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(2) Called " Pedreiras," comprising the municipalities of S. Luiz, 

 Gonzaga, Pedreiras, Bacabal, Barra do Corda and Grajahii. 



(3) Called " Itapecuru," comprising the municipalities of 

 Itapecurii, Coroata, Codo, Caxias and S. Jose dos Mattoes. 



(4) Called " Parnahyba," comprising Brejo, Burity, Curralinho, 

 Santa Quiteria, Chapadinha and Vargem Grande. 



(5) Called " The Sertao," comprising Picos, Mirador, Pastos 

 Bons, Nova-York, Passagem Franca, Sao Jotlo dos Patos and Barao 

 do Grajahu. 



PIAUHY 



The State of Piauhy possesses excellent conditions for the cultiva- 

 tion of cotton and there are evidently possibilities for the extension of 

 the crop. 



It seems that the central and southern zones are not yet opened 

 up owing to lack of transport facilities and from reports received these 

 promise to be sj^lendid cotton growing districts. 



Several Federal Government cotton experimental seed farms have 

 been started in this State. 



CEARA 



This State grows quite a good quantity of cotton and evidently 

 the Jaguaribe Valley, according to samples shown to me, can pro- 

 duce excellent qualities. {See Chapter xii.) 



The largest cotton producing municipalities are : — 



S. Francisco de Uruburetama, S. Joao de Itapipoca, Uniiio, 

 Russos, Limoeiro, Ipu, Ipueiras, Nova-Russos, Iguatu, S. Matheus, 

 Pedra-Branca, Benjamin Constant, S. Pompeu and Morada-Nova. 



The States of Goyaz, Para, and even the Territory of Acre, 

 are said to produce cotton. 



Report by Dr. W. LAWRENCE BALLS, Chief of the Experimental; 



Department of the Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doubters'' 



Association Ltd., Bollington, near 



Macclesfield, on : 



"SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SERIDO SAMPLES 

 OF COTTON RECEIVED FROM MR. ARNO S. PEARSE." 



All the samples brought by Mr. Pearse from Brazil on the occasion 

 of his visit there during 1921 were handed over to the Experimental 

 Department of the Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doublers' Association 

 for examination. 



After discussion with Mr. Pearse, we arranged to examine in detail 

 the two Ceara samples, the one sample of Verdao, the Sombrio and 

 Espirito Santo samples of Moco, and to take four more samples of 

 Moco at random to represent the remainder. 



