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Official Cotton Standards for 2007 - 2008

	Color Grades	Symbols	Code #
White	Good Middling	GM	11
	Strict Middling	SM	21
	Middling	Mid	31
	Strict Low Middling	SLM	41
	Low Middling	LM	51
	Strict Good Ordinary	SGO	61
	Good Ordinary	GO	71

Light Spotted	Good Middling	GM LtSp	12
	Strict Middling	SM LtSp	22
	Middling	Mid LtSp	32
	Strict Low Middling	SLM LtSp	42
	Low Middling	LM LtSp	52
	Strict Good Ordinary	SGO LtSp	62

Spotted	Good Middling	GM Sp	13
	Strict Middling	SM Sp	23
	Middling	Mid Sp	33
	Strict Low Middling	SLM Sp	43
	Low Middling	LM Sp	53
	Strict Good Ordinary	SGO Sp	63

Tinged	Strict Middling	SM Tg	24
	Middling	Mid Tg	34
	Strict Low Middling	SLM Tg	44
	Low Middling	LM Tg	54

Yellow Stained	Strict Middling	SM YS	25
	Middling	Mid YS	35

Leaf Grades	Symbols	Code #
Leaf Grade 1	LG1	1
Leaf Grade 2	LG2	2
Leaf Grade 3	LG3	3
Leaf Grade 4	LG4	4
Leaf Grade 5	LG5	5
Leaf Grade 6	LG6	6
Leaf Grade 7	LG7	7

Staple Length (inches)	Code #
Below 13/16	24
13/16	26
7/8	28
29/32	29
15/16	30
31/32	31
1	32
1-1/32	33
1-1/16	34
1-3/32	35
1-1/8	36
1-5/32	37
1-3/16	38
1-7/32	39
1-1/4	40
1-9/32	41
1-5/16	42
1-11/32	43
1-3/8	44
1-13/32	45
1-7/16	46
1-15/32	47
1-1/2	48

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