. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. COTTON BARVESTINO 371 bales should be kept continuously under shelter. If it becomes necessary to leave them uncovered, they should. Fig. 161. — Cotton Bales left Unprotected fbom Rain. rest on poles or timbers laid on the ground, so that no part of the cotton bale touches the moist soil. 345. Compressing. — Most cotton that is to be ex- ported, or transported great distances, is first shipped to " compresses," where the size of the bale is still further reduced by the application of enormous pressure (Fig. 162). In so
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. COTTON BARVESTINO 371 bales should be kept continuously under shelter. If it becomes necessary to leave them uncovered, they should. Fig. 161. — Cotton Bales left Unprotected fbom Rain. rest on poles or timbers laid on the ground, so that no part of the cotton bale touches the moist soil. 345. Compressing. — Most cotton that is to be ex- ported, or transported great distances, is first shipped to " compresses," where the size of the bale is still further reduced by the application of enormous pressure (Fig. 162). In some processes now coming into use, cotton, as soon as ginned, is immediately compressed Fi« .,11 c J. On left, ordinary square bale; in oen- mtO bales of very great ^er, bale from gin compress; and on density ready for export, right, ordinary compressed Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-. New York, The Macmillan company
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