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Cotton
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How did the slave driven cotton industry operate in the South in 1861?
The invention of the cotton gin helped the manner by which cotton was made ready for market, however, the cotton plantations were still operated by intensive slave labor. The actual steps of how a cotton plantation were as follows:
* Cotton gins could be powered by horses or water. Intensive slave labor was not required in this process;
* Slaves prepared for the next cotton crop by first clearing, by hand or clubs, the left over cotton stalks;
*Maure was then required for the new crop, this was done by hand and consisted of placing this fertilizer as deep as possible into the furrows of the previous crop;
* The seeding for the new crop was done by hand, usually in the Spring;
* By late Summer the cotton was harvested by hand, and ginned almost immediately; and
* The entire process began again, one cycle after another.
Production levels were unsustainable without vast numbers of workers. Paid workers would make the cotton system too expensive, thus slave labor was required.
Many in the South had regarded slavery as a necessary evil, however, the economic boom it created made slavery a essential part of the Southern economy.
Cotton is from a cotton plant. It is grown in huge fields and the plants get fairly large. About this time of year the grower sprays the plant with salt or sometimes a defoliation chemical ( it stinks) and the plant dies. When this happens the cotton bolls open and a machine called a cotton picker can go through the field. If it rains in this time the cotton will turn from white to yellow which will lower the price of the cotton. Once the picker has gone through it will keep going through the filed until it can get no more cotton. The raw cotton is taken to a cotton gin in a big open wagon and processed into cotton bales. The bales are huge and each bale is wrapped in burlap and numbered. The cotton bales are sold at a auction to be made into fabric and other things.
You get cotton fever from a piece of cotton of dirt entering your system from the needle.
What was true about rapid increase of US cotton exports?
it encouraged industrial development across the world
Is calico cotton 100 percent cotton?
yes, any fabric that is called cotton is usually 100% cotton. However, calico refers to the design, not the fabric content, and could be made from any type of fiber.
Origin of bless your cotton picking soul?
someone who picks through a hard surface to get to the core, to excess detail. a nit picker , when hand picking cotton the hard razor sharo shell will cut fingers, so a cotton picker goes for excess detail and is clever and smart to not get cut. Bless the cotton piking soul is referring to someone who has been a fuusbuget to extreme and never seems satisfied.
What were four cash crops grown in the South in 1860?
here's six instead:
- cotton
- tobacco
- rice
- sugar
- hemp
- indigo
Who discovered cotton and when?
Humans and cotton plants have been living on earth since before humans taught themselves to write. The name you seek has been lost to history.
GIZA Cotton is an exyra large cotton between american upland cotton and egyption cotton.
How to determine percentage of cotton and wool in cotswool?
The percentages vary. To find the percentages for a particular fabric, read the label.
Cotton not treated with pesticides or other chemical agents.
Are 100 percent percale cotton sheets pure cotton?
Percale is a treatment for cotton. Your phrase 100 percent indicates the composition of cotton is 100 percent.
Why are cotton clothes preferred in humid weather?
Cotton allows air to get to your body and so is cooler than something like nylon.
the cotton gin was a machine that separated the cotton from the seed so the slaves didn't have to.
How much does a cotton shirt weigh?
Your answer depends on the construction of the cotton fabric used in the shirt and its size.
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