spinning to yield yarns having properties as described in the following table ______________________________________avg tenac fiber cotton modulus itylength count denier gpd e gpd ______________________________________lot a 5 5 74 72 239 2 1 6 0lot b 4 5 73 73 177 2 7 7 2______________________________________ it is readily seen from these data that yarns produced from pacific converter sliver are not the equivalent to those made according to the present invention this example demonstrates that commercial spun yarns made from equivalent p aramid continuous filament yarns via sliver obtained using a modified seydel stretch breaker does not provide spun yarn having properties equivalent to those provided by the present invention ______________________________________ sample 1 sample 2______________________________________cotton count 83 64 denier 74 71 denier tenacity gpd 6 1 5 4elongation 2 5 2 4modulus gpd 176 178fiber length avg 3 5 3 5low 2 2 1 2high 4 7 5 3fibers cross 43 48section______________________________________ the reasons for higher strength in yarns produced in the process of this invention are believed to be due to the highly fibrillated fiber ends differences in average fiber length also probably contribute such differences could not be avoided because 1 the turbo stapler ordinarily provides at least 6.