. Cotton: its uses, varieties, fibre structure, cultivation, and preparation for the market and as an article of commerce, also the manufacture of cotton seed oil, cotton seed meal and fertilizers, with especial reference to cotton growing, ginning, and oil pressing in the United States. Cotton; Cotton growing. 58 ("OTTOX. [chap. I. New Orleans or Gulf cotton (Fig. "iO) is from one to one and one-fourth inches in length of staple, from .0004 to .0007 of an inch in diameter, and is usually used for yarn from '28s to 44s warp and from 50s to 70s filling or weft. It is not usual to spin
. Cotton: its uses, varieties, fibre structure, cultivation, and preparation for the market and as an article of commerce, also the manufacture of cotton seed oil, cotton seed meal and fertilizers, with especial reference to cotton growing, ginning, and oil pressing in the United States. Cotton; Cotton growing. 58 ("OTTOX. [chap. I. New Orleans or Gulf cotton (Fig. "iO) is from one to one and one-fourth inches in length of staple, from .0004 to .0007 of an inch in diameter, and is usually used for yarn from '28s to 44s warp and from 50s to 70s filling or weft. It is not usual to spin below these numbers, unless higher grade yarns are required. The lenders or Bottom Land cotton (Fig. 21) supposed to be grown at the bends of the Mississippi River, which are occasionally flooded and consequently well fertilized by the silt of the river, is one of the best grades of New Orleans cotton, and is used for the hio-lier numbers named. Benders Cotton. American. Longi- tudinal views to scale iJoo incli between lianillel lines. above. Peelers is a somewhat similar cotton, is used for similar yarns, is bluish-white rather then ci'eam colored, and some- what resembles short Florida Sea Island. Uplands cotton ( Fig. '12) is gi'own in the undulating country between the ocean and the mountains in the states of Georgia, North and South Carolina, Alrginia and Alabama. It is usually used for filling yarns or weft yarns between numbers 30s and 40s, although it may be spun up to 45s or 50s if required. The length of the staple is from three-fourths of an inch to one inch and the fibre in diameter is from .0006 to .0007 of an incli. This cotton is usuallv verv Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brooks, Christopher Parkinson, 1866-1909. New York, Spon & Chamberlain; London, E. &
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