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Cotton: From Field to Fabric( Chapter 3)

Ginning

From the field, seed cotton moves to nearby gins for separation of lint and seed. The cotton first goes through

dryers to reduce moisture content and then through cleaning equipment to remove foreign matter. These

operations facilitate processing and improve fiber quality. The cotton is then air conveyed to gin stands where

revolving circular saws pull the lint through closely spaced ribs that prevent the seed from passing through.

The lint is removed from the saw teeth by air blasts or rotating brushes, and then compressed into bales

weighing approximately 500 pounds. Cotton is then moved to a warehouse for storage until it is shipped to a

textile mill for use. A typical gin will process about 12 bales per hour, while some of today’s more modern gins

may process as many as 60 bales an hour.

Plant Diseases

Cotton diseases have been contained largely through the use of resistant cotton varieties. Rotation to nonhost

crops such as grain or corn also breaks the disease cycle. Nematodes, while not truly a disease, cause the

plant to exhibit disease-like symptoms. Nematodes are microscopic worm-like organisms that attack cotton’s

roots causing the plant to stop growing, and as a result, causes reduced yield. Crop rotation is the primary

method of managing for nematodes.

Soil Conservation

Cotton producers expend extra efforts to minimize soil erosion. Cotton is sensitive to wind-blown soil because

the plant’s growing point is perched on a delicate stem, both of which are easily damaged by abrasion from

wind-blown soil. For that reason, many farmers use minimum tillage practices which leave plant residue on the

soil surface thereby preventing wind and water erosion. Conservation tillage, the practice of covering the soil

in crop residue year ‘round, is common in windy areas. A growing number of producers also are moving to

minimum tillage, or a no-till system, to reduce soil movement. In the rain belt, land terracing and contour tillage

are standard practices on sloping land to prevent the washing away of valuable topsoil.

Irrigation

The cotton plant’s root system is very efficient at seeking moisture and nutrients from the soil. From an

economic standpoint, cotton’s water use efficiency allows cotton to generate more revenue per gallon of water

than any other major field crop. Most of the U.S. cotton acreage is grown only on rain moisture. A trend

toward supplemental irrigation to carry a field through drought has increased in acreage and helped stabilize

yields. Cotton’s peak need for water occurs during July, when it is most vulnerable to water stress. A limited

supply of irrigation water is being stretched over many acres via the use of highly efficient irrigation methods

such as low energy precision applications, sprinklers, surge and drip irrigation. Not only has irrigation stabilized

yields for many growers, it also has allowed production in the desert states of California, Arizona and New

Mexico.

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