2 BULLETIN 990, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Upon receipt of this cotton in Washington it was again classed and 

 stapled and only typical bales of each grade were included in the 

 final selection. By using this selection, the bulk of the off-colored 

 cottons from the various districts of the cotton belt were included. 



Table 1 shows the grade, weight, number of bales, length, and 

 character of staple, point of origin, and the year in which the cotton 

 was grown. 



Table 1. — Stock selected for spinning test on colored cotton. 



Grade. 



Weight. 



Staple 

 length. 



Character of 

 staple. 



Origin. 



Crop. 



Remarks. 



L.M 



Pounds. 

 126 

 100 

 115 

 140 



Inch. 

 15/16 

 15/16 

 15/16 

 15/16 



15/16 

 15/16 

 15/16 

 15/16 

 15/16 



7/8 

 15/16 

 15/16 

 15/16 

 15/16 



15/16 

 15/16 

 15/16 

 15/16 



1 



1 



15/16 



15/16 



1 



15/16 



15/16 

 15/16 



7/8 



15/16 



7/8 



1 



Medium... 

 Medium... ... 



Medium. .. 

 Medium. . 



Medium. . . 

 Medium. . . 

 Medium... 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium .... 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium... 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium to 

 hard. 



Little Rock, Ark 



Bay City, Tex 



New York, N.Y 



Year. 

 1919-20 

 1919-20 

 1917-18 

 1919-20 



1917-18 

 1917-18 

 1917-18 

 1917-18 

 1917-18 



1917-18 

 1917-18 

 1917-18 

 1917-18 

 1917-18 



1918-19 

 1916-17 

 1918-19 

 1918-19 



1918-19 

 1918-19 

 1917-18 



1918-19 

 1918-19 

 1918-19 



1918-19 

 1918-19 

 1918-19 



1918-19 

 1917-18 

 191.5-16 







Shy because of pin leaf. 











481 





G.M.Y.T... 



60 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 60 





































300 





M.Y.T 



40 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 60 



















Savannah, Ga 



Memphis, Tenn 



Memphis, Tenn 



Chattanooga, Tenn 



Oklahoma City 







280 





L.M.Y.T 



87 

 105 



80 

 40 



Full 15/16 inch. 





Memphis, Tenn 







312 





G.M.Y.S 



100 

 106 

 60 



15/16 to 1 inch full. 





Memphis, Term 



Memphis, Tenn 



Memphis, Tenn 





266 





M.Y.S 



133 

 84 

 30 



Full inch. 

 Somewhat gin-cut. 







G.M.B.S 



247 



~Tl0 

 95 

 52 







Greensboro, N . C 







Greensboro, N . C 







257 





M.B.S 



105 

 100 



107 







Memphis, Tenn 







312 





MECHANICAL CONDITIONS. 



The different bales of each grade of cotton were arranged around 

 the hopper bale breaker in a semicircle. A layer from each bale was 

 taken in rotation and placed in the hopper. 



