Cotton

Cotton is a product of a Farm. It is used to create Fabrics in a Textile Industry .
==History==
In the course of the Industrial Revolution, cheap cotton came to replace English wool and traditional linen. As a consequence of this, cotton plantations were opened all over the British Commonwealth and the textile trade flourished. The US in particular profited from the boom as they had the cheapest available manpower - African slaves. From 1807 on, the punchcard-controlled loom invented by J.-M. Jacquard was in regular use. It led to the full automation of textile industry. In 1845 Josua Heilmann invented the cotton-combing machine which made conventional scratching of the natural fibre superfluous.
==Did You Know That?==
America´s plantations supply consumers from all over the world with cotton, while overseas exports of the fibre are constantly increasing. The latest fashion is based on natural raw materials. Nowadays, all children want to wear breathable clothes next to their skin. In addition to this, plenty of people have sweaty, physically demanding jobs. Therefore, their everyday clothes have to be particularly durable, absorbent and kind to the skin. Even as bed sheets, covers and table cloths, people are now replacing traditional linen with smoother, more easily cleanable cotton, for the average citizen can by no means afford silk.
Category:Farm
Category:1900
Category:Textile Industry
Category:1st Degree Material