A STORY OF COTTON 17 



In other sections of the country, the Cotton Exchanges 

 RESTRICT the number of pounds of patching, to be applied 

 by the cotton shipper, to FIVE POUNDS PER BALE. 



If the cotton purchased by the Buyer is a purchase for a 

 mill order, and NOT bought for speculation, this cotton usu- 

 ally goes forward IMMEDIATELY to the compress, for re-com- 

 pression and patching. 



If sufficient patching has been ordered and CAREFULLY 

 applied, nearly all of these many mutilations are, IN A MEAS- 

 URE, overcome. 



While the original bagging, as now manufactured, is OF^TEN 

 of an inferior character, and is made with an extremely open 

 mesh, still, the package STARTS, to destination, in a FAIRLY 

 GOOD CONDITION and will, if five pounds of patching are 

 PROPERLY applied, have very little of the cotton exposed, IF 

 RE-COMPRESSED IN THE USUAL MANNER. 



if, however, the bales are ordered re-compressed with the 

 WEBB HIGH DENSITY ATTACHMENT, each tlat of each 

 bale, no matter how^ thoroughly the patching is done, will then 

 be EXPOSED, from the TIME OF RE-COMPRESSING to 

 FINAL DESTINATION, affording an opportunity for the 

 SOILING, and the DAMAGING of the exposed flat of the bale 

 that has been ordered PROPERLY PATCHED, but MUST 

 BE exposed if THIS METHOD of re-compression of cotton, is 

 required. 



A bale of cotton, when re-compressed, IN THE USUAL, OR 

 CUSTOMARY MANNER, when five pounds of patching are 

 ordered and PROPERLY and CAREFULLY applied, imme- 

 diately BEFORE re-compressing, will, immediately AFTER 

 being re-compressed to an average density of 25 pounds, or 

 MORE to the cubic foot, and tied with eight bands, have a 

 total average surface, as measured on all six sides, of 6,547 

 square inches. 



APPROXIMATELY, an average of 969; of the entire sur- 

 face of such a bale will be covered, LESS the portion of the 

 surface, that is always exposed owing to the WIDE OPEN 

 MESH of the bagging now in general use, and APPROXI- 

 MATELY 4% WILL BE ENTIRELY EXPOSED and liable to 

 damage, besides affording an opportunity for a spark, to start 



