Cotton
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Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition article on cotton, covering the botany and classification of Gossypium species, cultivation, ginning, cotton seed products, pests such as the boll weevil, and seed selection. It also surveys world production by country, the cotton markets and trading methods at Liverpool and Manchester (futures, options, clearing house), yarn and cloth trade, and descriptions of cotton fabrics such as jean, jeanette and Oxford. Includes statistical tables and a few diagrams.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 26
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