Technological Bulletin Series A No. 57. November 1943. Indian Central Cotton Committee Technological Laboratory. Technological Reports on Trade Varieties of Indian Cottons 1943

With the expansion of the Committee's schemes in the provinces and the growing recognition of the value of the tests carried out at the Laboratory the number of such samples increased steadily ; but there was a general feeling that the Laboratory should render more direct assistance to the cotton trade and the textile industry. [...] The object of making these tests was to place in the hands of the cotton textile industry information regarding the waste losses and the spinning performance of different trade varieties in the early part of the season in order to enable the consumers to decide which of these cottons would be suitable for their mixings Theseiv tests were begun in 193041 and have been continued upto the present