Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-05
TO GRADE COTTON SEED


lima Cotton Seed Crusher's association,
and with the approval Of President
Dabbs, Of the Farmers Union, and J.
N. Harper, Of Clemson college, Com
missioner Watson is going to under
take to put into effect a system OF
selling cotton seed by grade, and the
Cotton Seed Crusher's association is
to undertake to pay the preliminary
expenses in connection with the ex-
pertinent
I The cotton seed crushers claim that
heretofore the buying Of seed has
been a regular cut-throat business
1t is a fact that good oil and good
meal suitable for feed purposes can
not be made from damaged seed. II
is common for seed sellers to take
poor care Of their products, and 1t Is
not unusual for the mills to be Offer
ed seed for crushing that is hardly
fit for fertilizer. The mills make such
deductions as they think is right; but
there being no standard system for
these deductions, there is great deal
of dissatisfaction connected Herewith
The system it is proposed to adopt
Is as follows:
. Prime cotton seed shall be clean,
dry and sound, free from dirt, trash
and foreign matter. Seed not COM
ing up to requirements OF prime
seed shall be considered ON seed.
All seed shall be graded before un-
loading as follows: Take ten repre-
sentative samples Of one pound eacn
from the different parts OF the car
or wagon. Thoroughly mix same in
to one composite sample; then with
square edge knife cut Off about LOO
seed; from the whole so separated pick
up 100 seed in the order they are found
the 100 seed taken by the above
method to constitute the representa-
tive sample. "
Deductions to be made as fol-
lows:
mo deduction for seed damaged
under nine per cent.
seed damaged 10 per cent and not
over Is per cent, deduct u per cent
from the cost price Of same.
Seed damaged 16 per cent and moi
over 20 per cent, deduct 15 per cent
from cost price Of same.
, Seed damaged 81 per cent and no,
over 25 per cent, deduct 20 per cent
from the cost price Of same.
Seed damaged 26 per cent and not
over 80 per cent, deduct 20 per cent
from the cost price Of same.
IF seed go above 80 per cent dam
age, owners had better sell by
sample"
The drawing of the sample Is to be
done in the presence Of witnesses on
behalf Of both the mill and the seller
The sample is to be sealed and certi-
fed and sent to the department OF
agriculture. When the chemist gets
the seed he collects from the sample
100 Individual seed. They are GU,
with a sharp knife. Those 90
are from light brown to chocolate
color which are soft and mushy OF
which have become dust by reason OIL
dry rot or which are so shriveled as
practically to furnish no meat, are to
be counted as "off" or damaged
seed.
The reasons for damage to cotton
seed are:
1. The packing down Of seed cot.
ton so as to have 1t heat before II
goes to the gin.
z. Ine storage Ol the SCcu III oeSA.
manner as to allow them to hea'
after ginning.
8. Allowing seed to become we,
either in the house or In haunns
them to the market.
4. The piling Of seed in the heio
and then packing them up again 10
haul to market.
The above are the things the farm-
er is cautioned to avoid.
Commissioner Watson has an
nounced that it has been agreed that
the system Of grading would be put
into effect Immediately and he mas
already taken the necessary steps To
prepare for the work. He stated FUR
ther that an agreement had also been
reached to the effect that II the plans
as outlined and adopted did not prove
satisfactory to either buyers or sell
ers, upon complaint Of either party
and notification to him another con.
ference would be called at which all
such points woul' be discussed and
such changes ma lie as the practical
experience with the plan might In
dicate to be for the best interests OF
everybody concerned.
Under the system of grading adopt
ed the maximum deduction for dam