Productive farming . hipment a long distance is putthrough a compressor to reduce the size of the bales. Market Grades of Cotton.—The price paid for cotton atany time is governed by the grade or quality. The gradeis determined by samples taken from the bales. When agrower sells his cotton, the buyer usually does the seven principal market grades of cotton in order ofvalue are: (1) fair; (2) middle fair; (3) good middling; (4)middling; (5) low middling; (6) good ordinary; and (7) ordi-nary. There are sub-divisions of these principal grades whichare designated by prefixing such terms
Productive farming . hipment a long distance is putthrough a compressor to reduce the size of the bales. Market Grades of Cotton.—The price paid for cotton atany time is governed by the grade or quality. The gradeis determined by samples taken from the bales. When agrower sells his cotton, the buyer usually does the seven principal market grades of cotton in order ofvalue are: (1) fair; (2) middle fair; (3) good middling; (4)middling; (5) low middling; (6) good ordinary; and (7) ordi-nary. There are sub-divisions of these principal grades whichare designated by prefixing such terms as strict, fully,or barely. Most of our American cotton is poorer thanmiddling fair, and grades as high or higher than middling. By=products of Cotton.—The chief by-product of thecotton crop is cottonseed. .This is now used for severalpurposes. The hulls are removed by machinery. Oil isextracted from the kernels by cooking and pressing. Cottonoil is used in making salad oils, cottolene, oleomargarine, COTTON 125. Courtesy Jotinson A: Johnson, Fig. 63.—Inside view of ginnery, showing sheet of loose cotton lint as it comes fromthe cotton gin, before baUng.
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