'The Department of Cotton Lmement of the University of nking with the support of the Cotton" Millowners' Aseomation of China and the Cotton Anti-Adulteraltion Association, "however, hag been conducting exten sive' acclimatization work on two) American varieties and selection for improvenient of the Chinese plant along lines that have been proved successful in the work of the Department of Agriculture in America. The results of the work after four years of imtensive effort hive been evident to those who could. examine the product in the laboratory or by those who saw the fields and picked the cotton from. the open bolls ne the embers of the Cotton Millowners' Association of China who vuated tanking in early November can witness, Tt remained, for actual _performance throughout the various mill operations to determine the actual worth and. possibilities of the improved cottons. Tests wore made of each of the three types that, have been established; the! acclimatized Trice (American), the acclimatized Acala (American), and the new variety Chines cotton known as "-Mal-lion Dollar." A few extracts from each of the reports, may be quoted to advantage.
From mill testing the bale of cotton from America classed as Strict MidWing (Liverpool) are as follows:
20011 300 Jb sasnples Saunplea Trice Cotton Waxte Lows from. train University Amorioa. of Nanking Throvgh bate breaker ad
Hopper feed por opener S801 400% Creighton
Sento 318 "40 opens 1
Total was Love per cook 080
In comparwon of teste in strength of yarn of 20' counts)
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