Barker, A. F. (Aldred Farrer), b. 1868, Gardner, Walter Myers 1862- [from old catalog], Snow, R. [from old catalog], Cook, William H. [from old catalog], Bradbury, Fred. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 58
he torridzone is the cotton zone. Of course soil and other conditionsin part determine whether cotton can he grown, but it isevident that much heat is desirable and even necessary,and, as a consequence, that the best available labour isblack labour. The United States has its black belt,and in our… … 40 TEXTILES viz., Gossypium Barbadense, or the true Sea Island cottonplant, which, yielding the best type of cotton, is the originalbasis of much American, Egyptian, and Indian cottons;Arboreum or tree cotton, yielding a rougher cotton, comingto us from Brazil and Peru; and Herbaceum, or the…
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