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The Charlotte Journal
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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A letter to the Macon (Ga.) Messenger reports unfavorable results from cotton cultivation experiments by American planters in India, leading to the breakup and relocation of most government plantations from Bengal to a site 250 miles northeast near Gorruckpore.
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The Macon (Ga.) Messenger has received a letter from one of the American planters in India, by which we are informed that the results of the experiment in the culture of cotton still continue very unfavorable—so much so, that all but one of the Government plantations which were located in Bengal have been broken up and removed. The new location is believed to be some 250 miles in a northeast direction from the former one: that of the writer is at Gorruckpore, (or Goorockpoore,) northeast of the Ganges, and near the borders of the Chinese empire.
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Bengal, India
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unfavorable results; all but one government plantations in bengal broken up and removed; relocated 250 miles northeast.
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Letter from American planter in India informs of continued unfavorable results in cotton culture experiments. Government plantations in Bengal mostly disbanded and moved northeast, writer's at Gorruckpore near Ganges and Chinese borders.