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cotton shipped through a French port, which was never a successful 

 move to Lancashire spinners. 



Boll-stained cotton consists of staples that have become disfigured by 

 spots of colouring matter owing to the capsules becoming saturated with 

 moisture by the rains, which causes the colouring matter from the inner 

 membrane of the capsule to permeate the cell-wall of the fibres, and 

 gives them the appearance of Brown Egyptian cotton, so far as colour 

 goes. Boll-stained cottons are readily bought by some spinners, who 

 manage to utilise them sparingly by mixing them with whiter cottons. 

 Manufacturers who spin their own yarn often make a judicious speculation 

 in cottons that are stained slightly. They have been spun into yarns that 



Fig. 69. Brown Egyptian cotton heavily charged with seeds. 



may be used in the weaving of Printing Cloths, also for Tangibs, Jeans, 

 Dimities, Jacconetts, Sateens, Mulls, Tape, Checks and other similar fabrics 

 where colour in the warp or weft is not an objection, and particularly in 

 cloth that requires to be bleached before being used. The effect of the 

 bleaching is to remove the boll-stained features and give the cloth a 

 whitened appearance. Fibres of cotton that are stained are most 

 frequently met with in those of American and of East Indian growths. 

 The presence of stains reduces the selling prices of the cottons, and 

 spinners who have a good reputation for the strength, colours, and 

 structure of their yarns, carefully avoid purchasing lots or bales in 

 which the cotton shows the least amount of staining or of discoloration 

 whatever. 



Brokers (Cotton). Every week-day the Cotton Brokers' Association 



