Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 28
si-dent of the United States,a man named Eli Whit-ney invented a machine,called the saw gin, forseparating cotton fibersfrom the seed. This in-vention has saved muchtime. To-day cotton isall ginned by machinery ;and so great quantitiescan be separated in a day. The machine works insuch a way that… … Courtesy of Speyer School, New York. Fig. 9. — A Pleasant Valley girl tryingto gin some cotton with a little ginningmachine which she has made at school. i6 CLOTHING AND HEALTH on your farm; and others are pressed. Cottonseedoil comes from the seeds when pressed, and is veryuseful for many…
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