2 BULLETIN 990, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Upon receipt of this cotton in Washington it was again classed and 
stapled and only typical bales of each grade were included in the 
final selection. By using this selection, the bulk of the off-colored 
cottons from the various districts of the cotton belt were included. 
Table 1 shows the grade, weight, number of bales, length, and 
character of staple, point of origin, and the year in which the cotton 
was grown. 
Table 1. — Stock selected for spinning test on colored cotton. 
Grade. 
Weight. 
Staple 
length. 
Character of 
staple. 
Origin. 
Crop, j Remarks. 
L.M 
Pounds. 
126 
100 
115 
140 
Inch. 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
7/8 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
15/16 
1 
1 
15/16 
15/16 
1 
15A6 
15/16 
15/16 
7/8 
15A6 
7/8 
1 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium to 
hard. 
Little Rock, Ark 
Bay City, Tex 
Year. 
1919-20 
1919-20 
1917-18 
1919-20 
1917-18 
1917-18 
1917-18 
1917-18 
1917-18 
1917-18 
1917-18 
1917-18 
1917-18 
1917-18 
1918-19 
1916-17 
1918-19 
1918-19 
1918-19 
1918-19 
1917-18 
191S-19 
1918-19 
1918-19 
1918-19 
1918-19 
1918-19 
1918-19 
1917-1S 
1915-16 
Full on grade. 
Shy because of pin leal 
New York, N . Y 
Atlanta, Ga 
481 
G.M.Y.T 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
Atlanta, Ga 
300 
M.Y.T 
40 
60 
60 
60 
60 
Atlanta, Ga 
Savannah, Ga 
Memphis, Tenn 
Memphis, Tenn 
Chattanooga, Tenn — 
Oklahoma City 
Savannah, Ga 
280 
L.M.Y.T 
87 
105 
80 
40 
Full 15/1.6 inch. 
Memphis, Tenn 
312 
G.M.Y.S 
100 
106 
60 
15/16 to 1 inch full. 
Memphis, Tenn 
Memphis, Tenn 
Memphis, Tenn 
Atlanta, Ga 
266 
M.Y.S 
133 
84 
30 
Full inch. 
Somewhat gin-cut. 
247 
G.M.B.S 
110 
95 
52 
Greensboro, N. C 
Greensboro, N . C 
257 
M.B.S 
105 
100 
107 
, 
Memphis, Tenn 
312 
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MECHANICAL CONDITIONS. 
The different bales of each grade of cotton were arranged around 
the hopper bale breaker in a semicircle. A layer from each bale was 
taken in rotation and placed in the hopper. 
