Mixed-Quality Cotton Bales (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Mixed-Quality Cotton Bales (Classic Reprint) written by R. C. Soxman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mixed-Quality Cotton Bales Of the 57 cotton shipping firms interviewed, 18 firms reconditioned no mixed-quality bales during the season. The other 39 firms together had ac quired bales of mixed-quality cotton from.the designated trouble areas. Of these mixed-quality bales, about 13 percent were examined for possible cor rection of the quality irregularity, a process which usually required removal of ties from the bales. Of the total bales examined, about Al percent were re conditioned. The average estimated cost per bale reconditioned, counting the cost of working both bales actually reconditioned and those re-pressed without being reconditioned, was This high cost explains why most mixed-quality bales move through marketing channels without being corrected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.