Cotton Production
Across
- 1. cotton has been cultivated here for 7,000 years
- 3. long cotton fibers
- 7. machine used to pick cotton. Also known as a the “cotton engine”
- 8. Leading nation producer of cotton
- 9. Leading state producer of cotton
- 10. Lint produced in the ginning process is pressed
Down
- 2. extra-long staple cotton that is produced in Egypt. Favored for luxury brands worldwide
- 4. most widely planted species of cotton in the United States
- 5. The smaller cotton fibers removed from the seed
- 6. process of separating lint from the pods and seeds
- 7. process of grading cotton