A 1916 illustrated article reproduced from the Cotton Seed Oil Magazine (Atlanta, Feb. 1, 1916) that traces the history of cotton cultivation and cotton ginning. It covers the early churka roller gin, Eli Whitney's 1794 saw gin, the later gin manufacturers (Pratt, Eagle, Winship, Smith, Munger) and the formation of the Continental Gin Company in 1899. It also discusses presses, feeders, condensers and the Munger System. Illustrations include hand ginning, gins, presses, ginning plants and cotton fields.