Cotton fiber and processing test results

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COTTON FIBER AND


PROCESSING TEST RESULTS,


CROP OF 1976


Discussion


of Test Results


Short


staple


cottons


tested


through January 7


from the


Southwestern


Area are


longer,


coarser


and weaker


than last


year,


according to


the Cotton


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sion,


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Marketing
and card


have


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fewer


USDA.


is higher


Shirley
than ay


imperfections.


Analyzer nonlint


ear


ago.


Yarns


content


is lower,


spun from these


Spinning potential yarn


number


while


samples
a little


picker


are weaker


lower.


Average
stronger
picker a


have


fewer


test


results


fibers


than


for all medium


a year


card waste


imperfections


ago.


is higher.


staple


Shirley
Yarns sa


compared


D


samples
Analyzer
un from


a year


tested show


nonlint
these sa


at this


cont
mples


time.


slightly shor
ent is lower,
are stronger


ter
but
and


Yarn appearance


slightly


lower


as is the spinning potential.


Medium
more u


staple
uniform,


samples
coarser


tested from


the Southeast


and stronger than


a year


show


fibers


earlier.


to be slightly


Shirley


Analyzer


longer,
nonlint


content
imperfe


is slightly


actions.


lower.


Average


Yarns


spun


from


spinning potential


these samples
is higher.


are stronger with fewer


South


Central medium


staple


samples


tested


are longer,


less


uniform


and slightly


finer than


nonlint
Yarn sk


ein


a year


content


ago.


is lower,


strength


Samples


while


is slightly


are stronger


picker a
stronger


zero gage


card waste
d imperfect


tests.


is higher than
ions are fewer


Shirley


a year
than a


Analyzer


ago.
year


earlier.


Spinning potential


is lower.


Southwestern medium staple


earlier


Shirley


Analyzer


samples
nonlint


tested are


content


coarser


is lower,


and more uniform than


while


picker


a year


and card waste


higher than a year


ago.


Yarns


have


a higher


appearance


index and fewer


imperfections.


Medium staple


a year
samples


ago.


samples
Picker a


are weaker


from


the West


card waste


and have


spinning potential


yarn


lower
number


have


slightly


is higher
appearance
is lower.


shorter


than a year


grades.


Yarn


and weaker


ago.


Yarns


imperfections


fibers


than


spun from these


are fewer.


Long


staple
coarser


Shirley


spun from


samples


tested


than a year


Analyzer


these


nonlint
samples


through


January 7


Fiber


earlier.
content


are stronger


this


strength


season are


about


and manufacturing waste


and have fewer


longer,


same


are lower


imperfections.


more uniform


as last


this


season.


season.


Yarns


The spinning


potential yarn


number


is slightly higher than


it was


last


season.


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ago. Fibers


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