湖口县植棉历史悠久。作为产业 ,真正的发展还是在刚刚过去的二十世纪九十年代。解放前 ,植棉面积15 0 0— 30 0 0公顷 ,皮棉产量每公顷 15 0— 2 2 5公斤 ;十一届三中全会以前 ,植棉面积 35 0 0— 4 0 0 0公顷 ,皮棉产量每公顷 30 0— 4 5 0公斤 ;实行联产承包责任制后的八十 Hukou County cotton has a long history. As an industry, the real development is just in the 1990s. Before liberation, the area of ​​cotton planting was 150,000-30,000 hectares, and the output of lint cotton was 150-225kg per hectare. Before the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, the area of ​​cotton transplanted was between 35,000 and 40,000 hectares and the lint yield 30 to 4550 kilograms per hectare; eighty after implementing the system of contractual joint-generation responsibility