. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 38.^—Grading by standards. A full setof white standards consists of 9 boxes,each containing 12 of the samegrade of eotton. The 12 samples indi-cate the range of diversity allowed withinthe grade. 09912°—YBK 1021- + 26 380 YearhooTt of the Department of Agriculture, FIG. 39.—A photographic representation of the official cotton standards ofthe United States of those lengths of staple for which types are availablefor distribution, each respective length as shown being obtained from theoriginal type bale. The Cotton Situation, 381 also been sol
. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 38.^—Grading by standards. A full setof white standards consists of 9 boxes,each containing 12 of the samegrade of eotton. The 12 samples indi-cate the range of diversity allowed withinthe grade. 09912°—YBK 1021- + 26 380 YearhooTt of the Department of Agriculture, FIG. 39.—A photographic representation of the official cotton standards ofthe United States of those lengths of staple for which types are availablefor distribution, each respective length as shown being obtained from theoriginal type bale. The Cotton Situation, 381 also been sold into practically all the foreign markets. (SeeFig. 38.) Bolly cotton.—In the western and northwestern sectionsof the Cotton Belt large quantities of bolls, more or lessmatured, are frequenth- caught by early frosts which killthe plants and aiTest the further development of the of these bolls as are not too severely damaged crackopen and j)roduce a cotton of poor character, fluffy and soft,and filled with shale, or the finely divided smooth innersurface of the carpel, which adheres closely to the fibers andcauses waste during spinning. So much of such cotton hasbeen caught by frosts in recent years that steps have beentaken to salvage as much as possible. These frost-openedbolls are gathered a
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