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The Cotton Gin
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Does raw cotton come before or after it goes through the cotton gin?
"Raw" cotton means cotton that is unginned.
Why were seeds removed from raw cotton?
they damage the quality of the end product.
What helped moved raw materials to the factories finished goods to market?
Railroads helped move raw materials to the factories and finished goods to the market.
What raw materials did the European colonies export?
coal gold, tin, copper iron, cotton, and slaves
Why was cotton a cash crop?
okay so i need to do a history page and i need to know why a cotton crop is important and i think that it is a big money making crop and is use to make clothes!! (: well f anyone has a better answer please answer or comment please!! ( thank you)
How do you clean raw cotton?
you clean raw cotton with take it to the gin.
Why did the invention of the cotton gin lead to a boom and cotton Production?
It made possible the cheap and fast processing of raw cotton into cotton fiber.
The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney was important because?
It made it cheap and easy to clean the seeds out of raw cotton. This made cotton farming financially attractive. This made the use of slave labor more attractive, since cotton farming required a lot of labor.
What development led to an increased need for slaves in the South?
The invention of the cotton gin (short for cotton engine or cotton seeding machine, automating the removal of the seeds from raw cotton), which made massive cultivation of cotton economical. Cheap labor (i.e. slaves) were needed to harvest the large quantity of raw cotton produced.
Why were southern plantation able to increase their cotton production between 1790 and 1821?
The invention of the cotton gin- a machine to remove the seeds from raw cotton. It reduced the cost of producing cotton, sped up production greatly, and increased the farming of cotton.
Does raw cotton have an odor?
Yes, it does. It smalls the same as a clean t-shirt or a clean pair of socks. It has an earthy smell as well.
Does raw cotton come before or after it goes through the cotton gin?
"Raw" cotton means cotton that is unginned.
What is raw cotton?
Raw cotton is cotton straight off the plant. Cotton grows on a bushy type of plant that is planted each spring. The plant has flowers on it that become cotton bolls. In the fall the plant is killed , so the cotton can be picked. The bolls open and you have raw unprocessed cotton. A cotton picker goes through the field and gets the raw cotton off of the dead stems. It takes about 3 times before the field is cleaned. The picked cotton is put into big trailers and taken to a cotton gin where the seeds are removed and packed into bales. Raw cotton is dense and can itch when you touch it.
What is raw unfinished cotton?
Raw, unfinished cotton is the term used for cotton which has just been removed from the plant. It looks similar to cotton balls.
What is cotton mad of?
Cotton is made of raw cotton fibre which grows in cotton plants.
What are the raw materials used for make cotton?
cotton is a raw material it is mainly grown in china or Pakistan but due to floods there the price in cotton has risen
What are the main raw material of cotton spinning?
Cotton fiber
