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Sets New Peak Of 11 SET GINNING RECORD?-There may be several other gins in the area which have eclipsed the mark, but the Shallowater Co- Op gin is claiming a record for the total number of bales of cotton ginned during the 1949-50 season. The gin, managed by R. BL Sport, left above, ginned a total of 11,602 bales from Sept. 6 through Feb. 15, the gin's records show. At right in the picture above is Miss Vivian Reed, bookkeeper at the gin, and in the bottom picture is H. O. Calloway, ginner. tStaff Photos.J Shallowater Co-Op Claims Ginning Record For 1949-50 Did any gin on the South Plains area turn out more than 11,602 bales of cotton during the 1949-50 season? If so, it can lay claim to a record for ginning, now claimed by the Shallowater Co-Op gin. R. B. Sport, manager of the gin, said his plant really ginned away during the past season in setting the new ginning record. Several days during the season, the gin turned out 97-99 bales in 12 hours, 9916 bales in 12 hours being the best days ginning, Sport said. Eight bales an hour was a good average, he said. The gin, a five-80 saw stand plant, has been a cooperative gin since 1936. It was built as a Farm Bureau gin in 1927. Sport has been manager since 1944, and in the as ginning business 45 years. He start- ed as a youngster at' Detroit, Tex. From 300 to 500 bales of cotton were in wagons and trailers on the yard throughout most the the sea- son, Sport said. Day and night op- eration was followed from Oct. 3 through Dec. 24. The gin has 23 employes and 379 stockholders. About 325 farmers brought cotton to the gin this sea- son, Sport said. ' The gin has averaged returning 570,000 a year to stockholders for the past several years, Sport said. The gin turned out 8,831 bales in 1947 and 8,623 bales in 1948. This year's labor bill was S25.ll9.9l. E. B. Teague is president of the gin's board of directors. H. Warren is vice president and C. C. Vance secretary. Directors are: R C Middlebrook E R Merrell C B Vardeman and Glenn Black mon One other Lubbock county gm has passed the 11000 bale mark W O Fortenberry gin at New Deal which has ginned 11052 bales this season 2 ge t ' and was still Oper-Ewing. it is the We 14PP7'eCicL7 6, 'folu' i?:.Tro77af1e Bules Of Cotton
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