10 BULLETIN 311, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table II. — Class of Arizona-Egyptian cotton ginned at Mesa, Ariz. 



Grades. 



Sacaton 

 staple. 



River 



staple. 



Valley 

 staple. 



Total. 



Fancy 



Extra 



Choice 



Standard. . . 

 Medium 



Total 



Bales. 



272 

 182 

 26 



Bales. 

 12 

 78 

 117 

 80 

 39 



Bales. 



892 



Bales. 



36 

 466 

 389 

 274 



72 



1,237 



Table III. — Class of Arizona-Egyptian cotton ginned at Glendale, Ariz. 



Grades. 



Sacaton 

 staple. 



River 

 staple. 



Valley 

 staple. 



Total. 





Bales. 



Bales. 



Bales. 



Bales. 













1 

 6 

 7 



5 

 31 

 46 





6 





4 

 8 



41 





61 







Total 



14 



82 



12 



108 







ADVANTAGES OF GRADING COTTON. 



To conduct the business in the proper way, and in order to secure 

 the best results, a buyer, in whatever line of business he may be, wishes 

 to secure the material that is going to produce the desired result. 

 For this purpose he will see that the material that he buys meets his 

 requirements in every detail. This is true of the cotton manufacturer. 

 A cotton-mill man who has sold a specific number of yarn requires a 

 definite grade and staple of cotton in order to make this product. 

 The broker has a certain knowledge of the requirements necessary to 

 make the different yarns. The treasurer or president of the mill 

 knows what kind of cotton he needs. He requests his broker to make 

 him an offer of a specified number of bales, shipment to be prompt or 

 equal portions of it to be made at stated intervals. Everything being 

 satisfactory, the sale is consumated, and it then rests with the broker 

 to secure the required cotton. 



If he can buy the cotton in even-running lots, the broker offers it 

 at a price which allows a small profit to himself. However, if he be 

 compelled to buy the cotton unclassed, or in a "hog round" lot, of 

 which perhaps 25 per cent may not be suitable for his needs, that 

 amount of cotton has to be stored and disposed of in some other way. 

 Therefore he must buy his cotton at a price that will allow carrying 

 charges and insure a profit sufficient to cover a possible loss. From 

 this it will be seen that if cotton is sold in "hog round" lots the price 

 secured will not be as good as when the cotton is sold on grade, each 

 grade bringing its own price. When a lot of cotton is sold at an 



