@article{Stedronsky:313164,
      recid = {313164},
      author = {Stedronsky, Victor L. and Ross, John E. and Shanklin,  Edward H. },
      title = {Drying and Cleaning Cotton at the Gin:  Effect on Fiber  Properties and Spinning Performance, San Joaquin Valley,  1959-60  },
      address = {1965-12},
      number = {2393-2021-2381},
      series = {Marketing Research Report No. 710},
      pages = {28},
      year = {1965},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  This study is one in a series  designed to determine the effect of various harvesting and  ginning practices on cotton quality, market value, and  manufacturing performance.  Results suggest that excessive  drying usually reduces bale values, and that the use of  lint cleaners generally increases returns only moderately  or not at all if grade-differential prices are narrow.   Moreover, drying within narrow limits—as practiced in this  study—and lint cleaning affect quality of lint adversely,  resulting in weaker and lower grade yarns.  The study  consisted of analyzing the fiber from 54 bales of  mechanically harvested Acala 4-42 cotton grown in the Kern  Delta near Bakersfield, Calif.  Ginning conditions in the  test consisted of:  (a) three lint moisture target  levels—5, 4, and 3 percent ; (b) elaborate and moderate  seed cotton cleaning equipment; and (c) none, one, and two  lint cleaners. },
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/313164},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.313164},
}