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Show Sea Island Cotton Florida! Se Island cotton crop 1 in the ground and it covers mat dan 12,000 acres. Th only thin that prevented a larger planting watt the scarcity of seed, according t Commissioner of Agriculture Nathan Na-than Maya. Sea Island cotton is one of tirf finest cottons in th world. It to unequalled for its long staple and can only be produced in certain areas in the world. The majority has been available from Egypt. However, after a survey by the extension ex-tension service it was found that Sea Island cotton can be grown successfully success-fully in 44 Florida counties with th largest plantings around Ocala, Lak City and Madison localities. |