Cotton Ginning Research : USDA ARS
Roller ginning began with the Churka gin, which was developed during the 12 th and 14 th centuries in India and China. This gin produced 5 pounds of lint per day. Nowadays, a 40inch wide highspeed roller gin stand processes cotton at 1,900 pounds of lint per hour, and is used to gin Pima and highquality Upland cottons grown in the Western