128 KNAPP METHOD OF GROWING COTTON 



before the South Carolina Farmers' Institute, 

 spoke as follows about the work of cotton 

 standardization of the department: 



"The official cotton grades have met with 

 the approval of most of the Southern cotton 

 exchanges and have been formally adopted at 

 the following places : 



"New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, Little 

 Rock, Natchez, Mobile, Macon, Galveston, 

 and Charleston. 



"The New England, the Texas, and also 

 the Southern Cotton Buyers' Association have 

 agreed to make the official grades the basis 

 of their operations. 



"For any grower who desires the grades and 

 feels that he cannot afford a complete set, 

 the Department has arranged to fill orders 

 for any three grades. Low middling, middling, 

 and good middling, for instance, usually cover 

 the bulk of the crop and for white cotton these 

 three boxes would indicate the grade fairly 

 close. 



"The price of the nine official cotton grades 

 has been reduced from $30 to $25, and the 

 price of the fractional sets have been reduced 

 to $9 that is, $3 per box or grade." 



