Cotton picking to prevent "three wires"
"Three-wire" refers to the foreign fiber in cotton, such as chemical fiber, silk, hemp, hair, plastic rope, cloth and so on. The mixing of foreign fibers occurs mainly in all aspects of cotton production, processing and distribution. Especially when picking, cotton farmers use chemical fiber woven bags and nylon ropes as packaging and binding tools, resulting in the mixing of chemical fiber woven bag yarns and nylon string yarns into cotton. In addition, cotton, hair, etc. are mixed with cotton during picking, drying, and sale. The incorporation of “three wires†into cotton will affect the appearance of yarn and cotton cloth, resulting in a decline in the quality of textiles. With the increasing export of China's textile products, the losses caused by the “three wires†to the textile industry have become increasingly apparent. The foreign claims cases caused by this have occurred from time to time, which has seriously affected the reputation of China’s cotton and cotton textiles. Putting an end to the "three silks" must start from the source. For example, to the majority of cotton farmers to propagate the harm of the opposite fiber, so that cotton farmers consciously do not woven bags, nylon rope, hemp rope and other picking or packaging of cotton. The cotton acquisition companies in various regions should take measures such as picking, drying, selling, smashing, and processing, such as supplying cotton bags through payment or cost, and calling farmers to use cotton bags to pick and sell cotton, and use pure cotton ropes for cotton. Zhakou; dispatched special picks on the seed cotton seedlings, and so on. Relevant departments have proposed that, in the future, cotton buying and selling companies and textile enterprises can increase their prices, lower prices, reject and return goods according to the content of “three wires†in cotton, and achieve survival and elimination of the fittest through market competition, so as not to focus on improving quality and not eliminating “three wiresâ€. "The producers and companies have no place in the market.