DISADVANTAGES OF SELLING COTTON" IN THE SEED. 



six samples, which were classed as "sandy" or "dusty," have been 

 omitted from this table, but all other samples collected have been 

 included. The percentages of lint, seed, and trash shown are the 

 average results from the samples yielding each grade. In commer- 

 cial practice, the reported lint outturn includes an increased weight 

 on account of bagging and ties. Therefore, these lint percentages 

 have been increased proportionately to make due allowance for 

 such gain in weight. 



Table II.- 



-Average percentages, according to grade, of lint, seed, and trash found in seed 

 cotton. 



Grade. 



Below Good Ordinary. 



orood Ordinary 



Strict Good Ordinary . 



Low Middling 



Strict Low Middling . . 



Middling 



Strict Middling 



Good Middling 



Strict Good Middling.. 



Summary. 



Number 

 of loads 

 sampled. 



41 



47 



81 



138 



195 



156 



75 



49 



13 



795 



Percentages of- 



Lint.i 



30.38 

 30.86 

 31.40 

 31.53 

 31.55 

 32.03 

 31.67 

 31.34 

 31.20 



31.52 



Seed. 



62.78 

 63.51 

 64.69 

 65.13 

 65.02 

 65.65 

 66.22 

 67.16 

 66. 94 



65.20 



Trash. 



8.18 

 G.99 

 5.29 

 4.73 

 4.82 

 3.73 

 3.50 

 2.88 

 3.23 



4.67 



1 In this and following tables, the percentages include the actual lint outturn plus an allowance for 

 bagging and ties. 



The average lint outturn of these 795 samples is shown as 31.52 

 per cent and the average of the 881 samples collected, including 

 those classed as "dusty" or ''sandy," was found to be 31.48 per 

 cent. The average seed and trash outturns from the 795 samples in 

 Table II are shown as 65.20 per cent and 4.67 per cent, respectively, 

 and the averages of the 881 samples were 64.7 per cent and 5.2 per 

 cent, respectively. The commercial outturn was reported on 38 

 of these samples from Coyle, Okla., and averaged 31.79 per cent, 

 as against the 10-saw gin outturn of 31.52 per cent from the same 

 samples. It may be concluded, therefore, that'the average lint out- 

 turn, including tare during the 1913-14 season for the districts in 

 Oklahoma covered by this survey, was approximately 31,5 per cent. 



As the trash content is one of the determining factors in judging 

 the value of lint cotton, it will be seen that the percentages of trash 

 as given do not fully cover the trash content of the seed cotton, for 

 much trash remains in the lint in the lower grades, the amount 

 gradually decreasing until, in the higher grades, comparatively little 

 is found. Therefore, it is evident that as the grade improves, the 

 proportions of lint and seed increase and the proportion of trash 

 decreases. 



From Table III it is apparent that the lint, seed, and trash con- 

 tents of seed cotton have wide extremes in each of the different 



