我县植棉历史悠久,从60年代至今,常年种植面积均在10万亩左右,是全省丘陵植棉大县。60年代周溪公社的虬门大队,70年代的万户大队,棉花单产水平居全省之首。80年代初全县棉花单产过50公斤,总产6.5千吨,被誉为全省丘陵红壤棉区的典范。 County cotton has a long history, from the 1960s to the present, perennial planting area is about 10 acres, is the province of cotton and cotton county. In the 1960s, the Xunmen Brigade of the Zhouxi Commune and the Wandeli Brigade in the 1970s produced the highest yield of cotton in the whole province. At the beginning of 1980s, the whole county cotton yield exceeded 50 kilograms, with a total output of 6.5 tons. It was praised as a model of the hilly red soil cotton area in the province.