Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-15

Washington Sept. 15.-American
upland cotton will be graded on and
after August 20, 1886, according to the
new grades standards which became
effective on that date, Dr. A. G. Black,
chief of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, announced today.
These revised standards were Off
cially promulgated on August 20, 1885,
and have been put into use exactly
one year later in accordance with the
provisions of the Cotton Standards
Act and the Cotton Futures Act.
The universal standards for the
grade of American cotton establish
ed by the United States Department
of Agriculture have been accepted by
all of the principal cotton organiza-
tions of Europe, and these standards,
together with those for length of
staple, are generally used throughout
the world wherever American cotton
is bought and sold The present grade
standards have been in effect since
August 1924.
U. 5. Crop Whittier.
In discussing the origin of the new
standards, DR.. Black explained that
for some years, the American cotton
crop has been growing whittier in color
and that very little blue stained or
yellow stained cotton has been gin
ned. Conditions contributing to this
change include earlier movement of
the crop, less exposure of cotton than
formerly, the planting of earlier ma
turing varieties to avoid boil weevil
damage, earlier picking and prompter
ginning. Improved road conditions
and the increasing use of motor truck
has contributed to earlier handling.
Requests were received from time
to time from organizations of produ-
GERS, merchants and manufacturers
that the standards be revised to make
them more representative of crops
now being produced. PRONUNCIATION of
the revision last year followed the ex-
animation and approval of the grade
boxes by representatives of producers
and other organizations in the Ameri-
can industry and of the European as
sociatiOns and exchanges that are
parties to the Universal Cotton Stand
ards Agreements. It is anticipated
that the revised standards will facili-
tate marketing by producers as we'll
as transactions between members of
the trade and cotton manufacturers
an America and abroad
Number of Grades Reduced.
In the new standards the number
or grades has been reduced from 81
40 81. These latter include 9 grades
for white cotton, for extra white.
8 for tinged3 for gray, for spotted,
and for yellow stained Of the totaf
only IL are represented by grade
boxes, namely, 8 white grades. Strict
Good Mddling to Good Ordinary. in
elusive, and the 5 tinged grades Good
Mddling to Low Middling inclusive.
All of the other grades are descriptive.
In the old standards 25 grades were
represented by boxes which were sold
to purchases in the United States at
$500 each, or $125.00 for complete
set. The cost of a complete set of the
l3 grade boxes of the new standards
is only $65.O0
New White Grades Shifted.
The new white grades are shifted
to include white cotton and the more
creamy bales in the white grades have
been eliminated, since such cotton
could not be found in quantities suf-
ficient to make copies of the old stan
dards. The grades for blue stained
and for Strict Good Middling tinged
have been dropped.
Under the Cotton Futures Act all
cotton previously classed and certifi-