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WILD AND CULTIVATED COTTONS 



Grades of 

 cotton. 



middling have a corresponding discount. The grades do not seem 

 to be veiy sharply defined. In fact, it would seem very difficult to 

 give accurate descriptions that would define the thirty different grades, 

 all of which to a non-expert would look very much alike in the bale. 

 The definition given for cotton to be graded ' fair ' states that it must 

 be free from mote, gincut and all foreign substances. Samples of 

 the various grades are kept at the principal cotton markets, and the 

 bales are graded by comparison with sample.' 



1 Inspection Bureau, New York Cotton Exchange; 

 New York Differences in Grade : 



Cents. 



Fair . . ... . . . 1.30 on 



Strict Middling Fair 1.13 



Middling Fair . 96 



Barely Middling Fair 79 



Strict Good Middling 62 



Fully Good Middling 53 



Good Middling 44 



Barely Good Middling 33 



Strict Middling 22 



Middling . Basis 



Strict Low Middling 14 off 



Fully Low Middling 26 



Low Middling 38 



Barely Low Middling 55 



Strict Good Ordinary 72 



Fully Good Ordinary .86 



Good Ordinary 1.00 



Strict Good Middling Tinged . . .30 on 



Good Middling Tinged .... Value of Mid. 



Strict Middling Tinged 06 off 



Middling Tinged 12 



Strict Low Middling Tinged . . .34 



Low Middling Tinged 50 



Strict Good Ordinary Tinged . . .84 



Fully Middling Stained 42 



.Middling Stained 50 



Barely Middling Stained 78 



Strict Low Middling Stained . . . 1.06 



Fully Low Middling Stained . . . 1.28 



Low Middling Stained .... 1.50 



Sea Island 

 cottons. 



East Floridas 



Fancy Georgias and Floridas 

 No. ones .... 

 No. twos .... 

 No. threes .... 

 No. fours 



26 cents. 

 25 

 24-i 



22-i 

 21 



