Hello, In the deep south we are referred to as the cotton states, if you didnt already know
I grew up on a cotton farm.  I chopped cotton every summer from when I was 12 until I was 18, lol.
thats very interesting, cotton fiber is most often turned into yarn or thread used to make breathable textile
Breathable textiles are important.  Nothing worse than feeling smothered by your clothing.  Cotton is highly flammable though, which is concerning.
yes, cotton is typically a soft and fluffy fiber that grows in a protective case known as a boll.
Do you know how the cotton seed is removed from the boll?
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus "Gossypium" in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds.
The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, Egypt and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed
by Australia and Africa. Cotton was independently domesticated in the Old and New Worlds.
The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated to the fifth millennium BC have been found in the Indus Valley Civilization.
Although cultivated since antiquity, it was the invention of the cotton gin that lowered the cost of production that led to its widespread use, and it is