2006-09-25 07:09:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
To grow more cotton?!
2006-09-25 07:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by what 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cotton seeds are used in animal and poultry feeds. The seeds are also used to make cotton seed oil and in days past were used to store ice during the summer. The seeds are also used to plant more cotton and for decorative plants around the home. Hybrid cotton seeds are also be used to increase yields and resist disease.
2006-09-25 07:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by Pey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant (Gossypium spp.), a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. The fiber is most often spun into thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile, which is the most widely used natural-fiber cloth in clothing today. The English name descends from the Arabic word al qutun, (whence also came the Spanish word algodón) meaning cotton fiber. Africa and South America are large providers of cotton.
Cotton is used to make a number of textile products. These include terrycloth, used to make highly absorbent bath towels and robes, denim, used to make blue jeans, chambray, popularly used in the manufacture of blue work shirts (from which we get the term "blue-collar"), along with corduroy, seersucker, and cotton twill. Socks, underwear, and most T-shirts are made from cotton. Bed sheets are also often made from cotton. Cotton is also used to make yarn used in crochet and knitting. Fabric can also be made from recycled or recovered cotton that would otherwise be thrown away during the spinning, weaving or cutting process. While many fabrics are made completely of cotton, some materials blend cotton with other fibers, including rayon and synthetic fibers such as polyester.
In addition to the textile industry, cotton is used in fishnets, coffee filters, tents and in bookbinding. The first Chinese paper was made of cotton fibre, as is the modern US dollar bill and federal stationery. Fire hoses were once made of cotton.
2006-09-25 07:50:55 · answer #3 · answered by jmj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Growing more Cotton plants.
2006-09-25 07:10:41 · answer #4 · answered by Raymond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know
But I did plant some in my back yard the flowers are pretty and they produce more cotton rapidly.
P.S. Don't try to make your own Q tips.
Bad Idea !
2006-09-25 07:16:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To reprodue my cotton for more plants....
2006-09-25 07:11:13 · answer #6 · answered by Sammyleggs222 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pressed into cotton seed oil.
2006-09-25 07:11:17 · answer #7 · answered by tampico 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the seeds are used to make more cotton. kinda like pollenation. its thier reproductive system.
2006-09-25 07:11:19 · answer #8 · answered by mandi k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oil, and planting more cotton
2006-09-25 07:16:44 · answer #9 · answered by Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cottonseed oil, of course!
2006-09-25 07:11:57 · answer #10 · answered by rasputin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