Interesting Facts

 Do you know that...

...in the XVI century one English traveller told, that in India he saw a tree with fruit like a white wool lamb.

- They weave wonderful fabrics from it, - he convinced the amazed listeners and as proof showed a calico dress which could be passed through a ring. 
So Europeans have heard for the first time about a plant named a cotton.

… in Peru and Mexico cotton was known one millennium ago, probably, even earlier, than in India. First time it was grown up as an ornamental plant in gardens and parks, and only several centuries ago people began to weave a fabric from a cotton yarn.

 … last two centuries cotton-growing developed very quickly. In the XVIII century cotton fabric made 5 percent of all fabric products, in the XIX century - already 73%, and in the XX century beginning - 84 %.

… nowadays cotton is planted on 35 million hectares in 60 countries all over the world.

… what is made from cotton? Certainly, first of all - the different kind of fabrics. Then - an artificial skin and cords for tire covers. From cotton seeds it`s made wicks, plastic, a photographic film, varnishes for metal. From the seeds containing 20-27 percent of fat, it`s extracted oil which is used for preparation of soap, lubricant oils, margarine, glycerine and stearin; from peel of seeds it is received ethyl and methyl spirits, lemon both acetic acids and paper.

… it is possible to make 7 200 meters of a fabric from one ton of cotton, 54 thousand coils of threads, 360 kg of cotton wool, 110 kg of cotton oil, 16 kg of soap. And after processing of one ton of cotton there are more than 180 kg of peel and 260 kg of oil cake which is remarkable forage for animals because contains about 40 percent of protein.

… in Uzbekistan annually it is cropped collect about 25-35 centners of cotton-raw from hectare. To receive such crops, it is necessary a good cotton care. Among field cultures it wins first place by quantity of consumed nutrients. Creation of one ton of cotton-raw needs 50 kg of nitrogen, 12-17 kg of phosphorus and 40-50 kg of potassium. And the general water requirement of cotton makes 5-8 thousand m3 on hectare.

… now scientists created grades of cotton which ripen for 10-15 days earlier and for 15-25 percent is more fruitful. Grades with a pink, brown, green and turquoise fibre was created. Fabrics from that fibre are very strong, do not spoil from washing, and possess water-proof properties. And the main characteristic - such fabrics does not need to be tinted, products from them do not fade and do not burn out on the sun.

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This is over eight thousand years, this material has no equal. In ancient times, it is valued its weight in gold, it went to the legend. His tailoring was used for everyday and festive clothes Mayan Indians, the ancient Romans and Greeks. In the XXI century, this story has spread even more widely: according to statistics, it made every second textile products in the world! Of course, we are talking about cotton. 

Benefits

• Wear
• Softness
• Flexibility
• Good absorption capacity in warm weather
• Strength in the laundry
• Easy to color
• Healthy, natural material

At the opposite half of the world, still unopened in the Americas occurred very rich in color and the most amazing properties in the world ever knew, multicolored cotton fabric. And all because the color is growing cotton. 
Cotton is undoubtedly one of the oldest natural fibers on earth. History of cotton leaves in ancient times and begins, presumably, to about 12 000 BC The oldest items of cotton have been found in a cave near the Mexican town Teuakan. Articles date back to around the year 5800 BC 

We know that one of the first began to cultivate cotton and recycled in India. One of the first cotton fabrics, which have been weaving about in the period between 3250-2750 BC, were found in the Indian province of Mohendzho-Daro. In recent excavations in Pakistan in the Indus River valley were also discovered fragments of cotton cloth and cotton ropes dating from 3000 year BC In the same in Pakistan were found the seeds of cotton, which proved 9000 let.Soglasno Indian beliefs, cotton is a gift of heaven. One of the hymns "Rigvedy" glorifies nitochki on the loom. From these threads of the gods made the bed. After sleeping on the beds of these gods are kind and merciful to people. 

In the year 445 BC. e. Herodotus reports that the production of cotton fabrics in India: «There are wild trees, in which instead of fruit growing hair, beauty and superior quality of wool obtained from sheep. The Indians made clothing from the wool of wood ». 

India includes the first mention of the sale of cotton fabric, made by the Greek writer, a merchant seaman and Flávia Arrianom in the II century. The description плаваний he says the sale of several Indian cities with the Arabs and Greeks, to name as the Arabs brought goods fabric Kalik (byaz), muslin and other fabrics with floral uzorami.Arabskie travelers in 9m century in its articles have confirmed the high quality of Indian cotton fabrics, which could not match the perfection of others. Indian fabrics from cotton to hero in the 13m century, the famous traveler Marco Polo. 

Much later, namely in about 2640 BC, cotton as material for weaving, appears in China. It is also known that up to that time cotton was used as an ornamental plant. The development of the cotton industry in China has been slow, as the major textile fibers anciently regarded as silk. 

At the beginning of VIII century hlopkotkachestvo appeared in Japan, but soon the production of cotton fabrics in Japan has ceased and there was revived only in the XVII century the Portuguese.