BRAZILIAN COTTON 



unguy. 



The Settlers' Abode 



cotton seed of one variety were delivered by the Government to the 

 manager for distribution. This would undoubtedly lead to the im- 

 provement of the staple. 



The Company does not buy the produce of the settlers. They 

 sell to small merchants and these again sell to larger merchants in the 

 city. 



The railway freight of coffee and cotton from this place to Santos 

 is very high indeed. The freights are a severe handicap and were it 

 not for the enormous fertility of the soil the new settlers would not 

 be able to compete. 



The Fazenda Aracatuba, situated in the municipality of Sao Jose 

 do Rio Preto, along the River Tiete and the North- Western Railway, 

 comprising 46,371 alqueires (each of 24,000 sq. metres which is 

 equivalent to 3,000,000 English acres) is another estate which, from 

 information given to me by the owner, Mr. Paes Barretos, seems of 

 similar fertility as the district of Biriguy, just described. A large 

 portion of the estate is still virgin forest and the soil and climate are 

 considered to be favourable for coffee and cotton. The owner claims 

 the additional advantage that besides the railway, he has got river 

 communication with the Argentine Republic. The distance by rail 

 from the estate to Sao Paulo is 812 km., to Santos, 991km. and to 

 Rio de Janeiro, 1,301km. 



Hydraulic Bale Press. — The largest hydraulic cotton bale press in 

 existence in Brazil is in the city of Sao Paulo, belonging to Messrs. L. 

 G. de Sousa Pinto & Co., 13, Rua Alvares Penteado. The press is of 

 German make and can give a maximum pressure of 1,014 kilos per 

 cubic metre. The Chief of the Cotton Department states that Sao 

 Paulo cotton can stand a pressure of 720 kilos per cubic metre. The 

 bales are of 300 kilos weight and instead of iron hoops^ wire is used. 



Every ginning machine in Sao Paulo pays an annual tax of 500 

 milreis. 



