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During the whole of our journey we saw only on one occasion 

 that a woman was employed at a ginnery in separating the bolls of 

 dead fibres. 



We noticed a clear Hybrid of " Inteiro,"' being covered all over 

 with the verdigris linters of " Verdao." Indeed, though " Verdao " is 

 only a recent introduction, the apparent hybridization which has 

 taken place and which is at once visible on account of the green hairs 

 on the seed, is a striking fact, noticeable all over the north. 



There were in the ginning factory a number of cotton bales, 

 packed in palm-leaf canvas from Pilao Arcado ; this was very dirty 

 cotton of short staple. 



On the banks of the Sao Francisco, near Joazeiro 



Joazeiro is the emporium at the end of the navigable part of the 

 Upper Rio Sao Francisco and cotton is sent to it from the interior of 

 the Pernambuco State as far away as 100 to 120kra. ; it comes unginned 

 on muleback. Cotton also enters from Casa Nova, 90km. away and 

 from the district of the 'municipio" of Joazeiro, 60km. in circum- 

 ference. 



A distance from the town is the "Horto Florestal," an agri- 

 cultural experimental station, belonging to the Federal State Govern- 

 ment. It suffered severly from the flood of 1919 and there was no 

 cotton plantation there when \\q visited the place. 



The Director, Dr. Paulino d'Araujo Gaes, promised to plant 

 several hectares Avith cotton ; he is evidently working under great 

 difficulties, owing to shortage of money. There is an excellently 

 managed orphanage for boys and girls run in connection with the 

 experimental station. 



