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    Fiber Yarn Breathable Textile Natural Fiber: Cotton Is A Soft, Fluffy Staple

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    Cotton is a soft, fluffy fiber that grows in a protective case around seeds of cotton plants. It is widely spun into yarn and used to make breathable textiles. In India, cotton grows best in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu in black clayey soil under warm conditions. The cotton plant flowers in 60 days and the bolls burst open at maturity to reveal the white fibers inside.

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    Cotton is a soft, fluffy fiber that grows in a protective case around seeds of cotton plants. It is widely spun into yarn and used to make breathable textiles. In India, cotton grows best in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu in black clayey soil under warm conditions. The cotton plant flowers in 60 days and the bolls burst open at maturity to reveal the white fibers inside.

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    Cotton is a soft, fluffy fiber that grows in a protective case around seeds of cotton plants. It is widely spun into yarn and used to make breathable textiles. In India, cotton grows best in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu in black clayey soil under warm conditions. The cotton plant flowers in 60 days and the bolls burst open at maturity to reveal the white fibers inside.

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    Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the

    cotton plants. The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a
    soft, breathable textile. It is the most widely used natural fiber cloth in clothing today.

    In India, cotton is cultivated mainly in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan,


    Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.

    Cultivation of cotton

    Cotton is cultivated in black clayey soil. It needs warm climate. The sowing of cotton crop is
    done in early spring. Cotton plants are bushy and about 1-2 meters tall. The plants start
    flowering in about 60 days and give whitish - yellow flowers. The flowers turn reddish in a few
    days. Flowers slowly grow into spherical walnut-like structures. These are called cotton ball.
    Fibres of cotton grow on these seeds. After some time green cotton balls turn brown. At
    maturity, the cotton bolls burst open and the white cotton fibre can be seen.

    Ginning: The cotton picked up from the plants has seeds in it. The process of removing
    cotton seeds from pods is called ginning. Ginning was traditionally done by hand. Now-a-
    days, machines are used in ginning.

    Spinning: The process of making yarn from fibre is called spinning. The raw cotton is
    supplied to industry in the form of bales.

    Steps in making cotton yarn

    a. The raw cotton is loosened and cleaned; to remove straw and dried leaves.
    b. The cleaned cotton is then fed into a machine. The cotton fibre are combed,
    straightened and converted into a rope like structure called sliver.
    c. The sliver of cotton fibre is converted into yarn by spinning using machines.

    Weaving: The process of arranging two sets of yarn together to make a fabric is called
    weaving. The big reels of yarn are called bobbins. These bobbins are used for weaving the
    cloth. Cloth is woven on looms. After that they bleached and dyed to give a finish.

    Knitting: Knitting can be done by hand and machine. Just two yarns are used in knitting,
    while more than two yarns are used in weaving. Sweater, socks, scarf and caps are knitted
    from the wool.

    Uses of cotton: Cotton is mostly used for making clothes of various kinds. Examples: towels,
    bed-sheet, curtains, saris.

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