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 commingled. In all cases 

 samples of cottonseed meal shall be, when drawn, immediately 

 placed in a tin package which must be made and kept air-tight, and 

 carefully marked, showing the number of samples taken, as well as 

 car number and mark.* 



Station Method of Sampling : The station takes a core sample 

 from 20 different bags in case of car lots by means of a tube run the 

 entire length of the bag. These samples are carefully mixed and 

 the necessary quantity put into a bottle bearing a label on which is 

 written all of the obtainable data. In case of 5 ton lots or less, 10 

 bags should be sampled. 



Method suggested to local dealers and cons2imers : It naturally is not 

 possible for the station upon request to send its representative to 

 sample goods in all sections of the state. If the dealer or large 

 consumer buys with the understanding that the meal shall conform 

 to guarantee, and be of the proper color and texture as per the 

 grading of the Crushers' Association, he should immediately notify 

 the jobber on the arrival of the car and have him send a represen- 

 tative to assist in taking a sample, or take the same himself by pre- 

 vious agreement, as per Rule 34. Open 20 bags, and if a sampling 

 tube is not available, thoroughly mix the contents of the top of each 

 bag and remove a handful from each, placing on a clean paper. 

 Mix the 20 handfuls and send to the station one-half pound of the 

 mixture in a tight tin box or stoppered bottle by mail or prepaid 

 express, together with all the necessary information such as name 

 and number of the car, date received, of whom purchased, and 

 number of bags sampled, enclosing also a guarantee tag. The 

 station furnishes blank forms for such information. Samples 

 improperly taken will not be tested. 



The station is willing and ready in so far as its 

 Relation of resources permit, to test samples of cottonseed meal 

 the Station to when purchased in ton or more than ton lots pro- 

 Seller and viding the same are properly taken, and upon 

 Consumer. request will report the results of its analysis within 

 a few days. It cannot act as analysts for import- 

 ers and jobbers ; neither will it test manufacturers' samples ; such 



*The portion of this rule relative to cargo shipments has been omitted. 



