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  • Cotton classifier (?)

    Can anyone suggest what being a cotton classifier entailed?

    I've looked in 'A - Z big book of genealogy' but there is no entry for that occupation.

    Kind regards

  • #2
    I would imagine it was sorting cottons into different grades/qualities etc. but you never know, they had some funny titles for jobs

    Just found this...the modern equivalent??




    and this.....................................

    Cotton classing is the measuring and classification of cotton by its specific physical attributes. This information is attached to the individual bale and thus clarifies the actual value of it, helping the marketing for the cotton producers. For the consumer of cotton, i.e., the spinning mills, the precise information about the cotton fibers purchased, enables optimizing its raw material selection and blending, which is necessary for producing a continuous level of yarn quality.

    Today, cotton is classed based on its measurements for fiber length, strength and length, micronaire (a measure of the cotton's fineness), color grade, color reflectance, color yellowness, and trash percent area.[
    Last edited by Loopy Linda in La La Land; 17-08-13, 09:27.

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