Show 4 M V Z NA W 0 0 10 A J bale shipment ShIp of Ala barna cotic Cot tc by national ageg ehla society 0 0 SU S U 0 DAID tile the federal govern tone in ment e nt has muted in alabama A lone in ID the cotton 11 8 iva acres cepro seating a portion of thu the holdings of OW land owners who hit hate e signed with the government to eliminate the of lotion cotton pro 1 ill 11 otton colton prices cotton surpluses cotton production consumption and export fi In lures ures anil and new uses of cut cot too ton keeps american america s best beat k known n wit fiber constantly in the public e eye ye why the great public inte interest test la in cotton because about one tenth of tho the population ot of the unite I 1 states and many mure more millions mil huns of people peoli 0 OR on every continent depend upon cot ton for a livelihood and because it la Is to modern cly atlon go where you will by any means of transportation in tile the civilized world worl dand and cotton will be your traveling companion bif blip p into an au an to mobile and you are arc supported by urea tiree containing cotton fablio you sit on upholstery that probably con bains cotton thread arid and are protect ed by a top to which cotton con tributes or so go yachting your ship no doubt will bo be equipped with cotton awnings hatch covers and I 1 linens 11 or try to evade evada the fiber by climbing into nii au airplane you will dig cover that cotton fabric covers the airplane and that thai cotton ills dis solved la in chemicals Is the dope that protects tile the gingi from wind and weather the engineers of our railroad trains weir cotton overalls and tile the window shades and sent coers of modern modem passenger cars ono ODLO were a part of the snow white landau ipe of a cotton field len old dobbin still wears a cotton lined collar and tile the buggy he occasion ally draws may have ft a cotton top and bits of imitation lintha lint hc here and there eliat lotton cotton helped produce cotton used t sod everywhere stroll down main street of a modern town arid and cotton in ninny many fortas arins strolls with you you paia pago men who weir we ir cotton from their hatt lands to tile the lining of their shoes in white black and ill all the colors of the rainbow you observe cotton ties hose shirts suits cot col lats lais uniforms overcoats and 11 shoe hoe laces lacea the f minine compa lons of tho the cotton clad rien nen wear hats and dressie and carry umbrellas las of eatton A glance lit at thousand thou sandi 3 of bolts of cloth on department store sheaves sli etves reveals that between tile the time cot ton leaves the plantation and r aches ranches the rc retailer taller it aia ninny por for instance if 3 ou pur chase calico cretonne corduroy or chintz you tire are buying cotton and the same goes for it a long list of textiles from apron cloth bataste and cambric through the alphabet to vel and in a typical american home cot ton tn has earned tho right to be called king of textiles step over the threshold and your fett fe t may alight on a cotton rug pictured pIcture 4 hang oil 01 walls ails covered with cotton cloth yu relax in a chair estered stored with cotton and listen to a record which contains cotton I 1 linking in ing a reent blues song inspired by life in the southern cotton belt eyeshot fire are cotton draperies dra perlea window alinder soft cushions and and table con co ers in the dining room perhaps the table linen Is cotton or part cot ton and cotton wicks protrude from artistically designed candles in the kitchen one ona aty a cutton colton bag lot for cushing crushing tee ice a cotton mop cotton wiping cloths claths arid and perhaps cotton has some bamo part in the manu facture of tl it lanti um on the floor and the oilcloth on the table open the pantry door and ngan you find cotton one of the newest meth of packing small quantities of oranges potatoes and ad onions Is by tile the use of mean cotton hags bags of course tho the housewife long has bought sugar salt and flour in cot ton bags as well uell as cheese with cotton co cohering serIng bedroom Is full of it perhaps ps the bedrooms contain more coton than tiny any other room in the hone home I 1 cotton sheets pillow ases asea quilts and blankets for beds are widely used le ie in men s and Nu mens wardrobes are handlir hand kir chiefs underwear night clothes lounging and bath robes and houe slippers of cotton in the bath room hang cotton towels and wash cloths claths and a cotton shower curt curtain on oil the bathing beach cotton bathing suits end and shoes are seen keen at boxing matcher manchec boxers swing cotton padded gloves at football games cotton lined shoulder sli pads pada protect the players at tile movies spectators view pictures projected from cotton made films tennis play era cotton shoes on golf links cotton flags fy Y do every green and at tile the baseball park cotton covered bahs mark three bases basca of tile the diamond cotton b digging for cotton bales Is taking the place of jute bagging to a slight extent in some parts of the cotton belt builders of cement roads roada are covering green cement with cotton fabric instead of burlap engine builders bul use cotton packing oil and aad chemists employ cotton filter cloth and c cotton ot conveyor belts are popular in the baking and confectionery industry one who holds in his bis hand band ft pon pound nd of light fluffy cotton will find it difficult to realize that about 12 such haLd fuld fulp were produced on the worlds cotton plan lations last year pressed into so called farmers bales these hand band fuls fula would make about balia balca laid in contact on the ground like gigantic bricks they would make a old cotton high way two and one fourth feet thick and nearly twenty eight feet wide front from boston to I 1 os angeles angel ea more blore than ony one half of the highway would be built of american cotton produced in our southern states and new melco me ale ico arizona and call fornia indian cotton would build nebout one sixth of df such a highway china cotton about one ninth una itus cotton about one twelfth and farms of egypt brazil uganda and many minor producing regions of tho the world would furnish the remain ter ler used in prehistoric times time your guess as to where and when cotton originated Is perhaps as good as that of anyone else M vu it fuatia fui tia display cotton fabric used in prehistoric times long before the christian era the cotton fiber was wag popular among weavers and wear e era ra A book written about B a 0 refers to the plant itie romans made it popular in europe columlus rioted noted that cotton grew abundantly in the west indies and other famous spanish and portuguese explorers 1 borers found it growing and in use in blex mexico teo peru brazil and india in mexico plexico it was the chief material led for making clothing clun the spaniards arrived more than forty million acres or an area nearly as large as Perin pennsylvania syl new jersey delamate Dela waie wate and connecticut combined produces american cotton the seeds are planted in n rows three to four feet apart when the plants tire are several inches tall the ros aie hoed by hand and healthy plants 12 to 18 inches apart are left to develop at maturity the plants are virt virtually Lally sturdy trees three to four feet high the cotton flower floer to Is snowwhite ano snow white when the bud bursts I 1 ater it changes through gh pink to red the reil red full fall loi living lying at their bame bae a little green boll slightly larger than a pea the boll slowly swells to nearly the size of a golf ba ball I 1 I 1 then ihen it ripens bursts open and in a day or two becomes it a mass of fluffy white cotton ready to pick practically all cotton Is picked by hand but experiments re ire constant ly being carried out to dellop machinery to per perform forin this work vork seed now a valuable product cotton seed was wag waste of the in dusley until after tie tt e civil war it was as burned thrown aside to rot or shoveled into rivers this former waste material now Is worth abbat V annually the seeds are gln ginned ved again so that the tiny bits of cotton or lin flinters are removed cotton seed meal makes cattle food fertilizer and flour and meat substitutes for hu bu man consumption cotton seed oll oil 1 Is used in shortening and an ingredient of some soaps cosmetics artl 5 filial lal leathers oilcloth kloth ol roofing but ter substitutes cenales and waxes wates it also la Is burned in miners lamps anil and used by of 0 fruit olives sar dines and vegetables brom flinters lre ira made bakelite tor for radio panela panel non shatter erable ablo gla chats rayon for dress goods stock ings and und underwear under eriar and a long list hat of other products that chemistry has given to world commerce in recent years |