An excerpt from an 1898 book about cotton that details the invention of the saw gin and the ginning and baling processes.

In this section of his book, Cotton: Its Uses, Varieties, Fibre structure, Cultivation, and Preparation for the Market, Christopher Brooks explains the stages of cotton harvesting and processing before its sale at market. This excerpt includes an illustration of an antebellum gin house.

Citation Information
Brooks, Christopher Parkinson, excerpt from “Cotton: its uses, varieties, fibre structure, cultivation, and preparation for the market,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/e47a5c0f2591ef747caec05f3cbd0c93.
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Courtesy of Library of Congress via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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