BAH I A— SAO FRANCISCO RIVER lU 



The yield of cotton was given as being 2801bs. lint per acre as a 

 mixed crop. It is a good district but short of hands. 



Freight from here to Joazeiro is 1 $100 per 16 kilos. So far, some 

 200 arrobas have been sold to Joazeiro at 7 $500 per arroba, including 

 cost of freight. Both " Inteiro " and " Quebradinho " are liked, the 

 latter especially is good — up to 35mm. 



Fazenda Torrinha, owned by Dr. Francisco B. Mariani, whom we 

 had the pleasure of meeting. 



The " tarefa " here has only 4,000 square metres, instead of 4,356 

 square metres as in other parts ; we were told that if cotton were 

 planted alone it would yield about 7001b. per acre but with a mixture 

 of Indian corn in the same field it gave only 3801b. The ginning 

 out-turn of the cotton here is 31 per cent. lint. On this farm there 

 were produced about 8,000 kilos lint. This gentleman had never 

 thought of looking at the length of fibre, all cotton being paid, of 

 course, one uniform price ; he had not troubled about selecting seed, 

 etc. 



This farm is especially engaged in cattle raising and the owner 

 complained that the people were not very good workers, that they 

 preferred fishing and the shooting of " egrets," which are plentiful in 

 these parts. 



Barra do Rio Grande : 439 kilos from Joazeiro, 930 kilos from 



Pirapora. 



This is the port for Goyaz and Piauhy States ; cotton of excellent 

 quality also comes from Barreiras on the Rio Grande (789km. from 

 Joazeiro). The Rio Preto is a tributary of the Rio Grande and I am 

 told that the region between Santa Rita and Formosa is well suited 

 for cotton growing. 



The yield near Barra do Rio Grande is said to be 7001b. per acre, 

 but here cotton alone is planted ; there is no rice nor Indian corn in 

 the field. 



Quebradinho was 32mm. and Herbaceous 28 /30mm. 



There is a gin with 40 saws driven by steam. The cotton was 

 badly ginned, although the gin was comparatively new and working 

 only two years. 



From here begins the cultivation of the Carnauba Palm, the 

 leaves of which supply the well-known wax used sometimes in sizing^ 

 warps ; a description of the primitive manner, in which the wax is 

 obtained is given in the last chapter. The trade in this wax is becoming 

 every year more important. 



Chique-Chique or Xique-Xique : 359km. from Joazeiro, 1010km. 

 from Pirapora. 



This district was closely surveyed a short time ago by Mr. L. 

 Zehntner, a Swiss who is an official of the Bahia Government ; he 

 recommended it specially for cotton growing (see Report iii " Boletim 

 da Agricultura 10 — 12, October to December, 1920, Secretariat of 

 Agriculture, Bahia). 



The annual American kinds of cotton are grown here almost ex- 

 clusively but they are left in the ground for three years. Some- 



