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BRAZILIAN COTTON 



This finishes the description of Minas. It must be stated that 

 cotton in small patches is grown all along the left side of the river 

 from Pirapora to Sao Francisco, but some distance away from the 

 river. There is a large cotton zone on the right and left bank of 

 the river " Rio dos Pandeiros," which is a tributary of the Sao 

 Francisco, joining the latter below Januario. Cotton from here is 

 brought to Januario, Jacare and Manga. On the right side is a 

 cotton zone behind Morrinho, along the Rio Verde. 



On the Rio dos Pandeiros is a waterfall, 35m. high, not yet 

 used for hydro-electric purposes. 



Besides cotton Minas produces coffee, Indian corn, rice, black 

 beans, tobacco (for which Minas is famous), sugar cane, potatoes and 

 manioc or mandioca. The latter is a root of a shrub which is ground 

 to flour and as in the interior bread is seldom baked, meat and 

 vegetables are generally covered with mandioca flour (" farinha ") 

 in substitution of bread. 



A typical View of the Vegetation along the Banl 

 Sao Francisco River 



of the Upper 



