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Comparsion of Finger Strippers, Brush Roll Strippers and Spindle Pickers on the Texas High Plains

A. D. Brashears and R. V. Baker


 
ABSTRACT

A comparison was conducted in 1998 on narrow row cotton harvested with a finger stripper to cotton grown in 40-inch row spacing and harvested with a brush roll stripper and a spindle picker. The brush roll stripper and finger stripper were equipped with a field cleaner. Two cotton varieties D&PL 1220 and PM 2200 were grown under both row patterns and irrigated with a LEPA irrigation system. The plots were 4 rows wide and the harvested area varied from ½ to 3/4 acre. The cotton was harvested on Oct. 16-19, 1998 and ginned the following day at the USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Lubbock, TX.



Reprinted from Proceedings of the 2000 Beltwide Cotton Conferences pp. 452 - 453
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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