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53- A miniature cotton bale as pressed at the place of production, ready for the 

 market. Presented by James Dillingham, of New York City. 



54-56. Miniature cotton bales. — By comparison with 53, containing the same 

 amount of •otton, these indicate the reduction in size effected by the War 

 Department, in order to economize transportation during the great war. 

 Same donor. 



57. Another miniature cotton bale. 



58. 5 Cotton after passing through the bale-breaker. 



59. The coarse waste matter removed by the bale-breaker. 



60. Waste removed by the finisher scutcher. 



61. Waste removed by the carding machine. 



62. Cotton lap produced by passing through opener scutcher. 



63. Cotton lap or carded web produced by passing the preceding through the 



finisher scutcher. 

 63.1. Lap made by doubling four laps from opener scutcher and passing through 

 finisher scutcher. 



64. Carded sliver made from carded web. 



65. Derby lap, made by uniting 14 cords of carded sliver and passing through 



Derby machine. 



66. Ribbon lap, made by uniting 6 Derby laps and passing through ribbon ma- 



chine. 



67. Comber sliver, made by uniting 8 Derby laps and passing through combing 



machine. 

 68. 



69. First drawing sliver, made by uniting 6 cords of comber sliver. 



70. Second drawing sliver, made by uniting 6 cords of first drawing sliver. 



71. Third drawing sliver, made by uniting 6 cords of second drawing sliver. 



72. Stubbing sliver, made from third drawing sliver. 



73. Intermediate sliver, made by uniting two strands of stubbing sliver. 



74. Roving sliver, made by uniting two strands of intermediate sliver. 



75. Jack sliver, made by uniting two strands of roving sliver. 



76. Mule spinning yarn, made by uniting two strands of jack sliver. 

 77- Roving spinning yarn, made by uniting two strands of jack sliver. 



Cotton Thread 



Cotton thread may be regarded as a thin yarn of extra 

 strength and quality. Its manufacturing process is essen- 

 tially the same as that for yarn, a superior quality of long- 

 staple cotton being employed. 



Darning cotton is a form intermediate between thread 

 and yarn. 



Crochet cotton is intermediate between sewing thread 

 and darning cotton. 



5 The remaining specimens in this series were presented by the Clark Thread 

 Company, of Newark, New Jersey. 



