叶城县是南疆重点产棉县之一。该县全面推广种植的苏联优良棉花品种斯-3173,品质良好。据1958年我们在采购中的检验:棉花细绒白棉品级,在13,429.49市担中,三级占33％,四级占46.3％,五极占9.6％,六至九级共占11.1％(我国棉花品极分12级,一般没有一级,二级算是最好的);纤维长度,在13,593.12市担中, Yecheng County is one of the major cotton counties in southern Xinjiang. The county fully promote the cultivation of the Soviet Union cotton varieties good Sri Lanka -3173, good quality. According to the survey we made in 1958, the cotton fine and white cotton grade accounted for 33%, 13.3% and 46.3% respectively in the 13,429.49 market, with 9.6% in the fifth grade and 11.1% in the sixth grade and nine grades China’s cotton goods extremely divided 12, generally not a, two considered the best); fiber length, in 13,593.12 City,