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The fibre of this district measured roughly an inch, it was irregular 

 in staple and the picking was badly done. 



We visited also farms called " Capao a.lto " and " Rossinha " ; 

 at the latter place cotton was grown for 12 years running. 



The highest yields which I have ever known were on the estate 

 of Mr. Manoel Guede.s near Tatuhy, called " Pederneira '' ; it is 

 situated 680 metres above sea level. We inspected a good portion 

 of the 180 ■■ alqueires " under cotton ; the average yield of these 

 1,000 acres was 500 lb. lint per acre, but some fields gave as much 



Weighing Cotton by means of Stones placed in a bag. 

 Stone weights are used even in the advanced State of Sao Paulo 



as 800 to 1.000 lb. lint per acre. The maximum yield in one year of 

 one plot of land, slightlv short of an "alqueire" (5-6 acres) was: 

 14,619 lb. Seed Cotton (which works out to about 890 lb. lint per 

 acre), 2,000 litres Beans and 2,000 litres Indian Corn. Such almost 

 phenomenal yields are not to be met with anywhere and a photograph 

 hardly conveys the impression one gets. A cotton field rarely comes 

 out well in a photograph, the mass of white often lacks the contrast to 

 bring it up. The following photographs give only a slight impression 

 of the overwhelming weight of cotton we saw. 



