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Cotton season boosts proof of mechanization in crops
The 1949 cotton season saw broad adoption of mechanical harvesters in California. About 850 springle-type pickers worked as Internationals, Allis-Chalmers two row pickers and new Rust machines harvested roughly 15 percent of the crop. Field recovery and grades improved over 1948 due to better stands, weather, trained operators, and the Acala 442 strain. Harvest reliability exceeded 90 percent with many plots at 95 to 96 percent. Grades were 21 percent middling or middling plus, 56 percent low middling, 23 percent low middling, reflecting the season's progress.
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