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BULLETIN 1445, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
No. 3 Stained, or Good Middling Yellow Stained. 
No. 4 Stained, or Strict Middling Yellow Stained. 
No. 5 Stained, or Middling Yellow Stained. 
No. 3 Blue Stained, or Good Middling Blue Stained. 
No. 4 Blue Stained, or Strict Middling Blue Stained. 
No. 5 Blue Stained, or Middling Blue Stained. 
In addition to these are the following 12 descriptive grades for 
which no practical forms are prepared: 
No. 3 Gray, or Good Middling Gray. 
No. 4 Gray, or Strict Middling Gray. 
No. 5 Gray, or Middling Gray. 
No. 3 Spotted, or Good Middling Spotted. 
No. 4 Spotted, or Strict Middling Spotted. 
No. 5 Spotted, or Middling Spotted. 
No. 6 Spotted, or Strict Low Middling Spotted. 
No. 7 Spotted, or Low Middling Spotted. 
No. 2 Tinged, or Strict Good Middling Yellow Tinged. 
No. 3 Light Stained, or Good Middling Light Yellow Stained. 
No. 4 Light Stained, or Strict Middling Light Yellow Stained. 
No. 5 Light Stained, or Middling Light Yellow Stained. 
Figure 4 shows in graphic form t~he general plan of standardi- 
zation. 
Blue Stained 
Gray 
Standards for 
grades of Up- 
land cotton 
White 
Spotted 
Yellow 
Tinged 
Light Stained 
Yellow 
Stained 
3 G. 
lorM. F. 
2 or S. G. M. 
3 or G. M. 
4orS. M. 
5orM. 
6 or S. L. M. 
7 or L. M. 
S Sp. 
4Sp. 
5 Sp. 
* T. 
3T. 
4T. 
SL. S 
SS. 
3B. 
IB. 
5B. 
4G. 
5 G. 
4L. S. 
5 L. S. 
4S. 
5S. 
5T. 
6T. 
7T. 
6 Sp. 
7 Sp. 
8 or S. G. 0. 
9orG. 0. 
Symbols in heavy type denote grades and colors for which practical forms of the official cotton 
standards are prepared. For the grades indicated by symbols in italics no practical forms will be 
furnished. Gray cotton is between the White and the Blue Stained in color, Spotted between the 
White and the Yellow Tinged, and Light Stained between Yellow Tinged and Yellow Stained. 
The grades shown above the heavy horizontal line are those which at this time (1926) are deliver- 
able on future contracts made in accordance with section 5 of the United States cotton futures act. 
Those below the line are at this time untenderable on such contracts 
Fig. 4. — Grades and colors of the universal standards for American Upland cotton 
The grades above the heavy line in Figure 4 are deliverable on 
future contracts under the United States cotton futures act, and 
those below are not. No cotton is deliverable, however, unless it is 
at least seven-eighths inch in staple length. 
In addition, official standards of the United States have been 
established also for American Egyptian cotton in five numerical 
grades numbered from 1 to 5, inclusive, and for various lengths of 
staple in American Upland and American Egyptian cottons. By 
