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10. The cotton trade in Oklahoma recognizes no grade above 

 good middling although many thousand bales of higher grade are 

 produced. 



11. The practice of selling in seed saves time of men and teams 

 at the gin, but encourages careless and dishonest practices on the 

 part of both producer and ginner. 



12. Prices paid to farmers both for seed cotton and for lint are 

 too largely based on a system of averages. This works great in- 

 justice to the producers of the best grades and discourages improve- 

 ment of varieties in percentage of lint yield and in length of staple. 



13. The greatest losses to the farmers under the present system of 

 marketing appear to lie in their failure to secure the premium for 

 their high grades which these bales finally bring. 



14. No relief from this condition can be expected while grading 

 is wholly in the hands of the buyers. As long as this is the case 

 the cotton will never be closely graded until after it has left the 

 growers' possession. 



15. Cooperation among growers, if properly organized, would 

 probably furnish some measure of relief, but under present condi- 

 tions a rather expensive selling department would probably be neces- 

 sary. 



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