DISADVANTAGES OF SELLING COTTON IN THE SEED. 



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samples were taken indiscriminately and may include some Triumph 

 cotton. 



These collections were made between November 22 and January 

 19 and resulted in the accumulation of 27 Triumph and 28 other 

 samples, a comparison of which is shown in Table XII. As the first 

 part of the season was not covered, the average grade of both lots 

 was below that of the season, but this fact does not affect the com- 

 parison during the period under consideration. 



Table XII. — Comparison betiveen Triumph and other seed-cotton sales in Crowder, OMa. 



Varieties. 



Number 

 of loads 

 sampled. 



Approxi- 

 mate 

 grade 



average. 



Lint out- 

 turn. 



Seed out- 

 turn. 



Trasli 

 outturn. 



Seed cot- 

 ton price 

 per 100 

 pounds. 



Equiva- 

 lent lint 

 price per 

 pound. 



Triumph 



27 



28 



L.M.... 

 S.G.O.. 



Percent. 

 34.4 

 33.1 



Per cent. 

 63.5 

 64.2 



Per cent. 

 3.6 

 4.2 



$3.67 

 3.13 



Cents. 

 9.52 



Otlier 



8.23 







Summary 



55 





33.7 



63.9 



3.9 



3.39 



8.86 









Table XII shows that Triumph had a distinct advantage over the 

 miscellaneous varieties commonly grown in this neighborhood. 

 The quahty is shown to be a full grade higher, which is probably 

 explained by the fact that it was produced by more careful growers. 

 The Hnt outturn was 1.3 per cent greater and the price paid for the 

 unginned cotton 54 cents per hundred pounds more. The average 

 prices paid for the unginned cotton were: For Triumph $3.67, and 

 for other varieties $3.13 per hundred pounds, which, when converted 

 to the equivalent baled lint prices, are 9.52 cents and 8.23 cents per 

 pound, respectively, a difference in favor of Triumph of 1.29 cents 

 per pound. After allowing 50 points for difference in grade, 0.79 

 cent per pound, or $3.95 per bale more was paid by the ginners for 

 Triumph than for other cotton. 



No statistics were obtained on prices paid for lint cotton in this 

 immediate vicinity, but the prices paid for these 55 loads when 

 expressed in equivalent baled-cotton prices show an average of 8.86 

 cents per pound for this cotton, about half of which was Triumph, 

 carefuUy picked and handled. Comparing this average with the 

 average lint price of 9.87 cents throughout the State during this 

 period as determined by the survey of lint cotton sales, it is found 

 that on each pound of cotton sold unginned in this market the grow- 

 ers sustained an average loss of 1.01 cents, and on each bale an aver- 

 age loss of $5.05. It is evident that the producers of this section, 

 both as individuals and as a community, would profit by having 

 their cotton custom ginned, thereby eliminating the various uncer- 

 tain factors that exist when cotton is sold in the seed and reaping the 

 benefit of the high percentage of outturn of lint and low percentage 

 of trash, and the good character of their cotton. The activities in 



