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Distance Is Shorter Now
From The Cotton Field
ATLANTA-—A person may
never read on the label of a cotton
bed sheet or a cotton shirt that
the product meets official U. S.
Department of Agriculture stan
dards, but it’s almost a certain
ty that it has been graded under
USDA’s cotton classification pro
gram. . „
More then 95 per cent of all
cotton produced In the United St
ates every year is graded by
USDA’s Consumer and Marketing
service, says Ben A. Franklin,
chief of the marketing programs
branch of CAMS’ cotton division.
Manufacturers depend on the
description provided by the CAMS
classification program to help
them Choose the cotton they need
for their products, says Frank
lin. Cotton producers depend
on It to help establish the value
of the raw cotton they sell and
thus, a basis for its price.
This year, says Franklin, the
CAMS cotton division Is celebrat
ing the 60th anniversary of the
establishment of the first USDA
grades for cotton—the first offi
cial grade standards for any agri
cutural commodity.
Use of cotton In varied products
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that are made from it depends
on the kind of variety of the cot -
ton and its quality.
Two different types of cotton
are commercially grown in the
United states—Upland cotton, the
most prevalent, and Ameri
can Egyptian. The Consumer and
Marketing Service is revising the
U. S. cotton standards to change
the name of the American Egyp
tian cotton to American Pima
cotton, a term more nearly asso
ciated with the origin of this type
of cotton.
Ilie main difference between
Upland and American Egyptian
cotton is the length of the fibers
produced by the cotton plant.
Fiber length is especially im
portant to the manufacturers of
fabrics, threads and yarns be
cause longer fibers require less
over lapping when they are pro
cessed Unto strands. Because
of their length, they also make
stronger fabrics with more lus
ter and sheen than shorter fib
ers which produce a coarser
fabric.
Fiber length for Upland cotton
produced in the United states
mostly ranges from 15/16 to 1-1/8
inches. American Egyptian fiber
length mostly ranges from 1-5/16
to 1-7/16 inches.
Longer fibers of at least 1-
1/16 Inches are used in sateens,
finer sheetings, and other fab
rics like poplin, broadcloth, or
gandies, chiffon and voile. More
diverse manufacturer items con
taining longer-flbered cotton in
clude airplane cloth, typewriter
ribbons, wiring Insulation, linings
of leather goods and weather bal
loon fabrics.
Medium-length fibers, most of
which are found in Upland, are
used in yarns for weaving into
medium and heavyweight fabrics
like twill and duck and in some
coarse sheetings.
Shorter fiber cottons and lin
ters (the fuzz removed from the
cotton seed after the ginning pro -
cess) can be found in mattress
stuffing, batting, fillers, quilt
comforters, felt and napped bl
ankets, surgical and pharmaceu
tical supplies and industrial fil
ters.
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Aug. Picnic
The Heard Mixon Home Eco
nomics Club met in July with six
members present, and one visi
tor, Mrs. Annie Kelley.
Mrs. Louis Lang called the
meeting to order. The Club Cr
eed was read by the members.
"Mrs. Katie Pickett read an
Inspiring devotional. Mrs. H. L.
Holland called the roll in the ab
sence of Mrs. Hugh Aiken.
Old and new business was taken
care of and plans were made to
have a picnic In August. Mrs.
Louis Lang served delicious re
freshments at the social hour.
More U.S. Funds OK’D For Schools
ATLANT A(GPS)—The Appala
chian Regional Commission has
granted an additional $34,000 to
pay half of a $68,000 construc
tion cost overrun on the new
Paulding County Vocational Sc
hool In Dallas, Gov. Lester G.
Maddox announced. He said the
lowest construction bid received
on the project exceeded the ori
ginal budget of $250,000 by $68,-
000.
State Planning officer H. Oliver
Welch explained that the propos
ed project will be designated to
help meet the growing industrial
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DIESEL ENGINES of the Georgia Railroad train No. 2 are shown in the photo above
after derailment Sunday evening near the old Covington Mill property at the rear
of the Covington Low Rent Housing Unit. The passenger-freight train was enroute
requirements of Paulding County.
He said the original grant, made
last year, provided federal assis
tance of $200,000 under the Appa
lachian Regional Development
Act.
“In addition to training work
ers,” Welch said, “it is antici
pated that a diversity of cours
es will be offered to encourage
students to remain in school, ra
ther than dropping out.”
Total cost of the project now
stands at $318,000.
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THESE TWO CARS crashed broadside at the intersection of College and Church Streets (South City
Square) Sunday evening about 7:45. State Patrolman Bobby Hawk was driving the Patrol Car and was
on his way to the train wreck at Covington Mill when he collided with the other car, driven by Donald
Eugene Moore of 8233 Highland Drive, Covington.
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been tampered with prevented a warning. No one was injured seriously.
Thursday, July 31, 1969
Swine Producers
Are Now Voting
On Commissions
Georgia swine producers be
gan voting last week whether to
have an agricultural commodity
commission for their product.
The referendum will continue
through August 13.
Should the proposed commis
sion receive a favorable vote. It
will be the eighth one in the
state. Commodity commissions
are already in operation for cot
ton, eggs, milk, peaches, pea
nuts, sweet potatoes and tobacco.
Sometime ago swine produc
ers requested the commissioner
of agriculture to set in motion
the procedure to form the new
commission. They nominated ten
producers to serve as commis
sion members, and from these
five were selected. Rufus Co
ody, Vienna, was named chair
man. Other members are L. H.
Cook, Rentz; Herman Denby, Tif
ton; F. M. Steward, Shellman,
and Doyle Mitchell, Monroe.
A proposed marketing order
was drawn up and a public hear
ing held on it in Atlanta July 8.
The referendum was set follow
ing the hearing.
Earlier this week (July 22)
the last in a series of ten edu
cational meetings on the pro
posed commodity commission
was held. Dr. Donald R. Ram
age, animal scientist with the
University of Georgia Cooperat
ive Extension Service, said these
meetings were conducted to ans
wer questions about the proposed
commission. All swine pro
ducers in the state were Invited
to attend.
Should the commission be voted
in, producers will assess them
selves a percentage of their gross
sales to be used for research,
education and promotion.
Anyone producing hogs to be
sold and used as pork is eligible
to participate In the referendum.
When the scope of the commis
sion’s operation covers only re
search, education and promotion,
25 percent of the producers re
presenting at least 25 percent of
the production must vote, and
two-thirds of those voting must
be In favor, for the proposal to
pass.
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