...9:30am Over the past hundreds of years cotton has evolved greatly. It has also been a huge part of history. It played a major part in our civil war, slavery, and England taking over India. The Modern Marvels: A History of Cotton video is jam packed with interesting facts and a vivid timeline of how cotton has evolved through the ages. It is more than you would ever truly want to know about cotton. Beginning with where cotton comes from, how it is picked, spun into yarn, woven into fabric, unexpected items that contain cotton or byproducts, why it is such an amazing fiber, etc, etc. The program, though only an hour long, is overly informative yet still interesting. I feel it gave me insight into the world of cotton and I learned a lot about the history. A lot of the interesting facts were previously covered in class and were reiterated in the video. I feel the video was educational, yet interesting which is a hard combination to create. The program begins with an in depth description of the cotton picker. The cotton picker can harvest six rows of cotton at a time and about 80 acres a day. There are 480 spindles attached to rotating drums to pick off ripe bolls while the rest of the plant remains in tact. The video then goes into a detailed description of how the cotton is processed through the cotton picker. Cotton is then compressed into modules and taken to the cotton gin. Although this is obviously an important part of how cotton becomes a consumer product, it is one...
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...Since times of slavery in the United States cotton has meant big business to entrepreneurs in America. Whether it be used in clothes, home furnishings and even in the American dollar, cotton is a major product in many everyday things that we use. No one knows exactly how old cotton is. Although scientists have recovered bits of cotton believed to be dated back over 7,000 years ago! Cotton was first spun by machinery in England in 1730. The industrial revolution in England and the invention on the cotton gin in the U.S. paved the way for the important place cotton holds in the world today. Because of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, within ten years the value of the U.S. cotton crop rose from $150,000 to more than $8 million. Cotton grows in warm climate and most of the world’s cotton is grown in the U.S., Uzbekistan, the People’s Republic of China and India. In America, the major cotton-producing states are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, Florida, Kansas, and Virginia. So needless to say America is definitely a major contributor to the cotton used in our everyday lives. Location is important, but the point of this essay isn’t to tell you all about the facts of cotton. Although cotton has brought in a lot of revenue for all countries involved, what is the cost paid by the citizens and workers? In September thousands of children in Uzbekistan...
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...The Impact of Cotton on Society Mariah S. Carroll Yazoo City High School / Botany Abstract The influence on cotton affected many people everyday lives. Due to where cotton was a everyday need from clothes to foot wear and essentials. Slaves lives were really the lives that were been affected the most. The production of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin made the cotton business very profitable which increased the amount of slavery and ultimately caused a civil war. This paper will telling you about the History of cotton, how cotton and slavery affected the society, the impact cotton has the society today, how Africans Americans live styles were, and the hardships of picking cotton from slaves. This paper will be hitting some the important points of the growth and usage of cotton. The Impact of Cotton on Society Scientists in Mexico found pieces of fabric made from cotton that was almost 7,000 years old. In the Indus River Valley in Pakistan, cotton was being grown. By the 1450s, cotton was known throughout the world for all sorts of things. Cotton was important part in the American war, and was a major resource inn that particular time. A man in Massachusetts, Eli Whitney, secured a patent on the cotton gin in1793. By the 1850’s cotton was easily available at the corner store and sold by hundreds of different suppliers. As you would take out the time just to do it by hand you’re going to be going a long time due to the fact you only have two hands and you have to make...
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...The class visited the cotton gin in Missouri. At the gin the class learned about the particular processes that take place at the gin. The overall main process that takes place at the gin is the separating of the cotton seed from the lint. The class saw the process from separation to packaging at the end of the line. To start the process the cotton is delivered to the gin by a type of gin truck called a module truck that picks up the bales of cotton from the fields. (Modern cotton pickers bale cotton as if it were hay; each bale is called a module.) The module trucks back the cotton up to an escalator type machine, also known as a roller that moves the modules to be unwrapped from its module and then broken down from its bale shape. (The plastic module wrapping is recycled by the gin) The next step is getting the cotton to about 7% moisture. The dryer the cotton the easier it is to work with and to store. Most cotton gins use gas fired dryers. The cotton is also cleaned and some material is extracted. Burs, stems, and sticks are removed from the cotton. The next step can be considered the most important step in the process. The cotton is separated from the cotton seed. This is done by a “gin stand”. The cotton enters a roll box where the lint is removed from the seed. The seeds fall to the bottom of the gin stand while the cotton fibers are brushed off the saws that separated them to begin with. The lint cotton goes through another cleaner where it is brushed again to remove...
