Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-31
RULES FOR GINNING THIS
SEASON ARE ANNOUNCED
Commissioner of Markets and Ware
houses Announces Thirteen Ginning
Rules to Be Observed.

Austin, Tex.-F. C. Weinert, commits
sioner of markets and warehouses
has announced the ginning rules to be
observed this season. They are as
follows:
Rule No. l. The ginning and machin'
cry must be in good condition and ca.
pable of doing the work required by
the state law and federal food admin.
istration, and must be kept in good
condition while being operated.
Rule No 2. All scales used by the
ginner must be kept in good condition,
must balance perfectly and weigh cor
rectly in every instance. Cotton
should be weighed correctly before be-
ing ginned and the bale should in all
instances be weighed after being gin
ned.
Rule No. g. A certificate must be
given with every bale of cotton giuned,
guaranteeing under the bond of the
ginner that during the process of gin
ming or thereafter, while the cotton
was in the possession of the ginner,
that no water or other foreign sub
stances was placed in the cotton with
intent to defraud. The certificate
shall bear the name and address of the
party for whom the cotton is ginned,
the number of bale and also the weight
of the bale, and should be signed by
contain corporated name and be sign
ed by the party issuing the certificate.
(See section 6, markets and ware
house law.)
Rule No. s. All dirt and other for
eign substance must be separated from
the seed and kept separated. This is
required by the state law and also by
the federal food administration.
Rule No 6. The bale must be secure
ly wrapped with good quality of bag
ging, using standard ties, and the ends
of the bale must be covered and sew
ed. This is required by the state law
and the federal food administration.
Rule No. Z. Gins must not be run too
rapidly. If run at too high a speed
the staple is injured and the grade of
tions per minute is the maximum
speed that any gin must be run. More
attention must be paid to quality of
work than quantity.
Rule No. s. Ginners must not gin
wet cotton. You can not comply with
the state law nor the federal food ad-
ministration regulations by ginning
wet cotton, thence ginning of wet cot
ton is prohibited.
Rule No. g. In case of fire during
the process of ginning bale of cot
ton, such bale must not be stored with
other bales of cotton ginned for a pc
riod of forty-eight hours after the fire,
and if the bale is removed from the
gin yard you will be required to mark
the bale Fire." in red ink, so as to
put the public on notice of such fact.
Rule No. 10. The gin house and gin
yard must be kept clean of loose notes
and other matter that will increase the
fire hazard. The excessive danger
from fire must be; eliminated. The
less the fire hazard the less the rate
and the more money you will have for
yourself, your family and your country.
Rule No. IL Cotton seed must not
be wasted or thrown on ground where
they Will become mixed with dirt De-
struction of cotton seed is prohibited
under federal statutes, and heavy
penalty is prescribed for so doing.
Rule No. II. Cotton seed must not
be stored on the ground or in damp
or moist room where they will become
damaged. If dirt floor is used it
must be well drained and have no
loose dirt on the surface. This rule is
required by the federal food admins
tration.
Rule No 13 Ginners are urged to
gin not less than 1,400 nor more than
1900 pounds of seed cotton in each
bale. This will make bales more uni
form and economic car space.