Patton, Frances · New York, Newson & company · leaf 167
orning-dew has disappeared, as any moisture would make the cot-ton mouldy and cause the oil of the seed to spread overthe wool. As the cotton does not all ripen at the same time,the pickers have to go over the same plantation manytimes. The cotton fibre is not, as it appears to the eye, a… … III. 107.—The Cotton Fibre. Owing to this natural twist, cotton is easily distinguishedfrom every other variety of animal and vegetable fibre, andits appearance can be readily detected in any material bythe use of the microscope. After cotton is picked, it is valued according to, first, 164 Home…
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