Cotton, Its Progress from the Field to the Needle Being a brief sketch of the culture of the plant, its picking, cleaning, packing, shipment, and manufacture

"Cotton, Its Progress from the Field to the Needle" by Anonymous is a book from the mid-1800s about the cotton industry, explaining its origins, cultivation, and manufacture. The book journeys from the cotton fields of the South, where the plant is carefully grown, to the innovative cotton gins that boosted production. It explores the processes like picking and ginning before cotton is shipped to manufacturers, highlighting the significance of sewing-cotton in daily life, especially for women who sew. Through descriptions of busy ports and cotton mills, like the Glasgow based DICK & SONS the author makes clear cotton's importance to the textile industry, the economy and everyday life for commercial and domestic needs.