. Indian cotton. is not a characteristic of theordinary Burmese cultivator. He builds more pagodas, entertainsmore lavishly, and buys such articles as electric torches, Americanboots, &c. The ginning factories in Burma are all modern, theGinning oldest being erected only 10 years ago ; even those owned Factories. by the Burmese and Chinese are well managed. The ginning factories of the combine have also 204 INDIAN COTTON. an excellent plant for utilising the cotton seed, Some of the smaller factories have only hand-presses for the hydraulic presses make a bale of 9
. Indian cotton. is not a characteristic of theordinary Burmese cultivator. He builds more pagodas, entertainsmore lavishly, and buys such articles as electric torches, Americanboots, &c. The ginning factories in Burma are all modern, theGinning oldest being erected only 10 years ago ; even those owned Factories. by the Burmese and Chinese are well managed. The ginning factories of the combine have also 204 INDIAN COTTON. an excellent plant for utilising the cotton seed, Some of the smaller factories have only hand-presses for the hydraulic presses make a bale of 9 cubic feet per 4001bs.,.the hand-press delivers a bale of 100 viss (3601bs.) of 15 cubic feet;the latter are for shipment to Calcutta, whilst the former are sentto Europe and Japan. Only in rare cases does a ginner work oncommission ; his charges are very high in that case, viz. : — Rs. 7-8 per 100 viss lint for ginning ; Rs. 5 per bale, hydraulically pressed ; Rs. 3 per bale of 3651bs., Separating the White and Khaki Cotton in a Compound of aGinning Factory in Burma.
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