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Textiles and clothing (1919)

McGowan, Ellen Beers, b. 1873, Waite, Charlotte A. (Charlote Augusta), b. 1873 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 88

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70 TEXTILES AND CLOTHING Baling. — After the cotton is ginned, about two-thirds in weight remains as seed and one- third as cotton fiber. The cotton fiber, or hnt as it is called, is baled or compressed … © Brown Bros. N. Y. Fig. 42. — Cotton on Wharf, Charleston, S. C. into as small a space as possible so that it may be readily shipped. This baling is usually done at the ginnery. The cotton is conveyed to a huge box, the bottom of which is the size of a bale, pressed into the box into as small a…

Textile fabrics · Clothing and dress

Internet Archive · U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.

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