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LABORATORY MANUAL IN FIELD CROPS 



Size of bolls (15 points) 



Length of lint (20 points) 



Fineness of lint (10 points) 



Yield (20 points) 



Uniformity in length of lint (7 points) 



Strength of lint (10 points) .... 



PRACTICUM NO. 44 

 Object. Judging Market Cotton. 

 Materials. Matured dried bolls of cotton. 



Method. Use the score card and judge several different 

 samples of market cotton. 



Very large, 15 points 

 Large, 14 points 

 Medium, 12 points 

 Small, 8 points 

 Very small, 3 points 



2 inches, 20 points 

 If inches, 19 points 

 1 1 inches, 18 points 

 If inches, 17 points 

 1^ inches, 15 points 

 If nches, 10 points 

 . 1 inches, 5 points 



Very fine, 10 points 

 Fine, 8 points 

 Medium, 6 points 

 Coarse, 3 points 



Excellent, 20 points 

 Good, 18 points 

 Medium, 15 points 

 Light medium, 10 points 

 Light, 5 points 



Excellent, 7 points 

 Good, 6 points 

 Fair, 4 points 

 Poor, 2 points 



Very strong, 10 points 

 Strong, 8 points 

 Medium, 6 points 

 Weak, 3 points 