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...History of Cotton Cotton is a very important fiber that we use every day and sometimes we don’t even realize it, that is the reason I chose to do research on this fiber. I myself have not much knowledge of cotton and the many uses of it, such a shame since I am a native Texan. But I do know cotton is a major contribution to the U.S and has been for many years. And when I think of the south and the state of Texas I think of cotton and the industrial revolution. I will be informing you on three key points: how cotton originated, where you see this fiber now and how it has evolved, and lastly some facts on this fiber. The use of cotton traces back many years at least 7,000 years ago and evidence of cotton has been discovered in many different places around the world. Therefore the origin of cotton is not known exactly because it is different everywhere with different times of discovery. However it has been stated that the earliest fragments of discovery for cotton dates back to 5000 BC, according to cotton.org it originated in “Sand dunes on the north coast of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.” Since the prehistoric times cotton has been spun woven and dyed, the people of Egypt, china, and ancient India used this fiber to make clothes. Cotton today is seen just about everywhere, it is the most used natural fiber in clothing present day. In the US cotton production was small and began during the 1700s that later changed with the invention of the cotton gin that...
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...and a struggling global economy are tough conditions for any state and do not let alone a young democracy of 160 million citizens, Bangladesh. Despite these problems, Bangladesh’s sustained economic growth becomes all the more impressive. Over the past five years, Bangladesh has enjoyed an average real GDP growth of six percent. It is mostly because of the labor-intensive industries; in particular textiles and garments have fueled growth as Bangladesh’s tremendous reserves of cheap, considerably-skilled labor have attracted foreign investment. Bangladesh is now actually a very important hub of the world’s textiles market. However, 2011 was a tough year for the textile industry of Bangladesh as the cotton price played a rapid changing game throughout the year. But good news as the cotton and yarn price has became quite stable at the end of 2011 and the textile industries are coming round from their ill conditions during that period. The Garments export is also showing good growth although it was lying below the target in the last six month’s expectation from EPB due to the sign of economic recession in the major exporting regions of the country. Hence it is important to move smartly and be ready to avoid any upcoming turmoil. Bangladesh is now the second biggest exporter of readymade garments in the world. The textiles industry is contributing around 12% of the national GDP. Around 40% value addition of manufacturing sector comes from textiles. It is possible only because, the industry...
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...Picking Cotton In the past decade, eyewitness testimonies have cast a shadow on what is wrong with the justice system in today’s society. Before we had the advanced technology, we have today, eyewitness testimonies were solid cold-hard facts when it came to proving the defendant was guilty. However, time has changed and eyewitness testimonies have proven to be the leading causes of wrongful convictions due to misidentification. The Thompson and Cotton case is a perfect example of how eyewitness testimonies can put an innocent man behind bars. Jennifer Thompson was your average young independent adult trying to earn a degree at Elon College in Burlington, North Carolina. She had a boyfriend, Paul, who commuted from Burlington to Chapel Hill, where he was a first year business student at University of North Carolina. Only being twenty-two years, she had her life ahead of her until one late July night in 1984. Jennifer Thompson was sleeping alone in her apartment, when she suddenly woke up by a strange noise that turned out to be a stranger breaking into her apartment. The intruder held her a knife to her throat and proceeded to rape her. With no chance of escaping the attacker, she did the only thing she thought she could do and that was to analyze the intruder’s physical characteristics and facial features to her best ability so authorities could catch the perpetrator. Jennifer outwits the attacker and lives to tell about the night she can never forget. When Jennifer was able...
