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Jordyn Holman reported from textile factories and ginneries in North and South Carolina.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

In cotton fields, ginneries, yarn mills, dye facilities and cut-and-sew shops in the Carolinas, conversations get animated when they turn to trade law, which hangs over the work being done.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

By July 2020, Patagonia had decided to break the two-decades-long ties with its Chinese partners and build relationships with new cotton farmers, ginneries and spinners in other countries.

From New York Times • May 27, 2022

There were in the United States, in 1917, a total of 24,272 ginneries, of which 3,921 were idle.

From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York

In addition to the small country ginneries, large modern ginneries have now been set up in all the leading Southern market towns.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various