The final stage in the process involved giving the mattress a vigorous pounding with stout sticks. From a USDA Circular. Page 4 of 4.

Cotton Mattress Circular, p.4
Series I, subseries 1, Documentary Files (1914-1939), Box 1.1/8, file "VI B9. Cotton mattress program, Book 1, 1940," USDA History Collection, Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

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