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BRAZILIAN COTTON 



Loading the Pack Mules with Cotton Bales near Patos 



Time did not permit me to visit the other cotton gro\\ ing States of 

 Brazil. These are : — 



MARANHAO 



In this State cotton is the principal product and the Congress of 

 the State seems to realise that the Government must take the necessary 

 steps to improve and extend cotton growing. Various cotton experi- 

 mental stations have been erected. 



There are five distinct zones in the State, namely : 



(1) Littoral, comprising the municipalities of Alcantara^„ 



Guimaraes, Cururupii, Tury-assu, Santa Helena. Pinheiro and Sao- 



Vincente Ferrer. 



Cotton Haulage at Camplna Grande, the great cotton Emponum 

 of the North-East 



