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BULLETIN 1135. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICVLTVEE. 
Table 7 gives the percentage of moisture regain of the cotton at 
the various stages of the manufacturing process. 
Table 7. — Percentage of moisture regain in the Rowden cotton at the different stages oj 
the manufacturing process. 
Type of bale ! Flat. Standard. d ^f? y> 
Round. 
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From bale 
From balerbreaier 
Finisher picker lap 
Finisher picker lap during carding. 
Card sliver 
53 grain finisher drawing 
73 grain finisher drawing 
Rovtag frames: 
i Lank, fine 
4.40 hank, fine 
5.60 hank, fine 
7-23 hank, fine 
Spimiae r'riaie: 
: ; '57am 
.: s yarn 
2>'s yarn 
36's vara 
Per cent. 
5.19 
5.32 
5.82 
Per cent. 
5. 43 
5.26 
5.65 
5. 57 
5. 57 
5. 85 
5. 76 
5. SI 
6.10 
6.10 
6.43 
6.49 
5. 93 
6.15 
6.49 
5. 59 
7. 35 
7.1S 
6.66 
6.S9 
6.72 
6.38 ! 
Per cent. 
5.63 
5. 55 
5.26 
4.90 
4.95 
4.79 
5.45 
5.09 
6.43 
6.49 
5.09 
6.78 
7.70 
6.84 
6.72 
Per cent. 
4.42 
4.60 
5.26 
5.50 
5. S2 
6.04 
5.79 
5. -54 
:.3> 
5.76 
6.10 
6.49 
7.06 
5. 54 
6.72 
BREAKING STRENGTH OF YARNS. 
The cotton of each compression was spun into 16's. 22's. 28's, 
and 36's yarn with twists equal to 4.25. 4.50. and 4.75 times the 
square root of the number spun. The average breaking strengths of 
these yarns are shown in Table S. 
Table v . — B eakin : si ■■ith. in pounds, per skein of 120 yards of yarn spun from Rowden 
cotton. 1 inch staple. 
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Type of bale. 
New 
Twist 
Flat. Standard. 
High 
density. 
Round. 
22 5. 
: - ; . 
P: ■j.-.cs. 
120 
4.2.5 
4.50 
4.75 
Average. . 
4.25 
4.50 
4.75 
Average. . 
4.25 
4. .50 
4.75 
4.25 
4.50 
4.75 
Average. . 
Pounds. Pound?. Pounds. 
140. S 141. 3 141. 9 
133. S 142. S 137.7 
12S. 7 I 137.0 137.8 
134.4 
14-1 4 
139. 1 
Pounds. 
132.4 
131. 1 
129.6 
131. 
92.0 
92.7 
99.4 1 
97. 5 
94.9 1 
94.9 
94.1 : 
95. 7 
89.3 
87.3 
91.5 
97. 3 | 
94.9 | 
- 
6S.0 
67.4 , 
65. 7 
73. 1 
72. 9 i 
70. 8 
70. 3 1 
71. 3 
68. ' 
63.3 
64.4 
63.7 
67.0 
72. 2 
69.9 j 
63. S 
47.6 • 
47.0 
51.0 1 
50. 9 1 
5a 7 
50. 6 i 
50.5 
49. 5 ' 
44.2 
46.2 
45.7 
45.4 
