Dr. Derek P. Whitelock¹, Dr. Michael D. Buser², Mr. Carlos B. Armijo¹, Dr. Greg Holt³, Mr. J. Clif Boykin⁴, Dr. Thomas D. Valco⁵, Mr. Dennis S. Findley Jr.⁶, Dr. Edward M. Barnes⁷, and Mr. Michael D. Watson⁷. (1) USDA, ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, P. O. Box 578, Mesilla Park, NM 88047, (2) USDA, ARS, Cotton Production & Processing Research Unit, Route 3, Box 215, Lubbock, TX 79401, (3) Cotton Prod. & Processing Res. Unit, USDA-ARS, Route 3, Box 215, 1604 E. FM Road 1294, Lubbock, TX 79403, (4) U. S. Cotton Ginning Lab, P. O. Box 225, Stoneville, MS 38776, (5) USDA, ARS, 141 Experiment Road, Stoneville, MS 38776, (6) South East Cotton Ginners Association, 139 Prominence Court, Suite 110, Dawsonville, GA 30534, (7) Cotton Incorporated, 6399 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC 27513