UTILIZATION OF PIMA COTTON. 25 
It is absolutely essential that all the cotton in the same bale be of 
uniform length and strength, clean, smooth, and well handled and 
ginned. Cotton of this character may be produced either under uni- 
form cultural methods or by field segregation. 
The methods of ginning should be studied and improved so as to 
avoid an excess of seed and hulls in the lint cotton, to reduce the high 
percentage of what the manufacturers call ,; flock " and " curl " and 
to diminish the quantity of rough, ropy, tangled cotton. 
A clean smooth cotton, suitable for fine yarns and sheer goods, 
can be produced under the above suggested conditions. By carrying 
out these plans a reputation can be built up which will be a consid- 
erable factor in securing a satisfactory market for the cotton from 
year to year. 
Promiscuous cutting and sampling the bales should be discouraged. 
Pima cotton should be compressed, as it will mean a substantial 
saving to the growers in freight and storage rates. Also, the mills 
prefer the compressed cotton, as it takes less storage space. 
Mill tests have been conducted which indicate that compressing in 
no way lowers the spinning value of the cotton. A slow rate of com- 
pression is to be preferred. 
The growers should have their own compress, so that proper super- 
vision can be given to the operation. It is very important that the 
bales reach the Eastern markets in better condition than those 
shown in the accompanying illustration, reproduced from pho- 
tographs, which give a fair representation of the bales as they are 
delivered at the. mills at the present time. 
The cotton should be stored as soon as possible after ginning, so 
a- to avoid country damage. 
Owing to the shortage of Sea Island cotton, the possible reduction 
in acreage of Sakellaridis Egyptian, and the likelihood of the fur- 
ther deterioration of this variety, it will be advantageous to the 
growers and to the manufacturers to encourage and promote the 
use of Pima cotton. 
Essential improvements in methods of handling were made in 
1921. and plans for further improvements in ginning and in field 
segregation have been adopted. 
The growers realize the importance and necessity of these im- 
provements and are giving their cooperation in solving these prob- 
lem-. 
