Record #:

3396

Author(s):

Grant, Kathy

Abstract:

The successful eradication of the boll weevil and the construction of new cotton gins has led to a resurgence of cotton planting. For example, Halifax County, which planted 16,400 acres in 1985, raised 59,900 in 1995.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 65 Issue 3, Aug 1997, p20-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cotton growing

Record #:

15345

Author(s):

Harriss, Frances Latham

Abstract:

North Carolina claimed to be the first place in America to grow cotton, the crop that later transformed the South. According to colonial records the first cotton planting was at the mouth of Town Creek which emptied into the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County. British colonists from Barbados planted the Barbadosian or black-seeded cotton in 1665.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 35, Jan 1938, p7, il

Subject(s):

Cotton growing

Record #:

27902

Author(s):

Sloatman, Frederick L.

Abstract:

After an absence of almost ten years due to destruction by the boll weevil in the 1970s, cotton has returned to eastern North Carolina. Cotton was an important trade commodity for New Bern, and continues to be equally as important to our welfare thanks to the efforts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 5 Issue 1, May 1992, p32-35, bibl

Subject(s):

Cotton industry--History; Cotton growing

Record #:

31215

Author(s):

Ely, Leanne

Abstract:

North Carolina’s planted cotton acreage is at the highest level since 1937. While the rise in production is credited in part to improved marketing and promotion, the cotton textile industry is migrating overseas. Wes Morgan, owner of Rolling Hills Gin in Stanly County, discusses his business, and the history and future of the state’s cotton industry.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 34 Issue 10, Oct 2002, p25-27, il, por

Subject(s):

Cotton; Cotton growing; Cotton industry--History; Cotton manufacture

Record #:

31644

Author(s):

Roberts, Frank M.

Abstract:

King Cotton may make a comeback in the Chowan County area, with the help of a cooperative insect control program organized by the county’s farmers. Cotton crops declined due to lack of manpower to harvest it and low profits, but Chowan’s soil is more suitable to cotton than to some of the other crops in the county.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 7 Issue 7, July 1975, p21, por

Subject(s):

Cotton growing; Cotton industry--History