HANDLING AND MARKETING OF ARIZONA-EGYPTIAN COTTON. 7 
STORAGE OF GINNED EGYPTIAN COTTON. 
Although there is very little rainfall in Arizona, it is at times suf- 
ficient to wet any baled cotton that is left uncovered and exposed to 
the weather, thus causing considerable country damage. The stor- 
ing of cotton not only protects it against damage by the weather, 
but furnishes collateral security for obtaining loans by the farmer 
until he is prepared to sell. In the event that no warehouse is 
available the baled cotton should be removed from the gin platform 
to a cotton platform of sufficient distance from the gin to comply 
with insurance regulations. If this platform is not large enough for 
all of the cotton, it should be ranged in the yard on dunnage, which 
is formed by skids or stringers, to raise the bales at least 4 inches 
above the ground, thus leaving them high enough to prevent dam- 
age and to allow free circulation of air under the bales. These bales 
should be turned over at intervals in order to allow the under side 
to dry, as, in spite of the dunnage, it is liable to absorb a certain 
amount of moisture. 
Information secured at the Mesa gin in January, 1914, serves to 
illustrate how quickly cotton will damage. Some of the cotton at 
Mesa was placed on the planks as described, and the remainder was 
left standing on the head of the bales on the ground. When the 
cotton was moved for shipment, it was found that the heads were 
damaged to an extent which ranged from 1 to 7 pounds per bale. 
(See PL III, figs. 1 and 2.) This damaged cotton was a total loss to 
the farmer, as the railroad and steamship companies have stringent 
rules regarding it. They will not accept cotton that is damaged 
unless a clause is attached to the bill of lading stating that the cot- 
ton is in bad condition. A bill of lading containing such a clause 
frequently is refused by the purchaser, or, if accepted, the cotton is 
subjected to a close scrutiny. In a case where damaged cotton is 
accepted, the buyer very often, in picking off the damaged parts, 
removes at the same time more of the good cotton than is necessary. 
This amount of damaged material removed from the bales reduces 
the weight of the cotton, and a claim for loss in weight is made 
against the shipper. 
CLASSING THE ARIZONA-EGYPTIAN COTTON. 
The Arizona-Egyptian cotton was a new variety for which no 
standards for grades or staples existed, and there were no terms other 
than those in use by the Egyptian cotton trade by which this new 
staple could be described, while for all other varieties there were 
standards in use with trade names which designate the quality by 
which the cotton is sold. Hence the evident need of types for classi- 
ing the new Arizona staple cotton. 
The representative of the department during the season of 1913 
established types which became fairly well known to the Salt River 
