Cotton

 

Use the sites to answer the questions:

Where did we get cotton?

 

https://www.historyforkids.org/learn/clothing/cotton.htm -EARLY History

https://www.historyforkids.org/learn/clothing/cotton2.htm- Natives and Cotton

https://www.historyforkids.org/learn/clothing/after1500/cotton.htm -Slavery (East Coast)

https://www.historyforkids.org/learn/clothing/after1500/cotton2.htm - End of slavery

https://www.historyforkids.org/learn/clothing/cottongin.htm -Cotton Gin

https://library.thinkquest.org/5443/history.html -cotton history

https://library.thinkquest.org/5443/importance.html -why cotton

https://library.thinkquest.org/5443/howgrown.html -How we grow it now and when

https://library.thinkquest.org/5443/wheregrown.html -where it is grown

 

When should we plant cotton?

 https://mrcseeds.com/cottonseeds/production_tech.html - Cotton weather

 

 

Cotton Farming in Tempe, c. 1925

Cotton Farming in Tempe, No. 1 - From the Desert No. 1 - From the desert

Cotton Farming in Tempe, No. 2 - Cleaning No. 2 - Clearing

Cotton Farming in Tempe, No. 3 - Furrowing No. 3 - Furrowing

Cotton Framing in Tempe, No. 4, Irrigating No. 4 - Irrigating

Cotton Framing in Tempe, No. 5 - Planting No. 5 - Planting

Cotton Farming in Tempe, No. 6 - Field of Young Cotton No. 6 - Field of young cotton

Cotton Farming in Tempe - No. 7 - The Harvest No. 7 - Harvest

Cotton Farming in Tempe, no. 8 - Bailed for Market No. 8 - Bailed for market

Modern Cotton Farming