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BULLETIN 375^ U. S. DEPAETMEl^T OF AGRICULTTJIIE. 



markets. The mmimuin ranges in lint percentages shown are for 

 the markets from which a comparatively small number of samples 

 were collected. If a large number of samples had been obtained in 

 all markets, it is evident that the range of variation would have been 

 found to be even greater than here given. 



Table III. — Extreme variations in lint, seed, and trash percentages from samples obtained 

 in specified towns in OMahoma. 





Num- 

 ber of 

 loads 

 sam- 

 pled. 



Lint percentage. 



Seed percentage. 



Trash percentage. 



Market. 



High. 



Low. 



Range 



of 

 varia- 

 tion. 



High. 



Low. 



Range 



of 

 varia- 

 tion. 



High. 



Low. 



Range 



of 

 varia- 

 tion. 



Anadarko 



21 



38 



85 



55 



119 



143 



202 



100 



118 



P. cent. 

 33.9 

 36.2 

 38.3 

 38.6 

 36.4 

 36.3 

 38.4 

 37.0 

 37.4 



P. cent. 

 27.3 

 29.6 

 •27.0 

 27.2 

 25.7 

 24.3 

 25.1 

 26.5 

 29.4 



P. cent. 

 6.6 

 6.6 

 11.3 

 11.4 

 10.7 

 12.0 

 13.3 

 10.5 

 8.0 



P. cent. 

 66.5 

 70.6 

 69.5 

 66.9 

 71.4 

 72.3 

 71.9 

 69.7 

 70.2 



P. cent. 

 51.9 

 53.8 

 52.3 

 58.3 

 61.2 

 48.1 

 52.8 

 44.8 

 58.6 



P. cent. 

 14.6 

 16.8 

 17.2 

 8.6 

 10.2 

 24.2 

 19.1 

 24.9 

 11.6 



P. cent. 

 21.9 

 15.7 

 20.6 

 11.9 

 14.2 

 23.2 

 17.0 

 25.4 

 10.9 



P. cent. 

 3.0 

 .9 

 .2 

 .4 

 .9 

 .7 

 .8 

 .9 

 1.1 



P. cent. 

 18.9 



Coyle 



14.8 



Crescent 



20.4 



Crowder 



11.5 



Haskell 



13.3 



Kingfisher 



22.5 



Shawnee 



16.2 



Tahlequah 



24.5 



Weleetka 



9.8 







Oklahoma 



881 



38.6 



24.3 



14.3 



72.3 



44.8 



27.5 



25.4 



.2 



25.2 



CONVERSION OF SEED-COTTON PRICE TO THE EQUIVALENT LINT- 

 COTTON PRICE. 



For the purpose of making a comparison between the prices 

 obtained for the lint content of the different loads and a further 

 comparison of the prices for seed cotton with prices obtained for 

 lint, the price paid for seed cotton has been converted into its equiv- 

 alent price per pound of baled lint cotton. The method of deter- 

 mining this price may be illustrated thus: 



On September 13, 1913, a load of seed cotton was sold in Shawnee 

 at $4 per 100 pounds, the outturns of which were 30 per cent lint, 68 

 per cent seed, and 2 per cent trash. Allowing the prevailing price 

 of $20 per ton or 1 cent per pound for the seed, the 30 poimds of 

 lint in each hundred pounds of seed cotton brought $4, less the value 

 of the seed, 68 cents, or $3.32. As it requires about 22 pounds of 

 bagging and ties to cover 478 pounds of lint, 0.046 of a pound of 

 bagging and ties is required to wrap each pound of cotton, and it 

 would take 1.38 pounds of tare to bale these 30 pounds of lint. This 

 tare would bring the same price as the lint, making the selling weight 

 of Hnt and tare equal to 31.38 pounds. The ginning and baling 

 charge of $3.50 per bale, or 70 cents per hundred pounds, is figured 

 on the gross weight. The 31.38 pounds gross weight of cotton would 

 cost for ginning and baling at the rate of 70 cents per hundred pounds, 

 or 22 cents, which added to $3.32, the original cost of the 30 pounds 

 of lint, gives $3.54 as the total cost to the ginner of 31.38 pounds of 

 baled Hnt, or 11.28 cents per pound. Therefore, in this particular 



