QUALITY OF COTTON CLASSED UNDER SMITH-DOXEY ACT BY CLASSING OFFICES, 2007-Crop Compared With 2008-Crop MP_CN102 ABILENE BIRMINGHAM CORPUSCHRISTI DUMAS FLORENCE 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 STRENGTH Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. 17 & below - - - - - - - - - - 18 - * - - * - - - - - 19 - * * - * - - - - - 20 * * * - * - * - * - 21 * * 0.1 * * - * - * - 22 * 0.2 0.4 * 0.1 * * - 0.2 * 23 * 0.6 1.8 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 * 0.5 * 24 0.2 1.3 4.2 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.1 1.3 0.2 25 1.0 2.8 7.6 1.8 2.9 1.8 2.1 0.5 2.9 1.1 26 3.5 5.3 11.9 6.8 6.6 4.0 6.1 1.7 5.8 3.8 27 9.1 9.7 15.9 16.7 11.0 7.3 12.9 4.4 11.0 10.3 28 16.5 14.7 16.8 26.0 14.9 12.1 20.7 10.9 17.6 20.4 29 21.5 19.1 15.8 24.4 15.7 17.1 23.4 21.9 21.1 26.4 30 20.6 19.5 12.2 14.6 14.5 20.0 18.2 28.6 18.6 21.0 31 14.8 14.1 7.4 6.3 13.6 18.0 10.2 19.8 12.1 10.9 32 8.0 7.8 3.5 2.2 10.8 11.2 4.3 8.8 5.9 4.3 33 3.2 3.4 1.4 0.6 5.7 5.5 1.0 2.8 2.3 1.4 34 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.1 2.1 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.1 35 0.3 0.3 0.1 * 0.6 0.4 0.1 * 0.1 * 36 & above 0.1 * * * 0.2 0.1 * * * - Average 29.4 29.2 28.0 28.5 29.4 29.7 28.8 29.8 28.9 29.0 MIKE 24 & below * 0.5 * * - - - * * * 25 * 0.5 * * - * * * * * 26 * 0.6 0.1 * - * * * * * 27 0.1 0.7 0.3 * * * * * * * 28 0.2 0.9 0.5 * * * * * * * 29 0.3 1.3 0.9 * * * * * * * 30 0.5 1.6 1.3 * * * * * * * 31 0.7 1.8 1.7 0.1 * * 0.1 * 0.1 * 32 1.1 2.1 2.0 0.1 0.1 * 0.2 * 0.1 * 33 1.8 2.6 2.3 0.2 0.2 * 0.3 0.1 0.2 * 34 2.6 2.9 2.4 0.3 0.4 * 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 35 3.6 3.3 2.5 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.2 36 4.6 3.8 2.6 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.3 37 5.5 4.4 2.8 0.7 1.8 0.3 1.2 0.4 0.9 0.6 38 6.5 5.0 2.9 1.0 2.6 0.5 1.7 0.7 1.4 1.2 39 7.4 5.5 3.1 1.5 3.8 0.9 2.3 1.3 1.9 2.0 40 8.2 6.1 3.3 2.2 5.6 1.3 3.1 2.2 2.6 3.3 41 9.1 6.4 3.6 3.1 7.5 2.3 4.0 3.6 3.5 4.9 42 9.5 6.5 4.1 4.1 9.6 3.6 5.3 5.1 4.5 6.7 43 9.1 6.7 4.7 5.3 11.2 5.1 6.9 6.9 5.6 8.2 44 8.0 6.7 5.2 6.9 11.3 7.0 8.5 8.7 6.8 9.7 45 6.6 6.5 5.9 8.5 11.0 9.3 10.0 9.7 8.0 10.6 46 5.0 6.0 6.9 10.3 9.7 10.3 11.2 10.6 8.9 11.0 47 3.6 5.3 7.7 11.7 7.9 11.2 11.7 11.2 9.6 10.8 48 2.6 4.4 8.1 11.8 6.5 11.8 10.7 10.7 9.8 9.5 49 1.6 3.3 7.7 10.7 4.7 11.5 8.6 9.3 9.5 7.6 50 0.9 2.2 