Tests with laboratory and commercial scale cage gins have shown that this new ginning principal produces superior quality lint as compared to other ginning methods. One deficiency which has been revealed has been in the present feed system. Data from conveyor feeding tests showed that hand separated locks increased lint turnout by more than 27 per cent as compared to unseparated seed cotton. Tests also showed that as loading density for a uniform single point feed increased, lint turnout decreased. The study also showed that uniform coverage of the cage gin with single point feeding has theoretical potential for increasing capacity as compared to present feeding techniques.