Excerpt from Influence of Gin and Lint Cleaner Combinations and Mill Cleaning on Dust Levels and Yarn Quality of Acala Cotton Dust levels appear to be influenced by the trash content in lint, increasing as the trash content increases. Cultural, harvesting, and ginning practices and varietal characteristics affect trash levels and, therefore, dust levels to varying degrees. The dust level in cotton can be reduced significantly by using lint cleaners at the gin.2 The competitive position of cotton could be enhanced by determining the optimum combination of gin conditioning and cleaning machinery for processing cotton harvested by different methods and containing different quantities of moisture and trash in order 'to obtain a bale with a minimum amount of dust. Lowered dust potential in the bale would helpthe textile mill maintain dust levels within osha standards. However, gin-processing sys tems designed to reduce dust levels must not seriously affect fiber and yarn quality. Other wise, the benefits of reduced dust levels will be offset bya reduction in yarn quality and Spin ning performance. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of gin and lint cleaner combinations and mill-cleaning levels on card-room dust levels and on fiber and yarn quality of Acala cotton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.