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La. To Study Those Factors Which Affect Cotton Fiber Quality . 



To learn (1) fiber length, length uniformity, fineness & strength 

 of fibers of varieties & advanced strains; (2) effects of differ- 

 ent methods of harvesting cotton on fiber length, length uniform- 

 ity, fineness & strength of fibers; (3) effect of certain insects, 

 spider mite, & nematode infestations, upon fibers. 

 Agron., Ent., Home Econ. 895 



La. Selected Cotton Fiber Properties as Related to the Quality 



of Sheeting; . To (1) establish exact measurement of length & 

 fineness properties of types of raw cotton, selected by strength- 

 elongation, used in regional investigation & having as wide a 

 range of elongation as possible, (2) measure certain fabric 

 properties in laboratory of flat fabric made from selected 

 types of raw cotton, (3) coordinate finding of objectives 1 & 

 2 with data from other segments of regional research. 



Home Econ. 944 (SM-18) Coop. ARS, AMS (Also see Part 14, 

 Section a. ) 



Mo. Serviceability of Sheets Made from Cottons of Selected 



Fiber Properties ! (1) Learn end product performance of sheets 

 made of fibers with selected physical properties. (2) Correlate 

 findings on fabrics with those from other stations on fabrics, 

 as well as yarns & fibers used in sheetings. 



Home Econ. 319 (SM-18) (Also see Part 14, Section a.) 



Okla. Mechanized Cotton Harvesting in Oklahoma . Subproject II A 



(1) To evaluate several methods of preparing the cotton for 

 harvest & several dates of preparation; Subproject IIA (2) To 

 (l) evaluate & improve stripper roll materials, stripper roll 

 speed, the stripper roll shielding & entrance section shield- 

 ing on present commercial cotton harvesters; (2) evaluate the 

 various methods of conveying cotton from the stripping chamber 

 to the wagon, & (3) evaluate & improve other functional mech- 

 anisms of the cotton stripper; Subproject IIB — To (l) evaluate 

 harvester performance on most common varieties of cotton grown 

 in Okla. ; & (2) evaluate & improve harvester performance as 

 related to different plant populations. 



Agr. Engin., Agron. 578 (S-2) Coop. ARS (Also see Part 3, 

 Section d. ) 



Okla. Adapting and Testing Cotton Ginning Equipment and Tech- 



niques . Regional Sub-Project IV-A — To (1) test, evaluate, and 

 improve new or experimental equipment for adaption of Oklahoma 

 type cotton production; & (2) devise, test, evaluate & design 

 methods & techniques for preparing, conditioning, & ginning 

 cotton harvested mechanically; Regional Sub-Project IV-B — To 

 (l) determine the combination of drying, cleaning, & extracting 

 machinery in overhead systems; (2) determine the correlation 

 between drying & lint cleaning; (3) determine amounts of over- 

 head & lint cleaning equipment to be used in rough harvested 



cotton; & (4) study effects of cleaning on color of lint sample* 



Agr. Engin. 753 (S-2) (Also see Part 3, Section b. ) 



