COTTON.

 

Longitude 105 West

 

Greenneh ae 7 rest of the human
race, except the
lowest savages, use
it In some portion
of their dress. Part
of the fiber is also
made into thread
and rope.

Machines, called
cotton gins, are used
to separate the fiber
from the seed. The
gin has little saw
teeth that draw the
fiber through slits
too narrow to admit
the seed.

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124. Cotton.

In what part of the United States is cot-
ton raised ? (See dark tint on map.)
The cotton region, or “belt,” reaches from

 

The best cotton
grows on low islands along the Atlantic coast.
It is known as Sea Island cotton, and its fiber
is long, fine and strong.

The states on the northern half of the.
Atlantic slope make millions of yards of

the gulf of Mexico about halfway to the ¢otton cloth every year. Cotton mills are

Great Lakes. It has a long hot summer and,

also running in some cities of the South.

a short cool winter. This region is in the What states are in the cotton belt?

warm belt.

_ The cotton fields reach the sea on the -
_..east and. south, and the great plains on
~ the west. Cold seasons prevent this plant

pir

from growing farther north.’

The cotton region has plenty of
rain all the year. It is brought
by warm winds from over the
gulf of Mexico and from over the
sea on the east.

New Orleans is the leading city
in the cotton trade.

About one half the people on

earth wear clothing. made wholly

from the fiber that grows around
cotton seeds. Nearly all the

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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