COMMERCE AND TRADE
... It appears from the annual statement of the extent and distribution of the cotton crop of the United States, for the year 1842-3, that the crop amounts to 2,378,875 bales, be- ing within a mere trifle of the extent of what was consi- dered the most extravagant estimate of its produce, down to a comparatively recent period. It is quite clear that cultivation is extending with great rapidity in ...