Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-09-14 | Page 1 | Cotton Growing Abroad Increases

COTTON GROWING ABROAD INCREASES Washington, Sept 1 4. Cotton growing Is becoming an important industrial in-dustrial factor in many Asiatic conn ti les and the production of this staple abroad is declared by American consular con-sular officials to be steadily on tho Increase. One undred thousand bales of rot-ton rot-ton will' be produced at Adana, Turkey, Tur-key, during the present year, reports re-ports Consul Nathan Mr. Nathan points out as slgnlllcant the fact at least R.Onn bales of long fibre cotton will be produced, as the result of the planting of American seed. This year's crop in tl'.at part of Turkey will exceed hy 4n,ino bales the production pro-duction last year. Consul Hsldenmn of Bombay has submitted a stat istic.nl report, showing show-ing that British India produced 3.-120,111 3.-120,111 bales of cotton up to July 11, 1910, an Increase of more than one million bales as compared with tho preceding year. Other consular officials of-ficials have hied reports indicating i that cotton Is now being raised In I larger quantities In some of the coun-I coun-I tries bordering the Mediterranean sea. I