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Cotto7i Statistics. 



Vol. IV. 



for pasture, and these succeed each other in 

 bloom, which causes the field to have a varied 

 and beautiful appearance. I have always 

 sowed witii spring corn, Tartarian oats is the 

 best crop to lay out grass with, it stands up so 

 well, but both the grass and oats must have 

 rich ground. 1 liave never known the grass 

 to injure the grain crop, it grows up thin, and 

 it is not until the crop is reaped, that you can 

 judge whether you have sufficient roots or 

 not, it spreads so amazingly. Certainly the 

 Italian is a biennial, and in an irrigated mea- 

 dow thrives well, and for so far, appears a tri- 

 ennial, and is a most valuable productive grass 

 much relished by cattle. After three veaxs 

 cultivation my objections are, 1st. The diffi- 

 culty to save as hay from its nature, and m a 

 wet season a second crop rises so rapidly, that 

 the ground is always damp, — the hay is of a 

 soft nature. 2nd. In strong lands if dry wea- 

 ther sets in, it sometimes misses and is deli- 

 cate until it takes root ; my plan is to roll the 

 ground, then sow, accompanied by a harrow, 

 which followed immediately and serves as a 

 guide, then the roller when the season permit- 

 ted this, (which does not always happen in 

 this climate.) I never was disappointed. — 

 Mark Lane {English) Express. 



The trial of this article for four seasons 

 proves it far superior to every other grass for 

 winter herbage, and much the earliest for 

 feed of any grass in the spring; but what ren- 

 ders it still more valuable as a feeding grass 

 is, that it is preferred by cattle to any of the 

 common sorts — a fact which has been proved 

 by numerous experiments in various parts of 

 the country ; and the rapidity with which it 

 again shoots forth after having been either 

 mown or fed oft", renders it particularly ad- 

 vantageous for light soils, as the common rye- 

 grass never sends forth a second crop, either 

 for feed or seed of any consequence. In poor 

 land it may be safely sown with clover (as it 

 has been with success in France) to the great 

 increase of the crop and benefit of the quality 

 of the hay. These results fully show it to be 

 well deserving the attention of agriculturists, 

 possessing as it does, greater hardness, and 

 unitmg in itself all the good qualities sought 

 tor in rye-grass. Sown together with Trifo- 

 liuni tncarnatum it has answered admirably 

 in the neighborhood of London; and the Tri- 

 folium incarnatum when sown by itself has 

 produced near Plymouth, upwards of four 

 tons per acre. — British Farmers^ Magazine. 



Cotton Statistics. 



It was stated in a former paper thatthe/or- 

 eign exports of cotton in the world, was 550 

 millions of pound.s. The entire growth of 

 cotton in the world, is set down atone billion 

 of pounds. Of this, 550 millions arc sup- 

 posed to be grown in the United States — 30 



in Brazil — 8 in the West Indies — 27 in Egypt 

 — 36 in the west of Africa — 190 in the west of 

 Asia — 35 in Mexico and South America, ex- 

 cept Brazil— and 14 millions elsewhere. 



Thus, at ten cents per pound, a price below 

 which it has rarely ever fallen, this crop ia 

 worth $100,000,000. For the last fifty years, 

 however, the value (though often fluctuating 

 suddenly and widely) has averaged 19i. At 

 this price, the present growth of the world is 

 worth $192,500,000. 



Of this, about 350 niillions of pounds are 

 consumed and manufactured in England — 

 about 150 millions in the United Stales — 80 

 in France — 250 in China and India— 35 in 

 South America and Mexico, including Brazil 

 — .35 in Germany — 45 in Turkey and Africa 

 — 10 in Spain— 20 in Prussia — and the re- 

 mainder elsewhere. 



The value of cotton manufactures in Eng- 

 land, is believed to be annually about 170 

 millions of dollars — in France, 70 millions— r 

 in the United States, 60 millions. 



The capital employed in manufacturing by 

 machinery, is estimated, in England, at 200 

 millions of dollars — in France, at 120 millions 

 — in the United States, at 110 millions. 



The consumption in manufactures of raw 

 cotton in all Europe, in 1803, was estimated 

 at only 60 millions of pounds. (Die. of Span. 

 Com.) The whole consumption in Europe, 

 in 1830, was about 387 millions of pounds. — 

 In 1838, it is believed to be nearly .500 mil- 

 lions of pounds. 



South Carolina and Georgia were the first 

 States in this Union to grow cotton to any 

 considerable extent. In 1791, two millions of 

 pounds were grown in the Union — 1^ millions 

 of which grew in South Carolina, and half a 

 million in Georgia. 



In 1801, forty millions was the crop of the 

 United States — of which, twenty millions 

 grew in South Carolina, ten in Georgia, five 

 in Virginia, four in North Carolina, and one 

 in Tennessee. 



In 1811, the crop of the United States had 

 reached eighty millions — of which, forty grew 

 in South Carolina, twenty in Georgia, eiglit 

 in Virginia, seven in North Carolina, three 

 in Tennessee, and two in Louisiana. 



In 1821, one hundred and seventy millions 

 of pounds were grown in the Union — as fol- 

 lows: fifty millions in South Carolina, forty- 

 five in Georgia, twenty in Tennessee, twenty 

 in Alabama, twelve in Virginia, ten in North 

 Carolina, ten in Louisiana, and ten in Missis- 

 sippi. 



In 1826, the whole crop of the Union was 

 .348^^ millions. Of this, Georgia grew 75 

 millions, South Carolina 70, Tennessee 45, 

 Alabama 45, Louisiana 38, Mississippi 20, 

 Virginia 25, North Carolina 18, Florida two, 

 and Ankansas one quarter of a million. 



