A hairy-leaf cotton was processed at 5.9% moisture through minimum and two intermediate levels of gin cleaning. The cotton was then further cleaned and processed with textile machinery. During gin cleaning the composite grade improved from Good Ordinary for the minimum cleaning sequence to Strict Low Middling Plus for the maximum cleaning sequence, but the lint turnout was reduced 2.9%. The value of 1,400 pounds of seedcotton increased from $235 to $306 as the cleaning levels increased. Lint foreign matter was reduced from 8.7% to 2.4%, but fiber staple length was reduced from 35.9/32nd inch to 35.1/32nd inch. Neps and small seedcoat fragments increased as the amount of cleaning machinery increased, but motes decreased.