What Is Cotton ? The Cotton is the over coat of a seed that is planted and grown in the southern states to keep the producers broke and buyers crazy. The fiber varies in color and weight and the man who can guess the nearest the length of the fiber is called “ Cotton Man” by the public, a “FOOL” by the farmers and poor businessman by his creditors. The price of cotton is fixed in New York and goes up when you have sold and down when you have bought. A buyer working for a group of Mills was sent to New York to watch the cotton market and after a few days deliberation wired his firm to this effect-” Some think it will go up, Some think it might go down, I do too. Whatever you do will be wrong. Act at once, Cotton is planted in spring, mortgaged in summer and leaves the field in winter. There are other definitions but none better than this. Features Of Cotton Cotton is nature’s wonder fiber. Combining a variety attractive features, it has served mankind for over five millenniums. It is a renewable mega resource, providing the means of livelihood to millions. Cotton gives premium comfort due to built-in thermostat. Agro climatically, India is fortunate in having suitable conditions to grow four major species of cotton like arboreum, herbaceum, hersutum and barbadense . This provides varietal diversity to match quality requirements of textile industry. India has the largest area (8 million ha.) under cotton cultivation which is nearly one-fourth of the world total of 36 million ha.