The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing (1910)
Murphy, William S · London : The Gresham Publishing Company · leaf 129
t to the growing roots. Cotton Picking.—In June and July the cotton fields blaze withyellow flowers; the blossoms fade one by one, and the hulls of theflowers form into seed pods or bolls (fig. 11). Early in August thepods are full, they burst, and a tress of white fibre springs fromeach. In the… … Fig. n.—Cotton Bolls gangs, men, women, and children of all ages. Every plantation hasits own system of grouping the pickers. Some work them in gangs,and others assign to each picker a definite space. Usually, the picker carries a basket, and as itfills he or she empties it on to acloth spread at…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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