. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 10 BULLETIN 458, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. remain very long either in the gin yard or in the warehouse yard, but during the unusual weather conditions that prevailed during the mar- keting season of 1914-15, when the demand for cotton was poor and prices were correspondingly low, and the grower was forced to carry over some of his crop until the fall of 1915, much of the cotton was " docked " or penalized from 5 to 20 pounds per bale on account of country damage; that is, much rotten or damaged cotton
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 10 BULLETIN 458, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. remain very long either in the gin yard or in the warehouse yard, but during the unusual weather conditions that prevailed during the mar- keting season of 1914-15, when the demand for cotton was poor and prices were correspondingly low, and the grower was forced to carry over some of his crop until the fall of 1915, much of the cotton was " docked " or penalized from 5 to 20 pounds per bale on account of country damage; that is, much rotten or damaged cotton was picked off each bale before the bale was sold. This loss was attributable directly to the practice of storing the bales on the bare ground at the gin and in the warehouse yard. Country damage occurs on the farms, in the gin yards, warehouse yards, and the compress yards or wherever the bales are left standing or lying on damp or wet ground. There. Cotton lying on the ground, subject to country damage. was an unusual amount of rainfall during the season mentioned, but if the bales had been placed on dunnage there would have been no damage to the cotton. (See fig. 5.) Even though the ground may appear to be dry, there is always enough dampness from it to injure the fibers. There is a clause in the marine insurance policies that covers country damage, and this cost for insuring the shipper's cotton against loss by country damage is charged back directly to the grower, inasmuch as the shipper calculates the cost of insurance and deducts it from the price to be paid to the cotton grower. Sheds are not absolutely necessary in the Imperial Valley, as the rainfall is not sufficient to do any great amount of damage pro-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washin
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