Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-06
UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION

suPSIseueS OuI ClICular leLleT august
1st( 1918:
The Food Administrators of Zone
6-Texas. Mississippi, Arkansas,
Tennessee and Louisiana, hereby
designate and determine under
Special Rule 8, the following to be
the charges for ginning cotton:
ID The price Of soc per hun.
dred pounds of seed cotton, or 9Cc
per hundred pounds lint cotton, is
hereby determined as a fair and Just
charge for the service of ginning
picked dry cotton.
CD The charge for wrapping
shall be One Dollar and Seventy five
Cents &1.75) per bale, basis New
Two Pound g pound) Bagging and
Forty-five Pound Las pound) Arrow
Ties. Where lighter or secondhand
bagging is used, proper deduction
shall be made and when heavier
bagging is ordered. the additional
cost shall be charged.
CD The price of 35c per hun
dred pounds, plus above charge for
bagging and ties is hereby determin-
ed as a just and fair charge for the
service of ginning long staple cot
ton of / 3-16 staple and over, where
such cotton requires special care,
time or readjustment Of machinery;
the cotton to be ginned slowly and
the roll run out.
ca The price of 40c to SOC per
hundred pounds Of seed cotton. plus
above charge for bagging and ties,
is considered as a just and fair
charge for the service of ginning
snapped or pulled cotton or unopen-
ed "bollie" cotton.
60 Where there are no platform
scales, cotton seed shall be estimated
as twice the gross weight of the
ginned bale.
Co Ginners are to keep a correct
record showing the name and aC-
dress of each party for whom they
sin cotton, the amount of cotton
ginned in each case, and the actual
charge made for such service. and
furnish copy to farmer. They must
be in position at all times to furnish
detailed information to the United
States Food Administration.
60 1t is necessary that ginners
perform his service in such a way
that the seed cotton shall be cleaned
and the lint removed from thaxseed
in an efficient manner. Ouch
foreign substances as are removed
from the seed cotton shall not be
returned to the seed, but the seed
shall be kept in a clean condition.
Ginners are not permitted to mix
any foreign material with cotton
seed during the time that it is under
treir control or in their possession.
60 The charge for ginning shall
be the same whether or not the cot
ton or the cotton seed is purchased
by the ginner.
Co Ginners are to gin as rapidly
as possible, consistent with good
work, all dry seed cotton tendere'
them, and upon demand they are to
return to the owner the cotton anC
cotton seed ginned by them. This
Department does not look with favor
upon the purchase of seed cotton, a.
such maner of purchasing cottor
seed does not indicate a definite
price payment for same. If cottor
seed is purchased by the ginner M
!, must be guided by our Rule No.
and Circular No. 40.
!, (1O) Ginners are to keep a care
full record, showing the name ant
, address of each party from whon
; they purchase cotton seed, togethe
with the quantity and price paid TO
: same, furnishing copy to seller.
: Q1) In making shipments in ca
lots of cotton seed, seed merchant
/, must properly equip the cars wit,
: grain doors or their equivalent, Il
order to secure the capacity loadin'
of the cars and to conserve the seed
the weight of the grain doors o
!. substitutes not to be included in tn
net weight of the shipment OF tt
seed.
? 12) Ginners and seed merchant
must post in a conspicuous piac
{ their Federal license covering oper;
tons.
. 13) Licensees are requested
report to this Department any II
fractions of its rules.
Very truly yours,
P. NJ. HARDING,
Federal Food Administrator
-, For the State of Mississippi.