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2021 TCGA Summer Intern Reports In spite of the pandemic, we were able to host a few interns this year. These internships give college students a chance to see what cotton ginning may look like as a career path. Since the inception of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association Summer Internship Program in 2008, we have hosted more than 30 individuals. Had it not been for TCGA’s internship, most of those students would have never set foot in a cotton gin. We currently have several former interns who are employed throughout the industry doing some good work. Our hope is the program will continue to produce quality young men and women who are ready to enter the workforce once they graduate from college. Below, Lane Fisher, who is from Lubbock, and Daylan Schulz, who hails from Abbott, Texas, talk about their experiences in this year’s program. Lane Fisher — Texas A&M University For the first half of my Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association internship, I have been working at Highway 67 Cotton Gin in Miles, Texas. I would like thanking my generous hosts, Mr. Willis Taubert, Mr. Max Kerley and the rest of the employees, for their immense hospitality.
My internship began with Mr. Taubert explaining each step in the ginning process from module to bale while giving me a tour of the gin. Most of the yearly maintenance had been finished before I arrived. However, I got to participate in changing leaky O-rings in the press hydraulic pumping units. I learned that no matter how hard you try not to, hydraulic fluid will get everywhere. Highway 67 has decided to replace their module feeder this year. We have been busy installing the parts as they come. A new power main needed to be installed to power the new fans for the new module feeder and precleaner, so I have learned a lot about electrical power and control equipment in a gin. In between the installation and maintenance of the machinery, Mr. Taubert taught me about the ginning industry as a whole. He took me to a local bale warehouse and grain elevator. Mr. Taubert taught me how gins make money as well as how they make money for their farmers. He also explained that not all gins operate the same and discussed some of the
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