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    The Cotton Gin

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    The Cotton Gin The cotton gin affected the United States by improving cotton harvesting and therefore expanding farming for cotton mainly in the southern states. Many farmers increased the size of their fields and established cotton plantations. This expansion caused an economic boom but with it came an increase in slavery as slaves were needed to harvest the cotton. The increase of slavery caused the abolition movement in the north to get motivated to fight the increased slavery. The cotton

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    Cotton Gin

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    Alec Baliatico Mr. Trzepinska United States History 25 February 2013 The Cotton Gin The Cotton Gin was one of the great inventions of all time. It was the start to the Industrial Revolution and the many other impeccable inventions soon to come. It allows cotton fibers to easily be separated from their thorns. This allowed for much faster production of usable cotton than manual labor. The Cotton Gin was one of the first machines ever built that single handedly replaced the jobs of human beings

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    Panipat Cotton

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    Panipat textile exporters cheer cotton price slump Asit Manohar‚ ET Bureau Jan 25‚ 2013‚ 03.31PM IST PANIPAT: The slump in cotton price from Rs 4‚800 per quintal last season to around Rs 4‚000 this season has become a blessing in disguise for Panipat-based home textile exporters. It is helping them to contain their input cost by around 5 to 6 per cent. Home-grown textile companies have increased their trade volumes and are passing this margin to consumers in Latin America‚ Middle East and African

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    introduction to cotton

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    fibre production of cotton‚ flax and other fibrous plants. These fibres are process into yarns and fabrics. The yarns are made into fabrics for industrial and consumer uses by various means such as weaving and knitting. The textile industry is the largest industry in terms of employment economy‚ expected to generate 12mikllion new jobs 2010. It generates massive potential for employment in the sectors from agricultural to industrial. Employment opportunities are created when cotton is cultivated. One

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    Cotton Industry

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    Mechanization of the cotton industry in Japan and India There are some definite similarities and differences in the mechanization of the cotton industry of India and Japan starting from 1880s to 1930s. The documents show how the peasant workers wages are low in both Japan and India but the men in India were predominant to women in Japan and an increase production of using machine manufactures verses handloom weavers in both Japan and India. Firstly‚ in both Japan and India’s cotton industry‚

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    cotton textile industry

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    or apparel industry is primarily concerned with the production of yarn‚ and cloth and the subsequent design or manufacture of clothing and their distribution. The raw material may be natural‚ or synthetic using products of the chemical industry. Cotton is the world’s most important natural fibre. In the year 2007‚ the global yield was 25 million tons from 35 million hectares cultivated in more than 50 countries.[1] There are five stages[2] Cultivating and Harvesting Preparatory Processes Spinning-

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    History Of Cotton

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    Life of Cotton‚ it shows the story of cotton in West Texas and Lubbock. This is the largest history of cotton in the United States. Texas produces the largest amount of cotton than other states in United State. It is important to learn the history of cottons because people use those cottons for clothes‚ beds‚ blankets‚ towels‚ and Yarns. Without the cottons‚ we have no clothes to wear. We could have a hard time for sleeping with uncomfortable beds and blankets. Also some of current generations have

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    picking cotton essay

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    wasn’t there she began to run and was shouting for help. As she ran screaming to the top of her lungs a nice family opened the door and let her in. They took care of Jennifer and took her to the hospital. Through an inept summary and analysis of Picking Cotton‚ readers will be able to understand key points throughout the book‚ and determine why or why not they should pursue reading the book. After Jennifer got out of the hospital police were all over her case they detectives wanted to find out who

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    Research on Cotton Industry

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    Bibliography: World Trade Statistics & Analysis World cotton production (million tonnes)‚ by main countries‚ 1980/81 - 2012/13

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    Life as a Cotton Bud

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    s a Cotton BudCotton Bud Story Once upon a time‚ in a land not that far away‚ a little cotton seed named Bud was on his way to be planted in a large field. He was in a big noisy machine full of lots of other little seeds. It was moving and some of the seeds at the bottom of the pile were falling out the bottom. Then‚ suddenly‚ there was a big bang and smoke filled the dark chamber of the machine. The machine started to pick up speed. What started at a very‚ very slow pace‚ soon became a very

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