Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Americana Corporation, 1965 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... bale ) it is pressed down slightly by a mechanical tramper . The press box is located over the ram of the press , which rises from below and presses the cotton into bales . The bales are then cov- ered with approximately six yards of ...
... bale ) it is pressed down slightly by a mechanical tramper . The press box is located over the ram of the press , which rises from below and presses the cotton into bales . The bales are then cov- ered with approximately six yards of ...
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... bales in 1924 to an all - time high of 14,137,000 bales in 1939. In the same period the proportion of the world carry - over of United States cotton in stock in the United States ranged from 45 per cent in 1925 to 95 per cent in 1944 ...
... bales in 1924 to an all - time high of 14,137,000 bales in 1939. In the same period the proportion of the world carry - over of United States cotton in stock in the United States ranged from 45 per cent in 1925 to 95 per cent in 1944 ...
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... bales of United States cotton annually . The average for the following decade declined by approximately 1,000,000 bales , and the average for the last five years before World War II was nearly 2,000,000 bales lower than that for 1920 ...
... bales of United States cotton annually . The average for the following decade declined by approximately 1,000,000 bales , and the average for the last five years before World War II was nearly 2,000,000 bales lower than that for 1920 ...
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