6.6 8.6 2.6 9.5 5.9 7.4 8.3 5.6 51 0.5 1.3 4.7 5.9 1.2 6.5 3.3 5.2 6.5 3.7 52 0.2 0.7 3.0 3.3 0.5 4.1 1.6 3.5 4.6 2.3 53 0.1 0.3 1.6 1.6 0.1 2.4 0.7 1.7 2.9 1.1 54 * 0.1 0.7 0.6 * 1.3 0.2 0.6 1.7 0.3 55 * * 0.3 0.2 * 0.4 * 0.2 0.8 0.1 56 * * 0.1 * * 0.1 * 0.1 0.3 * 57 * * * * * * * * 0.1 * 58 * * * - - * * * * * 59 * - - - - * - * - - 60 & above - - - - - - - - - - Average 41.0 41.0 44.0 46.0 44.0 47.0 45.0 46.0 47.0 46.0 1/ Fiber strength expressed in terms of 1/8" gage (grams per tex). * Less than 0.05 percent. QUALITY OF COTTON CLASSED UNDER SMITH-DOXEY ACT BY CLASSING OFFICES, 2007-Crop Compared With 2008-Crop LAMESA LUBBOCK MACON MEMPHIS PHOENIX 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 STRENGTH Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. 17 & below - - - - - - * - - - 18 - - - - - - * - - - 19 - - * - - - * - - - 20 * - * - - - * - * - 21 * * * * * * * - * * 22 * * * * * * 0.3 - * * 23 * * * * 0.2 * 1.0 * 0.1 * 24 0.3 0.2 0.2 * 0.9 0.2 2.6 * 0.3 0.1 25 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.3 2.7 1.2 4.6 * 1.0 0.2 26 3.7 3.2 3.7 1.7 6.7 5.4 7.1 0.2 3.0 1.0 27 8.7 8.6 8.9 5.9 13.8 14.8 10.8 1.0 6.9 3.4 28 13.9 13.7 15.5 13.2 21.9 26.3 15.5 4.4 13.7 7.8 29 18.4 20.1 19.9 21.3 24.9 27.6 20.0 12.7 21.4 16.1 30 20.5 23.8 20.2 24.7 17.6 16.4 19.4 24.8 23.0 24.6 31 17.5 18.2 16.3 19.9 8.3 6.1 11.5 30.0 16.9 24.0 32 10.0 8.1 9.3 9.6 2.6 1.8 5.0 18.9 8.6 14.1 33 4.2 2.6 3.7 2.8 0.3 0.3 1.7 6.4 3.6 5.9 34 1.3 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.1 * 0.5 1.4 1.2 2.0 35 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 * 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 36 & above * * * * * * * * 0.1 0.1 Average 29.6 29.5 29.5 29.8 28.6 28.6 28.7 30.7 29.6 30.3 MIKE 24 & below * 1.8 0.1 2.0 - * * * * 0.2 25 0.1 1.2 0.1 1.9 * * * * * 0.1 26 0.1 1.5 0.2 2.5 * * * * 0.1 0.1 27 0.2 1.9 0.3 3.0 * * * * 0.1 0.1 28 0.3 2.2 0.5 3.5 * * * * 0.1 0.2 29 0.4 2.7 0.7 3.9 * * 0.1 * 0.1 0.3 30 0.5 3.3 1.1 4.2 * * 0.1 * 0.1 0.3 31 0.8 3.8 1.5 4.5 * * 0.3 * 0.2 0.3 32 1.1 4.0 2.0 4.7 * 0.1 0.5 * 0.3 0.4 33 1.5 4.4 2.6 4.9 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.5 0.5 34 2.0 4.8 3.4 5.1 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.2 0.6 0.7 35 2.7 5.3 4.1 5.3 0.2 0.3 2.4 0.3 0.7 1.0 36 3.5 5.5 4.9 5.4 0.3 0.5 3.5 0.5 1.0 1.4 37 4.2 6.1 5.6 5.5 0.4 0.8 4.7 0.9 1.4 1.8 38 5.1 6.4 6.3 5.6 0.6 1.3 6.0 1.3 