Watson, Kate Heintz. [from old catalog], American school of home economics, Chicago. [from old catalog] · Chicago, American school of home economics · leaf 38
n, the fibers of which are stiffand straight. After the removal of the seed, no other fiber is sofree from impurities—5 per cent is the loss sustained COTTON 35 by cleaning and bleaching. In its natural condition,cotton will not dye readily because of a waxy sub-stance on the surface of the.… … Picking and Ginning COTTON BALES Strength and resists the dye. After picking, the cottonis sent to the ginning factory to have the seed removed.It is then pressed into bales by hydraulic presses, fivehundred pounds being the standard bale in the UnitedStates. Purified bleached cotton is nearly pure…
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