Cotton Experiments in California
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An 1871 magazine article in which a Mississippi cotton planter explains why he is growing cotton in California's Merced and Los Angeles County lands. He compares per-acre costs, yields and profits against the Cotton States and against California wheat, using his own plantation account books, agricultural reports and the proceedings of a Southern commercial convention. He reports sample classifications of California cotton and argues that cotton would diversify the state's grain-dependent agriculture and support local manufacturing.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1871
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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