. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 282 FIBER PLANTS FIBER PLANTS (1) Occidental cottons, of American origin. Gossypium hirsutum, Linn. American upland cotton, native in tropical America, now cultivated from Virginia to Texas and Oklahoma, also in Mexico, Argentina, Turkestan and in many parts of India. Gossypium Barbadense, Linn. Sea-island cotton, native in tropical America, now cultivated on the islands and adjacent shores of South Carolina, and through the interior of southern Georgia and north- ern Florida, also in the West Indies; and Egyptian cotton, cultivated in Egy
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 282 FIBER PLANTS FIBER PLANTS (1) Occidental cottons, of American origin. Gossypium hirsutum, Linn. American upland cotton, native in tropical America, now cultivated from Virginia to Texas and Oklahoma, also in Mexico, Argentina, Turkestan and in many parts of India. Gossypium Barbadense, Linn. Sea-island cotton, native in tropical America, now cultivated on the islands and adjacent shores of South Carolina, and through the interior of southern Georgia and north- ern Florida, also in the West Indies; and Egyptian cotton, cultivated in Egypt and recently introduced in the colonies in both East and West Africa. Gossypium. Peruvianum, Cav. Peruvian cotton, cultivated in Peru and also to some extent in Africa. (2) Oriental cottons, of Asiatic or African origin. Gossypium herbaceum, Linn. Cultivated in India, Asia Minor and southern Europe. Gossypium arboreum, Linn. Cultivated in India, China and Japan. Gossypium Wightianum, Tod. Cultivated in India, China, Japan, Korea and Transcaucasia. In the United States, 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 acres, about one-third the acreage of corn, is planted in cotton each year. The annual produc- tion ranges from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 bales of 500 pounds each, more than half of which is exported. Fifty million to 75,000,000 pounds, chiefly Egyptian cotton, valued at $6,000,000 to $11,000,000, are imported, as it differs in quality from that produced here. (6) Soft Fibers.— Flax (see article on Flax). Flax fiber is secured from the inner bark of the straw of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimmn, Linn., belonging to the Linacem or Flax family. This plant, originating in Agia, is now cultivated com- mercially for fiber in Russia, Siberia, Austria, Hun- gary, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Sweden, Ire- land, Canada and the United States. In the United States, flax fiber is produced in eastern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington. About 2,000 to 3,000 acres are devot
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