Name: The Process of Ginning
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 2 min 22 s
Description: The process of separating the cotton fibres from their seeds is called ginning. This provides uniform cotton fibres when compared with manual or handheld pro...

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How is cotton obtained? Describe.

Accepted Answer

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, around the seeds of cotton plants . The fibre is almost pure cellulose. It is obtained as follows-

1. Cotton is cultivated in the black clayey soil. It needs a warm climate. The sowing of the cotton crop is done in early spring. Cotton plants are bushy and about 1-2 meters tall.

2. The plants start flowering in about 60 days and give whitish-yellow flowers. The flowers turn reddish in a few days.

3. Flowers slowly grow into spherical walnut-like structures. These are called the cotton ball. Fibres of cotton grow on these seeds.

4. After some time green cotton balls turn brown. At maturity, the cotton bolls burst open, and the white cotton fibre can be seen.

5. 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. Nowadays, machines are used in ginning.

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

How is cotton obtained? Describe.

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