Report on the agriculture and geology of MississippiEmbracing a sketch of the social and natural history of the state . houlder, and from which it is emptied from time totime into large baskets made generally of white oaksplints, and capable of holding about one hundred andfifty pounds. It is generally weighed at noon and at night, in thefield, and the baskets emptied into a wagon, hauled tothe gin yard, and spread upon scaffolds, exposed to thesun, to dry. It is there picked over and trashed by theinvalids, and such of the hands as are suited to this lightemployment. When a long-continued dro
Report on the agriculture and geology of MississippiEmbracing a sketch of the social and natural history of the state . houlder, and from which it is emptied from time totime into large baskets made generally of white oaksplints, and capable of holding about one hundred andfifty pounds. It is generally weighed at noon and at night, in thefield, and the baskets emptied into a wagon, hauled tothe gin yard, and spread upon scaffolds, exposed to thesun, to dry. It is there picked over and trashed by theinvalids, and such of the hands as are suited to this lightemployment. When a long-continued drought prevails, after thefrosts have checked the further growth, and the cottonbecomes very dry in the field, it is not necessary to putit upon the scaffolds. If put up in bulk a little damp,it undergoes a heat by which the essential oil of theseed is discharged, imparting to the fibre a creamy color,highly prized by some purchasers, and which sometimesefiects a good sale of a really inferior article. This is rather a dangerous experiment, however, tomake on a large scale; for, if the heat rises too high, Pa6e 15 5. Plate VM.
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