Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . be greatly decreased. When long-staple upland is ginned, care should first be takento remove from the gin the roll of cotton left by the precedingbale of short-staple ; for the mixing of e^en a little of this withlong-staple cotton greatly lowers the selling value of the is because the spinning machinerj in any one mill is arrangedfor a fiber of a definite length ; the admixture of fibers of widelydifferent lengths results in loss to the spinner, either by fiberswasted or by the making of thread of undesiralile quality. 344. Care
Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . be greatly decreased. When long-staple upland is ginned, care should first be takento remove from the gin the roll of cotton left by the precedingbale of short-staple ; for the mixing of e^en a little of this withlong-staple cotton greatly lowers the selling value of the is because the spinning machinerj in any one mill is arrangedfor a fiber of a definite length ; the admixture of fibers of widelydifferent lengths results in loss to the spinner, either by fiberswasted or by the making of thread of undesiralile quality. 344. Care of baled cotton. — Since cotton does notreadily absorli large amounts of ntoistiu-e, farmers andwarehousemen often leave bales of cotton exposed forweeks or months to the weather (Fig. IGl). This resultsin darkening and weakeiting the fillers in the otiter layers,and consequently in a decreased selling value. Cotton COTTOy BAEYESTING 371 bales should be kept continuously under shelter. If itbecomes necessary to leave them uncovered, thev should. Fig. 161. — Cottom Bales left Uxprotecteu rest on poles or timbers laid on the ground, so that no partof 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 thesize of the bale is stillfurther reduced by theapplication of enormouspressure (Fig. 102j. In some processes nowcoming into use, cotton,as soon as ginned, isimmediately compressedinto bales of very great
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