CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 
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We presume the following would be regarded as an ex- 
haustive classification : 
Primitive Class. Subdivisions. Prices supposed. 
{ Low ordinary 25 c. per lb. 
1. Ordinary., . •< Ordinary 27c. " 
( Good ordinary 32c. " 
( Low middling 34c. " 
2. Middling... ■] Middling 36c. " 
( Good middling 40c. " 
[ Middling fair 44c. " 
3. Fair } Fair 48c. " 
( Fine fair 50c. " 
It is a very easy matter for us to see the difference be- 
tween low ordinary and middling, or between middling 
and fine fair ; but the art of discriminating by a glance of 
the eye, so as to determine with precision where middling 
ends and good middling begins, belongs to the factor and 
broker ; and they have it in their special keeping, often 
agreeing and often disputing. 
We have witnessed some of these disputations, much 
to our amusement and greatly to our moral training. The 
factor and broker preach from the same text, but their 
sermons are widely divergent. The text is this : Self-in- 
terest is a primary principle of human nature. The factor 
unrolls his specimen or sample, and says, " Here, Brother 
Broker, I want to sell you a good bargain this morning. 
Look at that sample of middling." 
" Middling, indeed ! " responds the broker : " I call that 
low middling." 
" I don't see it," says the factor. 
" I don't see that it is middling," responds the broker. 
" However, how many bales have you ? " 
" Twenty," answers the factor. 
