The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-11
sIVPLIaG AND GRADING
OF tHE COTTON CROP

Sampiing auuf grazing are INC wv
ros4 imnortants PORTS in marketing
cation Unless we have correct
method Of taking samples We can
never expeet Id have correct meth
od of grading Ifter exhaustive tests
Inv the United States Agricultural De
nartment and experts it is now an
established factgthat the proper place
10 take sample is at the gin. In
sI1nport of this conclusion the follow
inc ia offered from the Yearbook Of
the United states Agricultural De
partment:
Samples taken at the gin and pro
tected bv suitable regulations, can be
made n satisfactory basis for determ-
lining grade and staple of cotton ana
will remove the necessity OF cutting
the bale for saIapling in primary mar
kets."
Coupled with o proper grading sys-
TEN the ginners sample would De
made 10 furnish an acceptable basis
for every necessary transaction be-
tween producing and consuming or
CARNATIONS originating the cutting
and consequent robbing and deterior-
alton of bales, obyiating the patching
and resultant charges in tare at com
press points, removing the most COM
mon ground fortclaims and reducing
to minimum thu city crop, which is
a needless tax o. the industry
Through the gin the entire crop
must pass and al that point the cot
ton first comes kwithin the reach of
official or trade regulation. From the
gin can come the only conclusive sta
tistics of the crop Through the gin.
ner alone can 1e careless, ignorant
or dishonest producer be effectively
reached The An plant is, in short,
the vital point in the cotton handling
situation and offers an effective
agency through Which TO bring about
improved conditions. Well organized,
responsible, co-operative, growing and
handling associations. acting III con-
cert with the other elements Of cotton
trade can ultimHely bring about i'm
provements that &ill save millions of
dollars.
In order that DE ginner may be in
position TO tad Sc correct samples,
he must have the cooperation of the
producer. In other words, the plant.
er cannot expect n true sample II he
persists in putting three or four diff
ferent grades ing one bale of seed
cotton. All Gotten should be thor
oughly mixed bsfore being ginned.
This would eliminate the presence OF
mixed packed or plated bales. which
are so detrimental to the welfare Of
honest trading. On the other hand
the ginner should be careful about
cleaning the conveyors and feed rolls,
as it often happens through this neg.
lect that the man Nith good grade
Of cotton viii follow dirty grade,
thereby suffering IN undeseryed pen
atty.
Ii might be we'll 10 state for the
purpose of comparison, that in Egypt
and British India. Yhere about IA of
the worlds production of cotton is
grown, and out of Which around 200,
600 bales are imported annually by
the buyers of this Country that the
sin sample is accepted as a guaranty
of the true worth Of the bale This
being true is it not reasonable to sup
pose that these imptrters and other
buyers win accept home cotton on
gin samples at advanced prices if we
would offer them the same honest
bale?
In South Carolina b bill was intro.
duced by Senator Jnhn L. McLaurin
before the general assembly regulat-
ing cotton grading id that State. The
bill provides that the grades shall be
those prescribed BY the u. s. Depart
ment of Agriculture and the managers
of cotton warehouses shall be appoint
ed only when they are capable and
competent 10 grade cotton. The
Warehouse and Marketing Law of
Texas requires that raanagers OF ware,
hcdses must have knowledge OF clas-
sification and the standard Of grades
shall be those of The L. s. Govern
ment Competent grSders means the
saving of thousands bf dollars to the
producer in the way bf undergrading
and every producer should avail him.
self OF the Warehohseman's knowk
edge.
OF late years tho difference in
Grade values has become alarming in
the interior markets. and if for no
other reason the producer should nv
all means see that IDS cotton is prom
erly sampled and graded. Take for
instance the difference in rrice no.
tween Middling and Low Middling.
II Is reported in some localities In
this State that Low Middling Is dis.
counted as much Nc OLE mar ro,,,,a