DISADVANTAGES OF SELLING COTTON IN THE SEED. 5 
six samples, which were classed as " sandy" or "dusty," have been 
omitted from this table, but all other samples collected have been 
included. The percentages of lint, seed, and trash shown are the 
average results from the samples yielding each grade. In commer- 
cial practice, the reported lint outturn includes an in creased weight 
on account of bagging and ties. Therefore, these lint percentages 
have been increased proportionately to make due allowance for 
such gam in weight. 
Table II. — Average percentages, according to grade, of lint, seed, and trash found in seed 
cotton. 
Grade. 
Number 
of loads 
sampled. 
Percentages of- 
Lint.i 
Seed. 
Trash. 
Below Good Ordinary 
wood Ordinary 
Strict Good Ordinary . 
Low Middling 
Strict Low Middling . . 
Middling 
Strict Middling , 
Good Middling 
Strict Good Middling. 
41 
47 
81 
13s 
195 
156 
75 
49 
13 
30.38 
30.86 
31.40 
31.53 
31.55 
32.03 
31.67 
31.34 
31.20 
62.78 
63.51 
64.69 
65.13 
65.02 
65.65 
66.22 
67.16 
8.18 
6.99 
5.29 
4.73 
4.82 
3.73 
3.50 
2.88 
3.23 
Summary. 
74.5 
31.52 
65.20 
4.67 
i In this and following tables, the percentages include the actual lint outturn plus an allowance for 
bagging and ties. 
The average lint outturn of these 795 samples is shown as 31.52 
per cent and the average of the 881 samples collected, including 
those classed as "dusty" or "sandy," was found to be 31.48 per 
cent. The average seed and trash outturns from the 795 samples in 
Table II are shown as 65.20 per cent and 4.67 per cent, respectively, 
and the averages of the 881 samples were 64.7 per cent and 5.2 per 
cent, respectively. The commercial outturn was reported on 38 
of these samples from Coyle, Okla., and averaged 31.79 per cent, 
as against the 10-saw gin outturn of 31.52 per cent from the same 
samples. It may be concluded, therefore, that the average lint out- 
turn, including tare during the 1913-14 season for the districts in 
Oklahoma covered by this survey, was approximately 31.5 per cent. 
As the trash content is one of the determining factors in judging 
the value of lint cotton, it will be seen that the percentages of trash 
as given do not fully cover the trash content of the seed cotton, for 
much trash remains in the lint in the lower grades, the amount 
gradually decreasing until, in the higher grades, comparatively little 
is found. Therefore, it is evident that as the grade improves, the 
proportions of lint and seed increase and the proportion of trash 
decreases. 
From Table III it is apparent that the lint, seed, and trash con- 
tents of seed cotton have wide extremes in each of the different 
