PART II. 



DETAILS, DIFFICULTIES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND 



STATISTICS RELATING TO COTTON GROWING IN 



THE UNITED STATES. 



CHAPTER I. 



QUALITY, EXTENT, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COTTON. 

 LANDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



That region of the United States where cotton is a prof- 

 itable crop, is determined somewhat by soil, but much 

 more by the intensity of summer heat, and the length of 

 the growing season. The extremes of the cotton belt may 

 be snid, in a general way, to be the territory included be- 

 tween the thirtieth and fortieth degrees of north latitude. 

 In other words, cotton can be produced with various 

 degrees of profit throughout the region bounded on the 

 north by a line passing through Philadelphia, on the 

 south, by a line passing a little south of New Orleans, and 

 on the west, by a line passing through San Antonio. This 

 is the limit of the possibilities. Not more than one-half, 

 and that the lower half of this territory, can properly be 

 said to be suited to the growth of cotton. 



An east and west line passing through Memphis divides 

 the region where cotton growing is materially crippled by 

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