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What was One difficulty in growing cotton before the invention of the cotton gin

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Because it took so long to pick the seeds from the cotton, cotton was not considered a cash crop. After the invention of the cotton gin, people could grow cotton anywhere, even on land put aside for the crop rotation.
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