. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. THE FIBER CROPS 275 seed is used in all paints and varnishes of good quality. Hemp seed oil is used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, varnishes and soap. Cotton 207. The Importance of Cotton. — Cotton has often been called the king of crops because it is our leading article of ex-port. More farm land in the United States is planted each year, however, to corn, oats or wheat than to cotton. The great value of cotton lies in the fact that it furnishes the greater part of the clothing of the people of the ea
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. THE FIBER CROPS 275 seed is used in all paints and varnishes of good quality. Hemp seed oil is used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, varnishes and soap. Cotton 207. The Importance of Cotton. — Cotton has often been called the king of crops because it is our leading article of ex-port. More farm land in the United States is planted each year, however, to corn, oats or wheat than to cotton. The great value of cotton lies in the fact that it furnishes the greater part of the clothing of the people of the earth. The magnitude of the cot- ton-growing industry has increased to such an extent that the whole economic world is unsettled when war or any other disaster interferes with its movement in the raw or manufactured state to and fro between countries. Our exports of cotton in a single year ordinarily amount to more than three hundred million dollars, from which we may readily see how serious a matter it is to our people if the ports of the world become closed against it. 208. Where Cotton is grown in the United States. — The states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis-. FiG. 120. — An opened cotton 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 Cunningham, Jules Cool, 1879-; Lancelot, William Henry, 1874-. New York : Macmillan
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