Friday, January 11, 2008: 8:15 AM-12:00 PM
Governor's B (Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center)
Cotton Ginning - Friday Morning Session
Presiding:	Chris Breedlove, Olton Coop Gin, Olton, TX
Organizer:	Thomas D. Valco, USDA, ARS, Stoneville, MS
8:15 AM			Comparison of Five Small-Scale Laboratory Gins to Seven Commercial Gins Sampled Across the Cotton Belt Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation J. Clif Boykin1, Derek P. Whitelock2, Michael D. Buser3, Carlos B. Armijo4, Greg A. Holt5, Thomas D. Valco6, Dennis S. Findley7, Edward M. Barnes8 and Michael D. Watson8, (1)USDA, ARS, Cotton Ginning Lab, Stoneville, MS, (2)USDA-ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Las Cruces, NM, (3)USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, (4)USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM, (5)USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, (6)USDA, ARS, Stoneville, MS, (7)Southeastern Cotton Ginners Assn., Dawsonville, GA, (8)Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
8:30 AM			Performance of a Commercially Available Microwave-Based Bale Moisture Content Meter Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Christopher D. Delhom, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit, Stoneville, MS and Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS
8:45 AM			Pneumatic Fractionator for Cleaning Ginned Lint Recorded presentation Audio File Derek P. Whitelock1, Carlos B. Armijo1 and Edward M. Barnes2, (1)USDA-ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Las Cruces, NM, (2)Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
9:00 AM			Gin-Based Marketing Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Kyle Shofner, Schaffner Technologies, Inc, Knoxville, TN
9:15 AM			Bale Bagging Effect on Bale Weight Change During Storage: Measured and Modeled Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS
9:30 AM			Module Tarp Performance in Weathering Tests Recorded presentation Audio File Shay L. Simpson and Stephen W. Searcy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
9:45 AM			An Expensive Bale of Cotton Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Emerson E. Tucker, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association, Lubbock, TX
10:00 AM			Bale Press Maintenance and Bale Shape Recorded presentation Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation   J.W. Thomas and Duncan McCook, Lummus, Savannah, GA
10:15 AM			Break
10:30 AM			Internship Experience for an AGSM Graduate Student in 2007 Recorded presentation Audio File   S.A. Emsoff and C. B. Parnell, BAEN-TAMU, College Station, TX
10:45 AM			Economic Analysis of Transporting Seed Cotton with Semi Tractor Trailers Mark Hamann, C. B. Parnell, Jr., S. L. Simpson, S. a. Emsoff and C. Hammock, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
11:00 AM			A Historical Review of Cotton Harvester Development   J. Ray Williford, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS
11:20 AM			Cotton Ginning Equipment Development Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation   S. Ed Hughs, USDA-ARS-Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM
11:40 AM			Evolution of the Cotton Bale Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation   Andrew G. Jordan, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN
Sponsor:	Cotton Ginning Conference

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