清代吉林地区的棉花试种

清代棉花作为仅次于粮食的生活必需品,其种植范围几遍布全国。为解决旗人生计,雍正、道光年间清廷在吉林地区曾先后两次试种、推广棉作。吉林不宜植棉的气象条件导致本地出产棉花成本高、产量低、品质差,在清代全国性棉花市场中缺乏竞争力,使两次试种、推广皆未成功。

Experimentation of Cotton Cultivation in Jilin in the Qing Dynasty

In the Qing Dynasty,cotton was second only to grain as a necessity of life,and cotton was cultivated throughout the empire.To solve the problem of the banner people’s livelihood,the Qing rulers tried to popularize cotton cultivation in the Jilin area during the Yongzheng and Daoguang reigns,but both efforts failed.The meteorological conditions unsuitable to cotton cultivation in Jilin resulted in high costs,low yields,and poor quality of locally produced cotton.The lack of competitiveness in the national cotton market in the Qing Dynasty resulted in the failure of both trial plantings and promotion of cotton cultivation.