10 BULLETIX 311, U. S. DEPAEIaIEXT OF AGEICULTUEE. 
Table II. — Class of Arizona-Egyptian cotton ginned at Mesa, Ariz. 
Grades. 
Sacaton 
staple. 
River 
staple. 
Valley 
staple. 
Total. 
Bales. 
24 
388 
272 
182 
26 
Bales. 
12 
78 
. 117 
80 
39 
Bales. 
Bales. 
36 
E xtra 
466 
389 
12 
7 
274 
72 
Total 
892 
326 
19 
1,237 
Table III. — Class of Arizona-Egyptian cotton ginned at Glendale, Ariz. 
Grades. 
Sacaton 
staple. 
River 
staple. 
Valley 
staple. 
Total. 
1 Bales. 
Bales. ; 
Bales. 
Bales. 
Extra ! 
1 
i 
46 j 
6 
6 
4 
8 
41 
61 
Total 
1 14 
82 
12 
108 
ADVANTAGES OF GRADING COTTON. 
To conduct the business in the proper way, and in order to secure 
the best results, a buyer, in whatever line of business he may be. wishes 
to secure the material that is going to produce the desired result. 
For this purpose he will see that the material that he buys meets his 
requirements in every detail. This is true of the cotton manufacturer. 
A cotton-mill man who has sold a specific number of yarn requires a 
definite grade and staple of cotton hi order to make this product. 
The broker has a certain knowledge of the requirements necessary to 
make the different yarns. The treasurer or president of the mill 
knows what kind of cotton he needs. He requests his broker to make 
him an offer of a specified number of bales, shipment to be prompt or 
equal portions of it to be made at stated intervals. Everything being 
satisfactory, the sale is consumatsd, and it then rests with the broker 
to secure the required cotton. 
If he can buy the cotton in even-running lots, the broker offers it 
at a price which allows a small profit to himself. However, if he be 
compelled to buy the cotton unclassed, or in a "hog round" lot. of 
which perhaps 25 per cent may not be suitable for his needs, that 
amount of cotton has to be stored and disposed of in some other way. 
Therefore he must buy his cotton at a price that will allow carrying 
charges and insure a profit sufficient to cover a possible loss. From 
this it will be seen that if cotton is sold in "hog round" lots the price 
secured will not be as good as when the cotton is sold on grade, each 
grade bringing its own price. When a lot of cotton is sold at an 
