Owing to the lower quotations that ruled during the year 1
. 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. 90 BRAZILIAN COTTON currency values of the total exports from the country and those of coffee alone, since 191G, may prove of interest :— 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 COXTOS CONTOS CONTOS CONTOS CONTOS Total exporta Coffee onlv 1,137,000 589,000 1, 440,000 1, 353,000 2,179,000 1,752,000 1,220,000 861,000 Owing to the lower quotations that ruled during the year 1920, as compared with those of the preceding year, the total value of coffee exported decreased much more than the quantity shipped, as the subjoined table shows :— SHIPMENTS BAGS VALUE 1916 .. .. 13,039,000 £29,281,000 1917 .. .. 10,606,000 23,054,000 1918 .. .. 7,433,000 19,041,000 1919 .. .. 12,963,000 72,607,000 1920 .. .. 11,523,000 52,817,000" In the heart of the S. Paulo State, as far as the eye reaches, one sees the undulated country carefully planted with straight rows of coffee trees, of which 834 millions are said to exist in this State. Each tree gives an average production (over 10 years) of 49 arrobas at 15 kilos per 1,000 trees. The yield has fallen steadily from 250 arrobas and Mr. Cincinato Braga states that in 10 years' time—unless chemical manuring is resorted to—it will not be more than 30 arrobas. Some of the former coffee plantations of the north of Rio which gave abundant crops between 1850 to 1890 have been turned into pasture land and those which remain yield only 30 arrobas per 1,000 trees. New coffee. Coflee Plantation at " Sampaio Vidal " with Houses of the "Colonists. 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
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