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  1. Title 7 —Agriculture
  2. Subtitle B —Regulations of the Department of Agriculture
  3. Chapter I —Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture
  4. Subchapter A —Commodity Standards and Container Requirements
  5. Part 28 —Cotton Classing, Testing, and Standards
  6. Subpart C   View Full Text
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Title 7AgriculturePart / Section
Subtitle BRegulations of the Department of Agriculture27 – 5099
Chapter IAgricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture27 – 209
Subchapter ACommodity Standards and Container Requirements27 – 45
Part 28Cotton Classing, Testing, and Standards28.1 – 28.961
Subpart CStandards28.301 – 28.603
Official Cotton Standards of the United States for Length of Staple28.301 – 28.307
§ 28.301Measurement: humidity; temperature.
§ 28.302Terms of designation.
§ 28.303Standards for length of staple for American upland cotton.
§ 28.304Original representation of American Pima cotton staple lengths.
§ 28.306Over 13⁄16 inch staple.
§ 28.307Bale of different staple lengths.
Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Color Grade of American Upland Cotton
White Cotton28.401 – 28.407
§ 28.401Good Middling Color.
§ 28.402Strict Middling Color.
§ 28.403Middling Color.
§ 28.404Strict Low Middling Color.
§ 28.405Low Middling Color.
§ 28.406Strict Good Ordinary Color.
§ 28.407Good Ordinary Color.
Light Spotted Cotton28.411 – 28.416
§ 28.411Good Middling Light Spotted Color.
§ 28.412Strict Middling Light Spotted Color.
§ 28.413Middling Light Spotted Color.
§ 28.414Strict Low Middling Light Spotted Color.
§ 28.415Low Middling Light Spotted Color.
§ 28.416Strict Good Ordinary Light Spotted Color.
Spotted Cotton28.421 – 28.426
§ 28.421Good Middling Spotted Color.
§ 28.422Strict Middling Spotted Color.
§ 28.423Middling Spotted Color.
§ 28.424Strict Low Middling Spotted Color.
§ 28.425Low Middling Spotted Color.
§ 28.426Strict Good Ordinary Spotted Color.
Tinged Cotton28.431 – 28.434
§ 28.431Strict Middling Tinged Color.
§ 28.432Middling Tinged Color.
§ 28.433Strict Low Middling Tinged Color.
§ 28.434Low Middling Tinged Color.
Yellow Stained Cotton28.441 – 28.442
§ 28.441Strict Middling Yellow Stained Color.
§ 28.442Middling Yellow Stained Color.
Below Color Grade Cotton28.451
§ 28.451Below Color Grade Cotton.
Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Leaf Grade of American Upland Cotton
Leaf Grades28.461 – 28.467
§ 28.461Leaf Grade 1.
§ 28.462Leaf Grade 2.
§ 28.463Leaf Grade 3.
§ 28.464Leaf Grade 4.
§ 28.465Leaf Grade 5.
§ 28.466Leaf Grade 6.
§ 28.467Leaf Grade 7.
Below Leaf Grade Cotton28.471
§ 28.471Below Leaf Grade Cotton.
General28.480 – 28.482
§ 28.480General.
§ 28.481Alternate title for standards.
§ 28.482United States Cotton Futures Act.
Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the ColorGrade of American Pima Cotton28.501 – 28.510
§ 28.501Color Grade No. 1.
§ 28.502Color Grade No. 2.
§ 28.503Color Grade No. 3.
§ 28.504Color Grade No. 4.
§ 28.505Color Grade No. 5.
§ 28.506Color Grade No. 6.
§ 28.507Color Grade No. 7.
§§ 28.508-28.510 [Reserved]
Official Cotton Standards of the United States for the Leaf Grade of American Pima Cotton28.511 – 28.517
§ 28.511Leaf Grade No. 1.
§ 28.512Leaf Grade No. 2.
§ 28.513Leaf Grade No. 3.
§ 28.514Leaf Grade No. 4.
§ 28.515Leaf Grade No. 5.
§ 28.516Leaf Grade No. 6.
§ 28.517Leaf Grade No. 7.
Application of Standards and Explanatory Terms28.521 – 28.522
§ 28.521Application of color and leaf grade standards.
§ 28.522Explanatory terms.
Symbols and Code Numbers Used in Recording Cotton Classification28.525
§ 28.525Symbols and code numbers.
Official Cotton Standards of the United States for Fiber Fineness and Maturity28.601 – 28.603
§ 28.601Official cotton standards for fiber fineness and maturity.
§ 28.602Terms of designations.
§ 28.603Procedures for air flow tests of micronaire reading.
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