Made by Erica Whitcomb and Trevor Johnson

 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

 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

 Most cotton farms grown by the blacks in the nineteen thirty's where sharecrop owners

 When slaves would pick the cotton crops they would be out there for day  The cotton crops have needle all over the stem

 Cotton was grown by the Native Americans in the 1500’s

FALLS IS FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES o Seedling diseases o Wilt o Blight o rot

 Cotton can be put into bales of 500lb  Made in factories

 They used savory to pick the crops  Clean the crops  Work the crop  Pick the crops

Made by Erica Whitcomb and Trevor Johnson