New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-03

Culture Of Cotton In gTsesdon.a, ete.

Culture Of Cotton In Macedonia, eto
The following extract from q report of IN in
1nest lately Instituted by the French Minister
Of Commerce, touching orr great staple, cotton,
win not be void OF Interest," 10 most Of our
ders:
ne cultivation If The Brazil cottons has not
of q tried in Macedonia but for several years
tr ii has been nfade, in the districts Of scres
and Drama, OF the tiFia qualities IT stae United
States, which have keen perfect successful
1t hes been as,ert aimed, pors9yts, that the
United SJftes e''ttops Fra Superior II ra}ts. by
over twehty Per CIT, u any 2tsieh nave
hltheFts been eplslv ed in t.,e rf0sncc lever
theless, the sgceas.rl fiiaI 6f tlsah has aot been
followed up, because they haze to be picked very
rapidly, and in Mneedania the hands are TOO
few, and perhaps the cultivation TOO lazv, to
comply with this condition. In the next place,
the ginning presents more difficulties than for
the kinds OF cotton now cultivated for it re-
quires the use Of machines the cost of which
exceeds the means of the cultivators sqid proprie-
tors Of the country, who, indebted aIarost with
out exception. can only raise money by paving
usurious interest. The kind Of cotton now cui-
tivated is separated frorn the seed by means Of
large cylinders, the expense CT which is not
Hrore than ~ 90 to 81 30. sH s7f
The principal cotton districts in Macedonia
are those Of Seres, Brsma, and 1igna. Since
The commencement Of the present century the
cultivation of cotton has been to Considerable
extent replaced by that Of grain and Indian
| corn.
| Tile cultivation of cotton in Thesaslia il Of
little irnportanss. producing scarcely enough for
| local CONSUMPTION. Is 80 80
| In AnatoiLa hecbaeeguss GOTTEN has been cui-
| tlvated for Z long period in the districts Of
Aydin and Bfousse. It is planted in March
and picked III September Ii is3 cultivated 90
easily and the quality is SO good that before the
4 inf of IA IN,
Egypt, that country used to import ali its cotton
seed from Anatolia. Even at the present day
she has recourse to this province at times. But
| the cotton which grows from this seed does not
in its turn produce seed suitable for planting,
| and she found it necessary every gear to get
supplies from Asia Minor. This inconvenience,
Joined to the fact that the Anatic plant lnsts but
one year, while the cotton tree produces for
seven years, has contributed more and more to
make Egypt abandon the Anatolian cotton,
though it is reputed to be Of superior quality.
The demand having fallen off for AnatoIian
cotton, the production has been diminished also.
4 In fact, the annual expectation, which before
i the Americans had carried the cultivation Of
Il cotton to such an extent had risen, for Smyrna,
to from, 90 900 TO 10000 bales per year, is re-
duced now to from ~, coo to 15 600. The weight
of the bales varies from $50 to 6eG Ibs-this
difference growing cut Of the necessity Of regu-
lating the weight to the strength Of the camels
used in transporting the cotton. Each animal
carries two bales. fs''E r sitas
The cotton Of Anatolia5 is divided into five
qualities, sthe first cenprisingIfthe cottons Of
Sobondja and Aydin; the second those of Kirk
Adagje; the third those of Canada; the fourth
those Of Kinck and of Pergame the fifth those
G Of Magnesia, which are the least esteeH ad The
. average crop each year is about 3G.0Ga asles. or
:, say 16, SOC, COG pounds. It often har ems that
more cotton is produced in the year than is suf-
feient both for the demands for expectation and
); for home consumption In such cases the growth
of corn is substituted the following year for that
of cotton, and the trade in the latter is confined
! of course, to what remains on hand.
= But these facts have no particular influence
on the cotton market; we can only conclude
), from them that in case Of an extraordinary de-
!. mand, Anatolia could furnish muchlarger crops
y The so 900 bales which now constitute her an
;, nual production are disposed Of thus: 5000
bales, say4 500, 900 pounds, ARE retained for hom
consumption from 12000 to $4,000 bales arr
= exported and about 10000 bales are used il
the manufactures of Aydin, Canada. and Me
Il nemen. One of the principal importers of cot
{. ton from Asia Minor is Marseilles. In 1850 sh'
'e imported in forty five vessels, ,61S bales, con
'e tanning about ,190 GOO pounds In 1851. how
!, ever, the quantity was much smaller, as up t
lk November 26 she had only received 1896 bales
J, containing about 2,20O,000 pounds. The frs
OF quality cotton from Antolia was worth in Nc
!. vember, 1851, about five cents per pound; til
r' lowest quality was worth about four and ha
=, cents. This last year the crop has been yer
IN small, on account of the dryness of the season.
Ill We learn from the same source that the SUI
tan is this year trying, on large scale, IN IL
", country around Smyrna, the culture of cote
pe from seed procured expressly for this pUrpo:
j, from the Southern United States. We have n
W Wo yet learned the result of the experiment