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Ginners Marketplace COTTON

COTTON FARMING IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GINNING INDUSTRY.

Lint Contamination Prevention Always a Priority Even with the current low prices, U.S. cotton merits a market premium. In part, the reasons are: 1) we have a quality product and 2) it is relatively free of contamination. These are positives that our industry must do everything in its power to protect.

Lint contamination continues to be an important concern.

Recently, both the National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) and the National Cotton Council (NCC) have produced multiple educational pieces to assist ginners and producers in meeting our industry’s goal of zero contamination.

The NCGA recently produced the “Volume VI - Round Module Safety - Unwrapping, Handling and Storage” video.

Lummus Corporation has available the following quality, high-capacity used gin machinery.

All machinery is offered “as is, where is” (unless noted otherwise) and is subject to prior sale.

“As is” machinery can be repaired/reconditioned for an additional charge.

1 – Consolidated 96” R-5000 Stick Machine*

2 – Lummus Model 66 Lint Cleaners with Condensers 1 – Cherokee Regal RFB Lint Cleaner with Condenser and Guards

2 – Consolidated 120” R-5000 Stick Machines*

1 – Belt-Wide 75-HP Flooded-Suction Hydraulic Booster Pumping Unit 1 – Lummus 60” overshot Standard Battery Condenser*

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1 – Lubbock Electric Hydraulic Pumping Unit for Gin Dor-Les® or E.E. 1 – Consolidated 72” undershot Standard Battery Condenser* 1 – Consolidated 72” undershot MC Battery Condenser* 1 – 1997 model Ginning/Lint Cleaning Line, consisting of a 96” wide Model 700TM Feeder, 170-Saw ImperialTM III

Dor-Les® Press (single reservoir with multiple motor/pump groups) 1 – Lummus Bale Handling System for up-packing press 1 – Lot, miscellaneous Burner and Moisture Unit components (contact us for details)

Gin, Super-Jet® Lint Cleaner, and tandem (2) Model 108 Lint Cleaners, with all guards, duct work, and related items

* - does not include any Steel Supports or Platforms

Physical Address: 225 Bourne Boulevard • Savannah, Georgia 31408-9586 USA Mailing Address: P.O. Box 929 • Pooler, Georgia 31322-0929 USA Phone: (912) 447-9000 • Fax: (912) 447-9250 Toll Free (USA Only): 1-800-4LUMMUS (1-800-458-6687) Web Site: www.lummus.com • E-mail: lummus.sales@lummus.com ®

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There was a learning curve on the proper handling and unwrapping of the John Deere round modules.

While we are doing a better job of keeping this type of plastic out of the lint cotton, ginners must remain diligent and not let their guards down. They should continue teaching gin employees the correct way to handle these modules and remove the wrap.

Ginners also should continue to remind their producers that contamination prevention begins in the field, and that round modules should never be dropped on or dragged across cotton stalks or other jagged materials.

Importance Of Clean Fields

Channel Saws

Our precision CNC fabricating equipment enables us to produce the highest quality gin brushes and channel saws at a very competitive price. When it comes to our products, we use only the highest quality “Made in the USA” raw materials available.

We know gin machinery and the conditions in which it has to perform, and our brushes and channel saws are manufactured to an exacting standard for the modern cotton gin.

Ask your supplier for

RAM Brushes & Channel Saws or give us a call

RAM Manufacturing Company 1333 E. 44th St. Lubbock, TX 79404 806-745-5552 Fax: 806-745-5582 rammfgco@rammfg.net www.rammfg.net

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Other potential contamination sources are thin plastic films such as those used in vegetable production and in shopping bags. Ginners should remind their producers to police fields for these and other types of potential contaminants. It should be noted that research from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service shows that these thinner plastics are more likely to make their way through the ginning process and into baled lint. It appears that lint cleaners are not effective in removing this material. Thus, it is very important that plastic be kept out of seed cotton.

There were two documented reports of another plastic contaminant – polyethylene terephthalate (PET) strapping fragments – in lint this year. Ginners should make sure that strapping heads are inspected by a qualified strapping head technician and working properly before the first bale is ginned each ginning season. Once the season starts, the welds and cotton around the welds should be inspected daily. If small pieces of PET plastic strap are observed during this inspection, the strapping head and associated strap feeding mechanism should be adjusted, re-aligned or repaired immediately.

In a future article, I will address some other key lint contaminants and prevention steps. In the meantime, the NCC’s website contains a number of educational pieces related to contamination and quality preservation at http://www.cotton.org/tech/quality/ index.cfm. NCGA videos are available as DVDs and can be ordered at http://www.cotton.org/ncga/requestncga-media.cfm. Ginners are strongly encouraged to use all these tools and make zero contamination a priority!

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Harrison Ashley, executive vice president of the National Cotton Ginners Association, contributed this article. Contact him at (901) 274-9030 or hashley@cotton.org.

Cotton’s Calendar Aug. 17-19: ACP Meeting, New Orleans, La. Aug. 19: PCCA Board Meeting, Lubbock, Texas.

Aug. 20: Calcot Board Meeting, Bakersfield, Calif.

Aug. 24-26: NCC Mid-Year Board Meeting, Charleston, S.C. Sept. 16: Staplcotn Meeting, Greenwood, Miss.

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WWW.NORTHERNLUCUS.COM 1116 Slaton Hwy. Lubbock, TX FOR SALE: 2 – 158 GIN STANDS WITH CONTROLS MANUFACTURER OF HI-CAPACITY LINT CLEANING SYSTEMS IN 86� to 110� WIDTHS NEW 60� & 72� OVERSHOT BATTERY CONDENSERS 96� TO 144� INCLINE CLEANERS, STICK MACHINES & AIRLINE SEPARATORS HIGH CAPACITY VACUUMS USED & FACTORY REBUILT GIN MACHINERY BALE HANDLING SYSTEMS COMPLETE LINE OF REPAIR PARTS FOR MURRAY, MITCHELL, H.E., CONSOLIDATED, CONTINENTAL, MOSS, LUMMUS, HORN & CMI 806-745-8156 1-800-776-8182 FAX 806-745-0564 E-MAIL: NORTHERNLUCUS@YAHOO.COM WWW.NORTHERNLUCUS.COM

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Stover Module Retriever Bed

Stover Gin Mover

* Rubber Tracks * RMS Chain on entire bed * Specially designed hydraulic tracks * Stover sliding tracks * Splitter valve * Automatic rear bumper * Optional camera and monitor

* Easy to operate on gin yard *Driver can easily determine correct spacing of modules *Can be used for narrow module

*Can be used on traveling head module feeders

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800-689-7740 361-884-8961 www.stoverequipment.com

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