Cotton How Prepared and Where Sent. 1 1 5 



pressure of the soft, white, downy substance 

 within, called cotton. This is picked out of 

 the shell or boll, and sent to a mill to be ginned, 

 or separated from the seeds. It is then pressed 

 and packed in bales, and sent to the cotton 

 mills to be spun into thread, then woven into 

 muslin, calico, etc. 



77. Large quantities are sent to the cotton 

 mills of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode 

 Island, and other States. 



78. About one-half of the annual crop is sent 

 to Europe, principally to England, where it is 

 manufactured into cloth, 



then shipped to China, Ja- 

 pan, South America, and 

 other places, and sold or 

 exchanged for tea, silk, 

 fancy articles, coffee, India- 

 rubber, etc. 



Shipping Cotton from New Orleans. 



