The Cotton Plant: Its History, Botany, Chemistry, Culture, Enemies, and Uses (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Cotton Plant: Its History, Botany, Chemistry, Culture, Enemies, and UsesThe fact that only a very small fraction of the annual crop fails to reach a market in its raw state explains why we have a more continu ous and authentic history of the cultivation of cotton in the United States than of any other important product. The ordinary fluctuations to which cotton growing in the United States is subject have been well exemplified in the last ten years, as shown by the following tables.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.