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Two improvements to cotton lint cleaners will raise crop profits.(RESEARCH)
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The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter
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May 12, 2006
| COPYRIGHT 2006 The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Two improvements to cotton lint cleaners will raise crop profits. A USDA engineer added a secondary saw to a regular saw-type cleaner and to another lint cleaner that he designed to process cotton for seed. The ...
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