36 BULLETIN 36, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
10. The cotton trade in Oklahoma recognizes no grade above 
good middling although many thousand bales of higher grade are 
produced. 
11. The practice of selling in seed saves time of men and teams 
at the gin, but encourages careless and dishonest practices on the 
part of both producer and ginner. 
12. Prices paid to farmers both for seed cotton and for lint are 
too largely based on a system of averages. This works great in- 
justice to the producers of the best grades and discourages improve- 
ment of varieties in percentage of lint yield and in length of staple. 
13. The greatest losses to the farmers under the present system of 
marketing appear to lie in their failure to secure the premium for 
their high grades which these bales finally bring. 
14. Xo relief from this condition can be expected while grading 
is wholly in the hands of the buyers. As long as this is the case 
the cotton will never be closely graded until after it has left the 
growers' possession. . 
15. Cooperation among growers, if properly organized, would 
probably furnish some measure of relief, but under present condi- 
tions a rather expensive selling department would probably be neces- 
sary. 
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