Show I I I I I Womans Woman's Confidence in Her filer 1 r Justified Justine At that time 1 1703 O astonishing a asit as asIt it may seem the lie cotton colton crop of the Mie entire entire en en- tire country could have c been becu raised on n field comprising not more amore than OO 00 acres acmes The ime price of cotton was exceedingly high because of ot the lire cost of preparing it for fOI the market marlet The chief expense was in clean cleansing ing It of dirt leaves and the lite seeds which clung to Use time fibers It appeared ui unlikely lil that cotton corton could ever er be raised in large quantities in In this country because be be- cau cause e a of the cost of preparing It for forthe forthe forthe the use of the hc spinner One evening e Mrs Greene was ns entertaining en cn a n distinguished g gathering of or south southern em gentry and the time conversation conversation conversa coU tion turned to this timis JI particular problem Surely Mr 11 Whitney can cnn supply your needs said sald Mrs 1 Greene with confidence nf e In her Her Iler guests regarded the time rem remark HI HIos a os as j a pleasantry but young Whitney took tool it In all seri sect Never i r having ng seen a cotton plant the nc nest no-cl t day he lie went Into the country and obtained samples of the hells bolls Ten Tell da days s 's later he had hind a n model of a cotton cleaning machine From machine From FromA A 0 Popular History of American Invention In In- Invention by Waldemar |