Archive image from page 287 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 248 COTTON COTTON tensively in the United States, a third group, known as long-staple uplands (Fig. 357). is grown in considerable quantity, over 100,000 bales being produced annually. The long-staple upland cotton ranges from one and one-fourth to one and five-eighths inches in length of lint. While the derivation of the long-staple upland varieties is not positively known, it is pr
Archive image from page 287 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 248 COTTON COTTON tensively in the United States, a third group, known as long-staple uplands (Fig. 357). is grown in considerable quantity, over 100,000 bales being produced annually. The long-staple upland cotton ranges from one and one-fourth to one and five-eighths inches in length of lint. While the derivation of the long-staple upland varieties is not positively known, it is probable that they have developed from variations of the ordinary short-staple upland, and they are ordinarily referred to the same species (G. hirsutum). History. In what land and in what period of antiquity cotton was first used will probably never be known. Its use seems to be coeval with human history. Early writers tell us that it was worn by the ancient Egyptians and used for other purposes, more than a thousand years before Christ. With the progress of civilization it has grown in favor and in extent of cultivation, until it has become one of the most important crops in the world, the greatest of all fiber crops, and the most widely manufactured of all textiles. This great extension of the industry, however, has developed within comparatively recent years. Previous to the middle of the eight- eenth century, cotton had to be spun and woven by hand machines. There was also great difficulty experienced in separating the seed from the fibers, as it had to be done by hand. This work was tiaually done at night. After finishing the ordinary
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