Cause of Sanded Cotton
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A letter to the editors of Scientific American, signed E. J. C. of Centerville, Mississippi, dated December 15, 1859. A cotton planter with 26 years of experience explains why so much dirty and sanded cotton reaches market, blaming commission merchants who do not pay a sufficiently higher price for fine cotton over inferior grades. He argues that planters therefore have no incentive to take extra care in picking and handling.
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