Rich Kingdom of Cotton
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A 1905 magazine article by Clarence H. Poe on the economic importance of the cotton crop to the American South and the world. It covers the crop's value and export share, how cotton is planted, cultivated and picked, cost and profit figures, tenancy and plantation systems, Black and white cotton farmers, ginning and baling methods, marketing and export, warehousing proposals, and waste in cotton culture. Illustrated with photographs of fields, picking, weighing, ginning, compressing bales and a market scene.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1905
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 11
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