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...The Cotton Picker Once upon a time there was a Christian family of four, they lived in Denmark. The family never missed a Sunday at church and though all their prayers did not come true they taught their kids to appreciate what they had. The family barely had any money, and most of the time it wasn’t enough. The husband worked eight hour days picking cotton and grain from people’s farms; he would then sell it and make a small profit. Not getting any younger the fifty five year old gray headed man could hardly stand. He wore a ragged shirt and dirty pants. Many people in the small town which they lived, looked up to the man for supporting his wife and kids, however there were a select few that saw him as trash. Never letting the words of others bring him down the old man perused on day after day in his routine. Every night after a long day his wife would run a hot tub of water and bathe her husband. On Wednesday’s the old man and his wife would wake up extra early and take what little money they had to the town shelter. There was a lady that worked at the store across from the shelter, her husband owned several street side stands and they were quiet wealthy. She would wait outside the store every Wednesday morning waiting on the old man and woman and say the same thing “you should keep your money, you all are just as poor”, and the old man would respond the same every time “we have what we need, and would like to help others have the same”. Sticking her nose up to the old man...
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...Justin Bain AGB 430 Term Paper December 2, 2013 Cotton’s Hedging and Futures 1. Introduction a. History of the cotton market The history of the cotton market here in N.C did not really get big until the mid-1990’s when farmers figured out they could get a better yield with cotton based upon the climate and soil types here in N.C. So the grain production fell off as people started growing cotton and liked how the market was set upon compared to the grain market when it is ever changing and hard to set a high price and never know when the grain is going to go up or down. Now in 2013 here in N.C there is still a lot of cotton acres but not as many as ten years ago based upon the widely uses of grain now and the price which has hurt the cotton market but has also keep competitive with other markets like soybeans or corn. Also farming has changed a lot to with most farmers going more and more acres which year and expanding their operation to become more diverse and be able to play into different agricultural markets. The cotton market has to keep a bare minimal to be able to get growers to grow enough acres to be able to support the textile mills. This is where most of the virtual marketing comes into play. Marketing is very important to a farmers and his operation because that depends of the amount of profit he is going to make that year and also how much input he is going to put into that crop to make it the best it can be. Now days it is hard because of the price of...
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...Cotton in India Student Name University’s name T.S Papola., 1967. Geographical wage differentials in an industry: The case of cotton textiles in India.Indian Journal of Industrial Relations. Vol. 3, No. 1, p.p 3-18. T. S Papola in his research attempted to explain the wage differentials among textile workers in three towns namely Ahmedabad, Bombay and Kanpur. Economic variables namely observed the author used labour market, real wage levels, productivity, industry's characteristics, profitability as well as cost of living. Despite its shortcomings in terms of coverage and methodology, the author managed to come up with the findings by utilizing descriptive statistics. The conclusion made was that, the real wage levels was the significant determining factor of differentials. Hence, according to him, the wage differentials are bound to widen on the account that the each region's living standards likewise widens. However, he went further to explain that this factor may not solely explain in depth the existing wage differentials. Hence the need to bring in unquantifiable and non-economic variables such as stability, political alliances, trade union’s tactics at various centres, policies of labour in different states, as well as attitudes of mill owners. Moreover, wage differentials may not be explained by unquantifiable and noneconomic factors but variables such as accidents, custom and convention. In addition, T.S Papola states that, if the research’s findings are accurate and...
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...The US policy for cotton subsidies has affected the market internationally and domestically, united stated by producing 19 percent of world cotton production is one of the most influence country in cotton market. Although there is argument weather US should cut their subsidies on cotton or not but cutting the subsidies and replacing with the new recommended program has much greater benefit for the cotton market domestically and internationally. However the supporter of US subsidies believe that current program supports domestic farmers ,but according to below chart only 10 % of US farmer are enjoying the benefits of cotton subsidies. Eliminating billions of dollars in federal subsidies to American cotton growers each year would make competitive environment for domestic farmer to be more productive and grow plants efficiently. In addition it cause raise in prices by about 10 percent which improve the incomes of millions of poor cotton farmers in Africa especially in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Chad. The reductions in developed country cotton subsidies as a means to fight rural poverty in the developing world, the added income would help families feed and educate millions of children. This statement is very good reason that Congress should cut cotton subsidies. Current Cotton Subsidies Program and its consequences: The main forms of subsidy includes: (1) direct payments to farmers and landlords; (2) price supports implemented with government purchases and storage; (3)...
