It was harvested by hand- by plucking the pod of cotton fiber from the plant. Extremely hard work.
Back in the way back days, slaves did. HMMM! I was not a slave & I picked cotton on a Mississippi plantation!
Cotton had to be picked by hand and the invention of the cotton gin allowed for more cotton to be processed. Cotton is a versatile material and can be used by many industries especially textile and clothes.
Cotton, Tobacco and sugar
The cotten gin was used for making it easier on the slaves to pick out all the seeds in the cotten so the cotten picked out all the seeds
The amount of cotton picked by a female slave varied significantly based on factors such as the individual's strength, skill, and the specific conditions of the plantation. On average, a female slave could pick between 150 to 200 pounds of cotton per day. Some exceptionally strong workers could pick even more, while others may have picked less. The labor was grueling and often required long hours in harsh conditions.
Cotton is currently picked by machine. They used to have slaves pick the cotton in the south by hand. You seem to have forgotton the people (both white & black) that picked cotton after the slaves & before the cotton picking machines.
I Never Picked Cotton was created in 1969.
During the Civil War, there WAS no machinery to pick cotton- it was picked by hand. The machine that was used to separate the cotton fiber from the seeds was the Cotton Gin (as in engine).
No - the Southern adjective "cotton-picking" is just used as emphasis, as in "wait just a cotton-picking minute!" Everyone in the South picked cotton when it was time to sell it, not just black people.
Back in the way back days, slaves did. HMMM! I was not a slave & I picked cotton on a Mississippi plantation!
Most cotton now is picked by machinery.
Cotton is picked in Autumn. There is a Nov 1 deadline to have all the cotton picked so it can be plowed under to prevent cotton weevils . If it rains while the cotton is being picked it yellows the bolls and the value of the cotton goes down. You use a cotton picker and a module builder to do this.
Cotton had to be picked by hand and the invention of the cotton gin allowed for more cotton to be processed. Cotton is a versatile material and can be used by many industries especially textile and clothes.
Many NFL players' ancestors picked cotton, hence the Cotton Bowl
Once a cotton boll is picked, it is typically sent to a gin where the seeds are removed and the cotton fiber is cleaned and processed. The cotton fiber is then used to create a wide range of products such as clothing, towels, bed sheets, and much more.
Cotton is not '''made''' by a machine. It is grown on a plant mainly in the southern united states. The "cotton balls" are picked, then cleaned. Next they are combed into fibres that are twisted into thread. The thread is then used in clothing and other items.
I think Harriet Tubman picked cotton.