Update On Vacuum Cotton Picker

Update On Vacuum Cotton Picker COMBINES Miscellaneous 25-6-36 I wanted to thank you for the article you published on my vacuum cotton picker (Vol. 25 Issue 3). I received a number of phone calls and letters expressing interest and support. I spent most of the sping and summer refining and testing the design. We've been in the field with prototype units this fall and the results are very encouraging. We calculate that it's picking about 75% of the cotton, including some of the immature bolls. We've determined that making a few more changes in it, like increasing the fan size and improving the air balance inside the head, will allow us to pick at least as much cotton as any head now available. A number of machinery manufacturers have shown interest in it and we are still in talks with some of those. I'm hopeful that by harvest time next year, we'll have some complete heads we can use for demonstration purposes at farm shows and field days. (Randy Thompson, 8794 Denham Road, Sycamore, GA 31790 (ph 229 831-4795; E-mail: dianet@ surfsouth.com).

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