. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. COTTON HARVESTING 369 The bales are covered with heavy coarse cloth or " bag- ; One of the greatest wastes connected with the growing and marketing of cotton in the United States is the failure to use a sufficient amount of bagging and of a quality suitable to prevent the staining of the outer layers of the staple with mud and dust. The amount of tare (or weigM of bagging and ties) which the trade is supposed to allow is 30 pounds on a 500-pound bale; but only on a few bales do the bag- ging and ties weigh this mu
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. COTTON HARVESTING 369 The bales are covered with heavy coarse cloth or " bag- ; One of the greatest wastes connected with the growing and marketing of cotton in the United States is the failure to use a sufficient amount of bagging and of a quality suitable to prevent the staining of the outer layers of the staple with mud and dust. The amount of tare (or weigM of bagging and ties) which the trade is supposed to allow is 30 pounds on a 500-pound bale; but only on a few bales do the bag- ging and ties weigh this much, and these are penalized or " docked " ; the interest and influence of local buyers is in favor of a light or deficient covering. A general improvement in the amount and quality of covering of the bales of American cotton, which are now more poorly protected than those from any other part of the world, would, in time, redound to the profit of both the farmer and the spinner (Fig. 160). The round bale, on the other hand, is usually covered very completely with cotton cloth, which affords satisfactory protection. Moreover, the round bale is dense and requires no further compression. But for various reasons the round bale has not been able to come into general use in the face of opposi- tion in the interest of compress men and manufacturers of square- bale presses. The round bale usually weighs about 250 pounds, or half as much as the square bale. 343. The cotton gin. — There are two main types of gins, roller and saw gins. The former are used in ginning Sea Island cotton, the naked seeds of which are easily 2b. FlO. 160. FOKEIGN AND Amekican Cotton BalDs. Showing on the right the inferior covering and torn condition of an American bale, in contrast with the better covering of the foreign bale on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these i
Size: 2028px × 1232px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauth, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectagriculture
