Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · London : Macmillan & Co. · leaf 60
after ithas been picked ? asked Charlie. You remember that there are seeds withinthe bolls. The cotton must be separated fromthe seeds before the fiber can be spun. Longago, before there was a machine for the pur-pose, people had to do this work by hand.It was very slow work, you may be sure.… … +3 co bfi o T-t THE COTTON FIELDS 49 a young man by the name of Eli Whitney con-cluded that he could make a machine thatwould separate the cotton fiber from the seeds.He studied earnestly, and finally invented amachine called the cotton gin. This machinewould do as much work in a day as could…
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