Bear- we grow a lot of cotton here in California. Its amazing to drive up Hiway 5 and see all the cotton. Itys in big semi trailer sized blocks, waiting to get trucked to the gin, I guess. I appropriated a few seeds from the Calif State Fair one year, and they sprouted and all. I was researching just what you are wondering about, and its possible to get seed from one of the Universities. I can't remember if it is here or somewhere like Rutgers or Cornell. I can't remember if you spin. Have you ever spun cotton?