Fiber Quality and Ginning Performance of Machine Picked and Stripped Cotton, Southeastern Area, 1964-66

Excerpt from the report: A 3-year study was conducted at the Southeastern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Clemson, S.C, to compare the ginning performance, fiber quality, and spinning performance of cotton harvested with a spindle picker and with a brush-type stripper and to evaluate cotton conditioning and cleaning treatments for ginning cotton harvested by the two methods. The study was made on Auburn 56 variety cotton in the 1964, 1965, and 1966 crop seasons, in cooperation with the Agricultural Research Service Pilot Spinning Laboratory, also at Clemson, S.C.