Looney, Z: Multiple Lint Cleaning at Cotton Gins

Excerpt from Multiple Lint Cleaning at Cotton Gins: Effects on Bale Value, Fiber Properties, and Spinning PerformanceNevertheless, as the practice of lint cleaning, and particularly multiple lint cleaning, became more common, growers, ginners, manufacturers, and others have expressed serious doubts about its effects on the quality of cotton and about the economic soundness of it. Growers and ginners have raised questions about the effects of lint cleaning on returns to growers and on ginning costs. Manufacturers have expressed doubts about the effects of lint cleaning on the fiber properties of cotton, on the spinning performance of cleaned cotton, and on the quality of yarns made from such cotton. Claims have been made that lint cleaning so seriously damages cotton fibers that it increases manufacturing costs, reduces the quality of textile products, and reduces the competitive position of cotton in relation to other fibers.Because of the serious nature of these questions in terms of the long-run interest of all segments of the cotton and textile industry, the U. S.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.