COTTON IN EGYPT 



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system of Lower Egypt, and large areas were thus 

 rendered available for the crop. The industry de- 

 veloped very rapidly, and at the present time cotton 

 is the most important agricultural product of the 

 country. 



The average area under cultivation during the 

 three years 1910-11, 1911-12, and 1912-13 amounted 

 to rather more than if million acres. In the same 

 period, about 78 per cent, of the total area planted 

 was situated in Lower Egypt, and 22 per cent, in 

 Upper Egypt. There is little prospect of any great 

 extension of the area in Lower Egypt, but in Upper 

 Egypt the land devoted to the crop has been gradu- 

 ally increasing and will probably continue to do so. 

 The area planted in Upper Egypt was 91,716 acres 

 in 1898-99, 280,745 acres in 1908-9, and 398,057 

 acres in 1912-13. 



In the following table, statistics are given of the 

 total area planted, the total production of cotton, 

 and the yield per acre during the years 1895-6 to 

 1912-13. 



It will be observed that although the area under 



