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Cotton grows in a fairly large plant, but to pick the cotton the plant has to be killed so the cotton bolls will open for picking. So, a defoliation takes place and a chemical agent is used to kill the plant. This happens each fall and it has a skunk like smell. After the plant is dead a machine called a cotton picker goes down each row of cotton and pulls the cotton off the plant. Since it all doesn't come off the first time the picker makes several runs for several weeks in the field. If it rains in this time the quality of the cotton goes down for selling. The rain yellows the whiteness of the cotton. After it is picked the picker puts the cotton in big trailers that take the cotton to the gin. At the gin the cotton is cleaned and processed. The seeds are removed and the cotton is put in large bales so it can be taken for auction. When all the cotton is finished in the field the field is plowed under to prevent bollworms.
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How do you harvest the cotton boll?
you can harvest cotton bolls by hand or by machines like this one
What is harvest time of cotton?
In the fall, is the harvest time of cotton.
Name the machine that is used to harvest cotton plant seeds?
cotton stripper
What was a major reason that slavery expanded in the south in the first half of the 1800's?
Cotton was King in the South in the 1800s. The cotton gin made it possible to harvest more cotton than ever, which in turn called for more slaves to harvest the cotton.
How old is Mount Rushmore now?
Harvest my cotton!
Why were slaves needed to pick and grow cotton after the cotton gin was invented?
Slaves were the free labor that the farmers needed to harvest the cotton>
The invention of the cotton gin made the planting of cotton more profitable?
Yes. It was much easier to harvest.
Is cotton a crop plant?
Yes, cotton is a cash crop plant that is planted in monoculture for harvest and sale.
What are seeds of the cotton boll used for?
to make condensed oil and to grow more cotton for the next harvest.
How will you differentiate between cotton and nylon fabrics?
Nylon is a product of of alkene while cotton is a plant harvest.
What other crops besides cotton did use to harvest?
tobacco
Why was cotton the main crop of the south?
Because the invention of the cotton-gin had made it easy to harvest, and there was a limitless world demand for cotton products.
