means in his power to see that this most valuable product is unadul- 

 terated, that it is properly branded and that it substantially conforms 

 to the guarantee placed upon it. 



Northern and southern dealers must get together and arrange a 

 more systematic and just code of business rules relative to the 

 handling of this product. 



RULES OF THE INTERSTATE COTTON CRUSHERS' ASSOCIA= 

 TION FOR SAMPLING COTTONSEED MEAL. 



Rule 17. Section i. Samples shall in every case be drawn in 

 the presence of representatives of both seller and buyer at American 

 destination by a reliable party or parties, who shall make affidavit as 

 prescribed by these rules in the " form of claims."* 



Sec. 2. If the seller refuses or neglects for 48 hours after notifi- 

 cation to appear in person or appoint a representative to draw the 

 samples in the presence of the buyer or his representative for arbi- 

 tration, then the buyer may appoint any disinterested person to 

 draw such samples. 



Rule 20. Two ounces or more from a sack shall constitute a sam- 

 ple of meal and must be drawn so as to fairly represent the entire con- 

 tents of the bag. Twenty samples from each carload, or 50 sacks 

 from each 100 tons, if not shipped in car lots, shall be sufficient to 

 represent a shipment. Samples of meal if of approximately the 

 same grade and quality need not be kept separate, but may be com- 

 mingled in which case they must be placed in a metal mailing or 

 sample box and carefully marked, showing the number of samples 

 taken as well as car number and mark. 



*FoRM OF Claims. Sec. 6. I, the undersigned, do hereby make affidavit that I iiave 



drawn fair and true samples from packages of being not less than 



...... per cent of the entire number of packages embraced in a shipment made by 



from as evidenced by bil! of lading dated and 



issued by 



The samples were carefully taken so as to secure a fair representation of the contents of 

 the individual package and a true average of the quality of the entire shipment. 



I certify to the correctness of the samples, which are marked as follows: 



and which represents the shipments marked or identified as follows : 



or contained in 



Sworn to before me, a notary or justice of the peace of county, and state of 



and duly authorized by law to take depositions, this . . . day of 



igo-. ..... 



