Holmes: The Power Of Cotton

Rick Holmes, Winchester Star: Opinion
Sun, 12/23/2018 - 2:35am

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Way down here in the land of cotton, the cotton-pickers are gone, replaced by chemicals and machines.Cotton has been around for thousands of years. Ancient peoples on five continents knew you could turn the white fluff from cotton bolls into fabric, but it was hard work. Cotton’s history shows how technology can turn what is possible into what is profitable.

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