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Leaders in cotton growing it China, India and the United States. The United States is ideal for cotton growing. I n the Us North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. It is mostly grown in the south Takes 27 weeks till harvest
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Cotton is the most widely used fiber Cotton is soft, strong, and absorbent Used for bed sheets, carpets, and clothing. There is more than thirty types of cotton It’s been used more than thousands of years Most is made by water powered machines Cotton can hold water
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Most cotton farms grown by the blacks in the nineteen thirty's where sharecrop owners
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When slaves would pick the cotton crops they would be out there for day The cotton crops have needle all over the stem
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Cotton was grown by the Native Americans in the 1500’s
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FALLS IS FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES o Seedling diseases o Wilt o Blight o rot
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Cotton can be put into bales of 500lb Made in factories
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They used savory to pick the crops Clean the crops Work the crop Pick the crops
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