cotton farm

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meaningsofcottonandfarm

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cotton
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒt.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.t̬ən/
the threads that grow around the seeds of a tall plant grown especially in the US, China, and ...
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farm
noun[C]
uk
/fɑːm/us
/fɑːrm/
an area of land, together with a house and buildings, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals as ...
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(Definition ofcottonandfarmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The averagecottonfarmin the 1940s was about 320 ha, but by the 1970s the average size had increased to 600-800 ha, a trend that continues17,38.
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While in high school, he worked on acottonfarm, stomping cotton.
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In its early days, the barn housed mules used on thecottonfarm.
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Thus, in the course of generation, the farm made the transition from being acottonfarmto a cattle and seed production farm.
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During his youth, he assisted his parents and younger siblings with the endless work associated with a smallcottonfarm.
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Groundnuts, rice, maize and cotton farms form the basis of most households' cash income.
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Intensive cotton farming with excessive use of fertilisers has undoubtedly contributed to this environmental disaster.
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Privatization of cotton farms has been especially slow, and unresolved debts of cotton farmers remained a problem in 2006.
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Prospering with the surrounding cattle ranches and cotton farms, the community developed as a trade center for the lower part of the county.
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Formerly home to large forests, followed by large sawmills and poorly managed cotton farms, followed by large stretches of parched and barren sand.
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Most of her work centers on cotton farms and early ranches in a land she calls the too-late frontier.
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There were 1.5 million cotton farms in 1945, and only 18,600 remained in 2009.
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Most of cotton farms are irrigated but there is need to rehabilitate the water supply system to reduce water loss.
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Further development of the community resumed in the 1950s as numerous water wells were drilled in the area to irrigate nearby cotton farms.
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