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Cotton is grown in areas that have hot weather and a cotton field has no shade. To be able to pick the cotton from the plant the plant is killed first. The plant is a low growing shrub like plant and when dead the cotton bolls open. Until cotton picking machines were invented people would hand pick the cotton off the plant. It doesn't come off easy and raw cotton is itchy and rather prickly, and it takes some effort to get it off. There are several bolls per plant. The picked cotton was put in bags that the person wore so as they moved through the field the bag would get heavier and drag. The base of the plant may also hide snakes and other living things.
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Why is it hard to pick cotton?
you have to use your hands and work- work is hard
How much cotton did a slave pick and clean after the cotton gin?
5,000. they were hard workers
How does the cotton gin pick the cotton?
The cotton gin does not pick the cotton. It separates the cotton fiber from the seeds and other debris
How do slaves pick cotton?
Slaves pick cotton by hand.
Did whites pick cotton?
Yes they did, whites did pick cotton.
How do you collect cotton of the cotton tree?
You pick it.
How did the cotton gin lead to a demand for more enslaved labores?
The Cotton Gin merely raised the demand for cotton as it was a machine that quickly separated the cotton from the seed. But what the Cotton Gin couldn't do was pick the cotton. Paying people to pick the cotton was now even less cost efficient...
Why was the cotton gin used?
It helped pick the many cotton seeds from cotton.
Who singes Cotton on the roadside cotton in the ditch pick that cotton you black lyrics?
johnny rebel
What did slaves do when they were free?
pick cotton
What is the name of the machine that was used to pick cotton during the civil war?
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).
What is the mechanical cotton picker?
It picks cotton and it is a machine that runs by itself without having to pick the cotton with your hands.
