| Feb. 1 | April 1 | May 10 | Aug. 1 to 15 | Dec. 15 |
| Texas | Jan. 15 | March 15 | May 10 | Aug. 1 | Dec. 20 |
| Arkansas | Feb. 15 | April 15 | May 15 | Aug. 15 to 20 | Jan. 15 |
| Tennessee | Mar. 1 | April 15 | May 15 | Sep. 1 to 10 | Jan. 15 |
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=Other Cotton-producing Countries in America.=--In addition to the States,
which have already been named, there are other cotton-producing
countries in the Western Hemisphere, among which are the following:--

Brazil. Mexico.
West Indies. Peru and the South Sea Islands.

=Cultivation of Cotton in Brazil.=--From a very remote period, cotton has
been cultivated in Brazil. Early in the sixteenth century historians
refer to the uses to which cotton was put at that time. Seguro, in his
work describing the customs of the ancient people who lived in the
Amazon valleys, says that the arrows used in connection with their
blowguns were covered with cotton. It is probable that, before the dawn
of the eighteenth century, the cultivation of cotton was practised more
or less throughout the country. Up to thirty years ago, it looked as
though the cotton-growing industry in Brazil was likely to be an
increasing and profitable business. Owing, however, to many causes, the
trade has not grown as was to have been expected.

Among the chief of these causes are:--

1. Laxity of method in cultivating.
2. Poor means of transmission.
3. Severe competition by the United States.
4. Disturbed condition of the country.

All these have helped to keep down an industry which at one time bade
fair to be a source of great income to the country.

Tree Cotton and Herbaceous Cotton are both cultivated in Brazil. The
best kinds of Sea Islands have been tried, but have not succeeded.

Compared with the United States, the methods of cultivation pursued in
Brazil are exceedingly primitive and irregular. No such thing as
ploughing or preparing of the soil is adopted.

The only preparation seems to be to rid the land of cotton stumps, and
this is done in a somewhat careless and indifferent manner. It would
seem that as little labour as possible is expended upon the land in
preparing it for the reception of seed. Hilaire's aphorism--"Nothing in
this country is less expensive, or more productive, than cotton
culture"--would seem,