Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-03-27
CULTURE OF ron IN MACEDONIA, &c

The following extract from the report of an in
quest lately instituted by the French Minister Of
Commerce, touching our great staple Cotton, viii
not be void Of interest to most of our readers
The cultivation Of the Brazil cottons has not been tried
in Macedonia but for several years trial has been made
in the districts of Sores and Drama OF the fine qualities
Of the United States, which have been perfectly
full 10 has been ascertaned moreover that the United
States cottons superior in vsue by twenty per
cent to amy which have hitherto been cultivated in the
province Nevertheless the successful trial Of them has
not been followed up because they have be picked very
rapidly and in Macedonia the hands are too few and
perhaps the cuvators too lazy to comply with this
dton In the nsxt place, the ginning presents diff
cutes than for the kinds Of cotton now cultivated for it
requires the of machines the of which exceed
means Of the cutivtors and propretors of the country
who indebted almost without exception can only raise
money by paying usurous interest The kind Of cotton
now cultivated is separated from the seed by means Of
large cylinders the expense of which is not more than 81
to $l20 The principal cotton districts in Macedonia are
those Of SSrss Drama, and Zgna Since the commence
ment Of the present century the cultivation Of cotton hos
been to considerable extent replaced by that Of grain
and Indian
The cultivation Of cotton in Thessaa is Of little impor-
tance producing scarcely enough for local consumption
In Anasoia herbaceous cotton has been cultivated FOR
long period in the districts of Aydin and Brousse II
planted in March and picked in September 1t is Guilt
waited easily and the quality is good that before the
inoducoD of the Jme cotton tree into Egypt that
country used toimpsrt all its cotton seed from Anatoa
Even at the day she has to this province
at times But the cotton which grove from this seed does
not in its turn produce seed suitable for planting and she
found it necessary every year get supplies from Asia
Minor This inconvenience joined to the fact that the
Anac plant lasts but year. while the cotton pro-
has ufadp nd IN
make Egypt abandon the Anatolan cotton though it
reputed to be of superior quality.
The demand having fallen off for Anatolian cotton the
production has been diminished also. Intact the annual
expectation which before the Americans had carried the
cultivation of such extent had sen for Smyr
ma to from 60 900 10000 bales per year. reduced
to from II 900 ,000 The weight of the bales
varies from $50 ego lbsthis difference growing of
the necessity of regulating the weight to the strength of
the camels used in transporting the cotton Each animal
carries two bales.
The cotton Of Anatoia is divided into five qualities
the first comprising the cottons of So5onda and Ayd
the second those of K-Agd the third those Of Cana
ba the fourth those of Kinck and of Pgame the fifth
those Of Hagnesa, which the least esteemed. The
average crop each year is about 600 bales say
pounds often happens that more cotton is
produced in year than is sufficient both for the demands
for expectation and for home consumption In such
the growth of is substituted the following yearor
that of cotton and the trade in the latter is confined Of
course to what remains hand But these facts have
particular influence the cotton markets only
conclude from them that in Of extraordinary de-
mand Anatoia could furnish much larger crops. The
900 bales which constitute her annual production
are disposed of thus 5000 bales say 900 pounds,
are retained for home consumption; from $4,000 to
900 bales exported and about 10000 bales are
used in the manufactures Of Aydn, CANADA, and Meme
One Of the principal importers Of cotton from Asis
Minor is Marseiles. In 1850 she imported in fortyve
vessels, 1918 bales, containing about 4l9O0O pounds
In 1851 however the quantity was much smaller, as up
to November 26 she had only received 1896 bales
tanning about 900 pounds The first quality cotton
from Anatoa was worth in November, 1851, about five
cents per pound; the lowest quality worth about
This last year the crop has been very small
account of the dryness Of the season.
! We learn from the same source that the Sultan
is this year trying large scale, in the country
around Smyrna, the culture of cotton from seed
procured expressly for this purpose from the South
ern United States. We have not yet learned the
result Of the experiment.