. Scientific sewing and garment cutting, for use in schools and in the home;. seed. When thepod which held the fiber burst open, it was picked and taken to a machine called a cotton-gin. Thisoccurred late in August, and youshould have seen the field wherethis cotton plant grew. It was likea great silvery-white sea, and wasone of the most beautiful sights inthe world. Besides the fiber in the cottonpod, there were a great many littleblack seeds — many more than itwas necessary to keep for seeds must be taken out,and for this reason the fiber was allmade to pass through the cotton
. Scientific sewing and garment cutting, for use in schools and in the home;. seed. When thepod which held the fiber burst open, it was picked and taken to a machine called a cotton-gin. Thisoccurred late in August, and youshould have seen the field wherethis cotton plant grew. It was likea great silvery-white sea, and wasone of the most beautiful sights inthe world. Besides the fiber in the cottonpod, there were a great many littleblack seeds — many more than itwas necessary to keep for seeds must be taken out,and for this reason the fiber was allmade to pass through the cottongin. It was Eli Whitney of Massa-chusetts who invented the cottongin. It can take the seeds out ofthree hundred pounds of cottonquicker than a man can pick themout of one pound. The seeds were put intobags, taken to a mill, andmade into a fine and usefuloil. What was left after theoil was pressed out was puton the ground to enrich it, so that what was planted in it would grow well. Part of the strong-fibered stalk of the cotton plant was used for making a basket, and the.
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