Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1916)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, joint author · New York, Macmillan · leaf 125
s gin made pos-sible a large supply of the raw material. The saw gin ismade of a series of circular saws. The cotton is delivered 104 SHELTER AND CLOTHING to the gin box, one side of which is grated. The saws revolvethrough this grid, which is fine enough to permit the fiberto be drawn through but… … Fig. 43. Courtesy of U. 5. Dept. cf Agriculture.Cotton leaf and flowers. Much American cotton is full of knots or ^^ neps, causedby the saw gin operating too quickly. This gin can cleanunder average conditions about three hundred pounds perhour. Cotton is also ginned by means of the roller…
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