. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 591 Contribution from the Bureau of Markets CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER December 26, 1917 MANUFACTURING TESTS OF THE OFFICIAL COTTON STANDARDS FOR GRADE By WILLIAM S. DEAN, Assistant in Cotton Testing and FRED TAYLOR, Cotton Technologist CONTENTS Introduction 1 Origin of the Cotton 2 Spinning Tests at Cotton Mill .... 2 Spinning Tests at Textile School . . 8 Weather, Relative Humidity and Moisture Content During Spinning Tests ... 13
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 591 Contribution from the Bureau of Markets CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER December 26, 1917 MANUFACTURING TESTS OF THE OFFICIAL COTTON STANDARDS FOR GRADE By WILLIAM S. DEAN, Assistant in Cotton Testing and FRED TAYLOR, Cotton Technologist CONTENTS Introduction 1 Origin of the Cotton 2 Spinning Tests at Cotton Mill .... 2 Spinning Tests at Textile School . . 8 Weather, Relative Humidity and Moisture Content During Spinning Tests ... 13 Manufacturing Properties 17 Page Bleaching Tests of Yarn . ...... 18 Bleaching Tests of Piece Goods .... 21 Comparison of the Results of Spinning Tests of the Old Permissive Cotton Grades with the Present Official Cotton Standards 23 Summary 24 NOTE.—This bulletin should be of interest to cotton producers, manufacturers, and dealers. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917. 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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