1.9 2.5 39 6.0 6.5 6.9 5.6 1.0 2.1 7.2 2.0 2.7 3.4 40 6.8 6.5 7.3 5.4 1.5 3.1 8.2 2.9 3.8 4.0 41 7.9 6.0 7.5 5.2 2.2 4.5 8.8 4.0 5.2 4.6 42 8.7 5.7 7.4 4.7 3.3 6.4 9.2 5.3 6.8 5.0 43 9.0 5.0 7.1 4.0 4.7 8.5 9.3 6.8 7.5 6.2 44 9.1 4.4 6.6 3.4 6.6 10.4 8.7 8.2 8.4 7.0 45 8.5 3.4 6.1 2.8 8.5 11.5 7.9 9.6 9.3 7.4 46 7.1 2.5 5.2 2.2 11.1 11.7 6.7 10.3 9.9 8.5 47 5.6 2.0 4.3 1.7 13.2 11.1 5.1 10.7 9.8 9.2 48 4.1 1.4 3.3 1.2 14.1 9.7 3.7 10.2 9.2 9.5 49 2.6 0.9 2.2 0.8 12.5 7.7 2.5 8.7 8.0 9.2 50 1.3 0.6 1.3 0.5 9.1 5.1 1.4 6.8 5.8 7.5 51 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.2 5.6 2.9 0.7 4.8 3.4 4.8 52 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 2.9 1.4 0.4 3.1 1.8 2.5 53 0.1 * 0.2 * 1.3 0.4 0.1 1.8 0.9 1.1 54 0.1 * 0.1 * 0.4 0.1 * 0.9 0.3 0.3 55 * * * * 0.1 * * 0.4 0.1 * 56 * - * * * * * 0.1 * * 57 * - * - * - * * - * 58 * - * - * - - * - - 59 - - - - * - * - - - 60 & above - - - - * - - - - - Average 42.0 37.0 41.0 36.0 47.0 45.0 42.0 46.0 45.0 45.0 1/ Fiber strength expressed in terms of 1/8" gage (grams per tex). * Less than 0.05 percent. QUALITY OF COTTON CLASSED UNDER SMITH-DOXEY ACT BY CLASSING OFFICES, 2007-Crop Compared With 2008-Crop RAYVILLE VISALIA 2007 2008 2007 2008 STRENGTH Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. 17 & below - - - - 18 * - - - 19 * - - - 20 - - - * 21 * * - - 22 * 0.1 * - 23 0.2 0.7 - * 24 1.0 2.9 * * 25 3.8 6.6 * 0.1 26 11.3 11.4 0.1 0.4 27 20.4 15.0 0.5 1.7 28 22.1 17.9 1.3 3.7 29 19.0 19.6 2.1 5.3 30 12.5 14.2 2.7 5.7 31 6.5 7.9 4.5 4.2 32 2.4 3.0 9.0 4.6 33 0.7 0.6 22.6 10.3 34 0.2 0.1 32.1 21.8 35 0.1 * 18.5 24.1 36 & above * * 6.6 18.0 Average 28.2 28.1 33.5 33.5 MIKE 24 & below * - * 0.1 25 - - * * 26 - - * 0.1 27 * - * 0.1 28 * * * 0.2 29 * * * 0.4 30 * * 0.1 0.7 31 * * 0.1 0.9 32 * * 0.2 1.3 33 * * 0.3 1.6 34 * * 0.6 1.9 35 * 0.1 1.0 2.5 36 * 0.1 1.7 3.5 37 0.1 0.3 2.5 4.4 38 0.2 0.5 3.8 5.5 39 0.4 0.7 5.1 7.1 40 0.8 1.1 6.5 8.9 41 1.3 1.6 8.6 10.3 42 2.4 2.4 10.6 10.2 43 4.4 3.3 11.9 10.5 44 7.2 4.5 12.6 9.6 45 11.0 6.1 11.8 8.0 46 15.3 8.0 10.0 5.5 47 17.7 10.7 6.1 3.4 48 16.4 12.6 3.4 2.0 49 11.9 13.5 1.8 0.9 50 6.3 13.2 0.8 0.3 51 3.0 10.3 0.2 * 52 1.1 6.4 0.1 - 53 0.3 3.2 * - 54 0.1 1.1 - - 55 * 0.3 - - 56 * * - - 57 * * - - 58 * * - - 59 - - - - 60 & above - - - - Average 47.0 48.0 43.0 41.0 1/ Fiber strength expressed in terms of 1/8" gage (grams per tex). * Less than 0.05 percent.