52 A STORY OF COTTON 



You will note that these hales photographed, show an E^N- 

 TIRE EXPOSURE of approximately 22% of each bale so re- 

 compressed, and show approximately 78% of each bale OS- 

 TENSIBLY COVERED with wide open mesh bagging. 



This INCREASE of approximately 18% of ENTIRELY EX- 

 POSED SURF'ACE in bales of cotton re-compressed by the use 

 of the WEBB HIGH DENSITY ATTACHMENT, over and 

 above the ENTIRE EXPOSURE of approximately 4% that 

 obtains when cotton is re-compressed in the ORDINARY 

 MANNER, is due to the fact that, in re-compressing cotton by 

 the use of the WEBB HIGH DENSITY ATTACHMENT, there 

 are TWO DISTINCT ACTIONS, that are exerted. The action 

 of this High Density Attachment follows : 



When the bands are removed from a "STANDARD BALE" 

 of cotton, the bale is placed upon the lower platen of the com- 

 press. This lower platen is but twenty-two inches wide, 

 while the width of a "STANDARD BALE" is thirty inches. 



Immediately upon the bale of cotton having been placed on 

 its edge, on the lower platen of the compress, two heavy iron 

 doors are simultaneously, by powerful machinery, forced 

 against both sides of the bale. 



By means of this SIDE PRESSURE, a "STANDARD BALE" 

 of an original width of 27 inches, is reduced to 22 inches, and 

 accommodates itself to the width of the lower platen of the 

 press. 



While the action of the side door pressure is being exerted, 

 there being no resisting inlluence at the TOP EDGE of the 

 bale, this top edge is thus lifted, and the two pieces of bagging 

 that cover the two edges of a "STANDARD BALE" NATU- 

 RALLY SEPARATE THE bagging, that originally covered the 

 two edges of the bale, SEPARATE, or move FURTHER 

 APART, of necessity. 



The bale of cotton, owing to there being no resisting force 

 at either head to prevent it, usually increases in length from 

 one to four inches, when the side pressure is exerted. 



When the up and down pressure of ONLY 1,800 to 2,000 

 tons is then exerted on the edges of the bale, while it is STILL 

 held in the position it was placed in by the side pressure, the 



