Cotton Cultivation and Supply
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An encyclopedia article on the growing and supply of raw cotton in the 1860s, written from a British viewpoint. It describes sea-island and upland cultivation, picking, ginning and baling in the United States, with figures on acreage, yields, slave labour, exports to Britain, and prices. It then surveys other supplying regions, including the West Indies, India, Egypt and North Africa, and ends with a table of costs for West African cotton delivered to Liverpool.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1867
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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