Cotton Press | History of SC Slide Collection
Cotton Press | History of SC Slide Collection

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A cotton press for compressing short-staple cotton. To maximize use of space on the vessels in which cotton was shipped to England, the use of cotton presses to compress the bulky cotton was adopted...
The Boll Weevil | History of SC Slide Collection
The Boll Weevil | History of SC Slide Collection

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Woodcut by Anna Heyward Taylor of a boll weevil. As early as 1728, a cotton weevil was reported in North Carolina, but the pest now known by the name of "boll weevil" did not become a major threat to...