Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . 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. Fig. 16: On left, ordinary sfjuare bale ; in een-ter, b
Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . 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. Fig. 16: On left, ordinary sfjuare bale ; in een-ter, bale from gin r-ompress: and ondensity ready for export, right, ordinary compressed bale. 372 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS One great advantage of thus compressing it at the gin isthe more complete and careful covering of the l^ale mthnew, closely woven cloth (Fig. 163). On the other hand,
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