Cotton Judging Practice Test Questions

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Originally used to refer to cotton grown on raised lands not prone to flooding. Now refers to short and medium staple cottons.

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Country Damage

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Unginned, picked cotton

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Seed Cotton

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An extreme form of immature cotton, having a thin fibre wall. Can result from disease, pest attack or a foreshortened ripening period.

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Dead Cotton

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cotton grown using mainly water provided by the natural cycle of rainfall rather than artificial irrigation. Also known as dryland cotton.

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Dryland Cotton

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Anything that is not part of the cotton plant

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Foreign matter

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The size of an individual cotton fiber taken in cross-section

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Micronaire

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Describes the leaf or "trash" content of cotton lint

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Leaf Grade

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A coarse, brown fiber from the stalk of a bast plant.

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Jute

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High Volume Instrument testing. Systems by which high speed bale by bale testing can be attained. Bales are tested for micronaire, length, uniformity, strength, elongation, color and trash content

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HVI

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the ratio of lint to seed cotton produced by the ginning process

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Ginning outrun