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INSPECTION or COTTON BY BORING THE DALB ON ITS FLAT - • 



SIDE WITM A COTTON AUGER 



THE LOOSE COTTON SHOWN ON THE BALE AS INDICATED BYTV" 

 IS A SAMPLE. THAT HAS BEEN DRAWN FROM BOTH EDGES Or 

 THE BALE, WITH WHICH THE COTTON DRAWN PROM THE BALE 

 BY INSPECTION, AS SHOWN ON THE SNO OF THE AUGER "B" IS 

 TO BE COMPARED, SO AS TO DETECT MIXTURE IN GRADE. OR 

 FALSE PACKING— THE SMALL HOLE ON THE EDGE OF THE 

 BALE^CV, IS THE HOLE CUT IN THE BACCINC BY THE PRODUC- 

 ER, FROM WHICH HE HAS DRAWN A SAMPLE, ON WHICH THE PRI- 

 MARY SALE, OF HIS BALE OF COTTON AT A COUNTRY TOWN, WAS 

 CONSUMATED.— 'd:e.f:g: are FLAKES OF LOOSE COTTON THAT HAVI 

 ------- pioH THE SAMPLES AND BORINGS. THIS LOOSE IS CATHERBO 



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