. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN No. 946 Contribution from the Bureau of Markets GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chief. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER February 21, 1921 COMPARATIVE SPINNING TESTS OF MEADE AND SEA ISLAND COTTONS. By Wm. It. Meadows, Cotton Technologist, and W. G. Blair., Assistant in Cotton Testing. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Purpose of the spinning tests 2 Grade and staple of cotton 2 Mechanical conditions 3 Page. Percentages of waste 3 Breaking- strength of yarns 4 Summary 5 The ravages of the boll weevil have reduced the annua
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN No. 946 Contribution from the Bureau of Markets GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chief. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER February 21, 1921 COMPARATIVE SPINNING TESTS OF MEADE AND SEA ISLAND COTTONS. By Wm. It. Meadows, Cotton Technologist, and W. G. Blair., Assistant in Cotton Testing. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Purpose of the spinning tests 2 Grade and staple of cotton 2 Mechanical conditions 3 Page. Percentages of waste 3 Breaking- strength of yarns 4 Summary 5 The ravages of the boll weevil have reduced the annual production of Sea Island cotton in the United States from 92,619 bales in 1917 to 6,916 in 1919, and the prospect for the crop of 1920 indicates an even lower figure. From present indications it is feared that the entire industry may be destroyed within the next few years. How- ever, the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture has developed a new variety of cotton which promises to replace the rapidly diminishing Sea Island crop. This new va- riety is known as " ; The introduction of new varieties of cotton is usually attended with •many difficulties because growers and manufacturers are reluctant to change from a well-known variety which has given satisfactory results for many years to another variety that is in the experimental stage of development. Such was the condition which prevailed at the time that the Meade cotton was first introduced in the Sea Island districts. The principal reason for experimenting with this new variety was to prepare for the damage that was expected would re- sult to Sea Island cotton if the' boll weevil should reach this region. It is thought that Meade has now been established on a commercial basis and that its future production is assured. The Meade cotton was developed during 1912 and subsequent years from what was known locally as " Blackseed " or " Black Rattler " Note.
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