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No. 3 Stained, or Good Middling Yellow Stained. 
No. 4 Stained, or Strict Middling Yellow Stained. 
No. 5 Stained, or Middling Yellow Stained. 
No. 3 Blue Stained, or Good Middling Blue Stained. 
No. 4 Blue Stained, or Strict Middling Blue Stained. 
No. 5 Blue Stained, or Middling Blue Stained. 
In addition to these there are the following 12 descriptive grades 
for which no practical forms are prepared : 
No. 3 Gray, or Good Middling Gray. 
No. 4 Gray, or Strict Middling Gray. 
No. 5 Gray, or Middling Gray. 
No. 3 Spotted, or Good Middling Spotted. 
No. 4 Spotted, or Strict Middling Spotted. 
No. 5 Spotted, or Middling Spotted. 
No. 6 Spotted, or Strict Low Middling Spotted. 
No. 7 Spotted, or Low Middling Spotted. 
No. 2 Tinged, or Strict Good Middling Yellow Tinged. . 
No. 3 Light Stained, or Good Middling Light Yellow Stained. 
No. 4 Light Stained, or Strict Middling Light Yellow Stained. 
No. 5 Light Stained, or Middling Light Yellow Stained. 
Figure 13 shows in graphic form the general plan of standardiza- 
tion. 
GRADES AND COLORS OF THE UNIVERSAL STANDARDS 
FOR AMERICAN UPLAND COTTON 
Blue Stained 
Gray 
Standards for 
grades of up- 
land cotton 
White 
Spotted 
Yellow 
Tinged 
Light Stained 
Yellow 
Stained 
3G. 
1 or M.F. 
2orS.G.M. 
3orG.M. 
AorS.M. 
5orM. 
6 or 5. L M. 
7or LM. 
3 5 p. 
4Sp. 
5Sp. 
2T. 
3T. 
4-T. 
3LS. 
3S. 
3B. 
4B. 
5B. 
UG. 
5G. 
*tLS. 
5LS. 
US. 
5S. 
5T. 
6T. 
7T. 
6Sp. 
7 5 p. 
8 or S.G.O. 
9orG.O. 
Symbols in heavy type denote grades and colors for which practical forms of 
the official cotton standards are prepared. For the grades indicated by symbols in 
italics no practical forms will be furnished. Gray cotton is between the White and 
the Blue Stained in color, Spotted between the White and the Yellow Tinged, and 
Light Stained between Yellow Tinged and Yellow Stained. The grades shown above 
the heavy hoizontal line are those which at this time (1926) are deliverable on 
future contracts made in accordance with section 5 of the United States cotton 
futures act. Those below the line are at this time untenderable on such contracts. 
Fig. 13. — Grades and colors of the universal standards for American upland cotton 
