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(e) Until pure strains of cotton were available, the 

 differences from plant to plant were sufficient to obscure 

 the differences from day to day. 



Having analyzed the problem of development down to 

 its simpler constituents, it remains to build back into 

 complexity. Interesting though our analysis may be, in 

 itself it shows that the commercial crops are not likely 

 to approximate to any sort of ideality for many years to 

 come. We must therefore attempt to sketch the relation 

 of these facts to the cops and hanks of yarn which the 

 mills produce. 



This task is one which any author might well forego 

 with pleasure. If his acquaintance is with the grower's 



side of the matter as in the present case- 

 Spinning and he camlot haye more than an inkling of the 



Growing. 



work and problems of the mill ; while if his 



knowledge is sound on the spinning side, he is not likely 

 to have spent sufficient time in the cotton-fields to be 

 familiar with the limitations which debar him from 

 obtaining the ideal cotton. 



There can be no doubt that the wisest course for the 

 present author would be to leave the raw cotton in the 

 open boll, but to do so would defeat one of the motives 

 which have led to the writing of this book namely, a 

 desire to establish a common language between grower 

 and consumer. A great deal has been done in this way 

 of late years, especially as regards Egypt and Lancashire, 

 and some of the most outstanding misconceptions have 

 been abolished; but all that which has been done is not 

 a tithe of what remains to do. When the Spinner can 



