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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
Division of Cotton Marketing 
SAMPLING AMERICAN COTTON 
Prevailing Practices and Some Factors Affecting 
Representativeness of Samples 
By Sam W. Martin, Associate Agricultural Economist 
and Florena Cleaves, Junior Marketing Specialist 
Washington, D. C. 
August 1936 
