Samples of cotton in various stages of manufacture, unknown maker.

These samples show how raw cotton is transformed from its natural state as a cotton 'boll' on a plant, through to the final spun thread before it is woven into cloth. After commencing with the cotton as found in nature, in bolls, the effects are seen of the successive manufacturing operations, viz. : ginning, carding, combing, drawing, roving, and spinning. The waste materials removed by each process are also shown.