. Christian herald and signs of our times . The Housewifes Loom. Primitive and Slow, but once a ValuableAdjunct in many Pioneer Homes. LTHOUGH Cot-ton is no longerking, as it wasthroughout alarge part of theUnited Statesless than a gen-eration ago. it isstill a native pro-duct of sufficienti ni p o r tance toabsorb the ener-gies and attention of a very considerableportion of our population. It has playeda prominent part in the development andprogress of the country, and the cotton-grower, from the owner ofthe big plantation run onthe most approved scien-tific principles, down to thehumble farm
. Christian herald and signs of our times . The Housewifes Loom. Primitive and Slow, but once a ValuableAdjunct in many Pioneer Homes. LTHOUGH Cot-ton is no longerking, as it wasthroughout alarge part of theUnited Statesless than a gen-eration ago. it isstill a native pro-duct of sufficienti ni p o r tance toabsorb the ener-gies and attention of a very considerableportion of our population. It has playeda prominent part in the development andprogress of the country, and the cotton-grower, from the owner ofthe big plantation run onthe most approved scien-tific principles, down to thehumble farmer or squatterwho plants an acre or twoto cotton, is a benefactor ingreater or less degree. Our photograph on thispage is one that will inter-est many who are familiarwith the extensive andcosdy modern machinerythat is now generally usedin cotton m a n u f a c than a generation agoit was the rule in manyfarmers homes — particu-larly in the South—fornearly all the clothing wornby the family to be home-spun. In those days, theg
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