An organ pipe is a sound-producing element of the pipe organ that resonates at a specific pitch when pressurized air (commonly referred to as wind) is driven through it. Each pipe is tuned to a specific note of the musical scale. A set of organ pipes of similar timbre tuned to a scale is known as a rank or a stop.
1 In general, cotton grows quicker as the average temperature rises and the longer and hotter the season, the greater the yield. 2  The growing season from planting to picking lasts approximately six months, as outlined below.
In the early 1700s, cotton cultivated in the state was used mainly for home spinning and weaving. It wasnât until the invention of the cotton gin later that century that cotton became a cash crop in Louisiana. For more than 100 years cotton has been the most important crop grown in northeast Louisiana. Crucial to the continued success of the stateâs cotton industry has been the research conducted by the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station.