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Appendix, dead and dry leaves, which are easily shaken down ; and 

 it is this leaf which the spinners object to so much, and 

 which will always lower the price and quality of cotton. 

 After gathering the cotton, it should, as soon as possible, 

 be exposed to the sun on scaffolds, and thoroughly dried ; 

 and if not immediately ginned and packed, must be 

 stored in secure barns. 



I deem it useless to enter into a description of our gins 

 and presses. I will only observe, that a cylinder of sixty 

 rags ought not to make more than six hundred to eight 

 hundred pounds of clean cotton in twelve hours : if made 

 to run faster, the cotton would not be so clean, and the 

 fibres might often be broken or cut by the too rapid 

 motion of the rags. 



