New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-01

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The Washington Union, Of Tile 22d inst. saYs that
the United States consul at Tampico has furnished
the following Interesting information ID relation to
the varieties, culture and of cotton
Mexico. in answer to circular issued BY the Com
rnissfonero Of Patents ii February last !:
.sTe greater production III this country Of this ar
ticle is the coast Of Vera Cruz and from
the capital of tie State of that naas towards Alva
rado, and westward wards Fiaeosalpa and its
neigl1borhood.
"a little over seventy-fye pounds Of seed cotton
yields, when gnned tWent Five pounds Of cotton
wool. The quality is good, and the whole IS senEap
the country for JaIapa,
From Vera Cruz to sfatanarns, notsit tilstanding
the territory being 50 extensive and SO admirably
adapted for the growth Of cotton, none is produced
beyond q little in the nei erfoed of Papantia,
which the Indians cultivate for their own use, and
spin in the primitive manner aa their ancestors
did at the time OF the conquest viz by means Of
species Of wooden spndles, the point of which is put
ina common wooden bowl and its atioas giyenbT
Y Front the yarn thus SPIN they ufacture mar
row cloth, and this is still the custom iE parts
| of the country. S5s58
tIn the nei hborhood Of ataIaoras cotton is raised
but in limited quantities. and it is also cultivated in
M0nelova. One hundred pounds of seed are required
| to produce twenty five pounds of clean Gettan All
that is produced in three places is consumed iii The
factories of Saftill0. 5 l5s5s
t.On the west coast mention may be made Of San
tiago, place situated between Tepic and MazaElan,
where considerable quantity Is raised which s lis
posed Of by the factories in Topic.
Further south. and between the towns of AntIan
and Colina, and doWnWards towards tile scaYa very
rich cotton country is to be seen, and where immense
quantities could be raised were there more hands to
attend to its cultivation as tits, however, sufficient
is gathered the suppl the factories Of Golina,
| capital Of the State Of Jalisco. s5
From Colima, a stretch must be- made to- the
neghborhood of Acapulco, where cotton is raised,
hut by no means in abunaIce but all tIltfs natiler
ed in that section Of the country s sent to the market
at the city Of Mexico. That part Df the country is
called the Costa Grande, and separated from the
Costa Chican by the river Papa On the latter,
and IN tile neighborhood Of Ayutla cotton ii raised
The cotton on the whole Of this coast only requires
seventy five pounds ofseed to produce twenty five
/ pounds Of cotton wool when ginned. II
" The whole of the east, as well as that of the west
coast, for about forty leagues inland is admirably
adapted for the growth OF eotton. The country is,
however, entirely appropriated, and considerable diff
Guilty is in getting in the harvest in con
sequence thereof,
tsThere are very few landed proprietors who dedi-
cate their attention to the cultivation of cotton
cept the coast Of Vera Cruz. all the rest is raised
by small farmers, (rancheros who content toget
about onehalf the amount Of its value Such nav
ments are made in few goods and groceries, anti
cipation for which they are e1erhait prices
ssAn experiment has been made to raise cotton on
farm about twelve leagues from San Luis potosi be-
tween six and seven thousand feet hboVe tile level of
4 the sea, and the result has been fayorahEes u
! ssAn enterprisiDg Spaniard is now raising cotton
Eve agues from Tula with every prospect of asat-
saetory RETURN His farm is about four thousand 1--WE
hundred i've thousand feet above the level of the
Iisea.
No care is bestowed on the plant. The seed is
put into the ground and further notice taken Of
it until it is quite ripe and ready for picking The
consequence is that the staple is not long nor the
cotton very fine, although quite good enough fer the
4 manufactures of this country. $3y %
i "The growth of cotton throughout Mexico is
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