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...The cotton industry was essential to the expansion of worldwide capitalism and furthermore, it shaped the earth we live in currently. We as humans need to understand to what extent that the process of defining the world depended on the trade, land expropriation, genocide, and slavery. In The Empire of Cotton, Beckert calls this way of defining our world as “War capitalism”, and additionally explains that the usage of guns by European states in order to change the world's cotton business was a factor in why the industrial revolution took place. When Samuel Greg created the first water-driven yarn-spinning factory at Quarry Bank Mill, England in 1784, he got the money to start it that he consumed as a slave owner on a West Indian island. A great...
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...In 1793, Eli Whitney created the cotton gin in order to effectively remove seeds from cotton plants. The cotton gin wasn’t very complicated. First, a cotton plant was run through a wooden drum that included many hooks that would catch the cotton fibers. Then, the hooks would pull the cotton fibers through mesh leaving the seeds behind. Plantation owners looked to cotton farming as a way to gain a lot of money. The cotton gin brought Southerners remarkable wealth, creating conflicts between the North and the South. Southern plantation owners needed to increase their labor force in order to have the ability to make cotton at a fast rate. The cotton gin led to an economic boom in the United States. The invention of the cotton gin had...
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...of Damaged Cotton Fabrics 2. Analysis of Cotton fabric damage by – (a) Fluidity Test (b) Methylene Blue Solution (c) Fehling’s Solution Student: Chan Wai Kwong 12125421D Chee Ka Po 12126533D Choi Wai Yuen 12041973D Detection of Oxycellulose Introduction & Theory Oxidizing agent has a destructive action on cotton, unless their application is carefully controlled. Cellulose is oxidized in various ways, all of which lead to the eventual destruction of its fibrous properties, the resulting product being termed oxycellulose. There are 2 types of oxycellulose, namely acidic type and reducing type. The alkaline solutions of Sodium Hypochlorite yield a product with acidic properties but low reducing power and the converse is the case when oxidation is carried out under acidic conditions. Acidic oxycellulose has affinity for basic dye such as Methylene blue. The reducing type can convert the copper ion in Fehling’s solution from Cupric to Cuprous state. In this experiment, you will expose cotton cloth to bleach liquor under 4 conditions: 1) without in contact with air 2) in contact with air 3) at room temperature 4) at elevated temperature The bleach liquor is strong enough to overbleach the cloth very much, so you may observe the damage and the properties of such overbleached cotton. You will study methods for detecting its presence with Fehling’s solution Detection of Oxycellulose by Fehling’s solution Apparatus and Reagent * 3 Cotton Cloth in even...
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...Cartwright (24 April 1743 – 30 October 1823). However, you, like most other people, might already know that the Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney. Despite their differences in popularity, both created magnificent inventions which changed the way cotton was used and grown. Additionally, they both influenced territorial expansion and social reform. That’s right, there is more that meets the eye when you discuss these two technological advancements! First and foremost, both increased the use of cotton. A passage entitled COTTON GIN AND ELI WHITNEY, states that the Cotton Gin “ revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. ” Furthermore, another passage claims that Power Looms “ used water as power instead of human power which sped up the weaving process. ” It seems that both of these inventions made people a lot of money. This proves that both increased the production of cloth and popularity of cotton. Secondly, both of these inventions influenced territorial expansion. As we already know, the Power Loom and Cotton Gin increased cotton’s popularity for they turned cotton into cloth. Moreover, according to one author, “ cotton… proved to be a hard crop on the soil and...
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