of the second and third extracting cylinders 12 and 14 as shown in fig2 referring not to fig3 therein is shown an optional cotton overflow device 25 adjacent extractor cylinder 2 the overflow device includes a first passage 26 to receive overflow cotton that is unable to enter cylinder 2 passage 26 directs the overflow to an auxiliary extractor cylinder 27 partly cleaned cotton from cylinder 27 is directed back to cylinder 2 by means of passage 28 foreign matter and lost cotton from cylinder 27 travels through passage 7a to the first reclaimer cylinder 10 not shown in fig3 fig4 illustrates an optional attachment for the extractor cylinders to aid in the removal of sticks many sticks if not thrown off early by an extractor cylinder may become oriented in a position more or less parallel to the flow of cotton around the extractor saw with the free ends of the sticks in the lead and the trailing ends embedded in the cotton as if the sticks are being pushed around the saw by the trailing ends to take advantage of this orientation a spring loaded guide 30 and an adjacent fixed blunt nosed member or bar 32 together define a self adjustable open window in close proximity to surface 31 of for example the first extractor cylinder 2 to permit egress of sticks 35 which are embedded in cotton on the surface but which have leading free ends in the direction of cylinder rotation the size and position of the window are such that members 30 and 32 both engage the sticks passing therebetween but do not provide resistant to passage guide 30 not only functions to.