CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 27 to 206) > SUBCHAPTER A—COMMODITY STANDARDS AND STANDARD CONTAINER REGULATIONS (parts 27 to 44) > PART 27—COTTON CLASSIFICATION UNDER COTTON FUTURES LEGISLATION > SUBPART A—Regulations (§27.1 to §27.100) > 27.21—Preparation of samples of cotton.

27.21—Preparation of samples of cotton.

The samples from each bale shall be prepared as specified in this section. The sample from the top side and the sample from the bottom side shall each be broken into two parts. One part of the sample from the top side shall be placed with a part of the sample from the bottom side, making two sets of samples from each bale. One of such sets shall weigh as nearly as possible 6 ounces, equally divided between the two parts thereof representing the two sides of the bale. There shall be placed in each such set of samples between the two sides thereof a coupon showing the number of the tag attached to the bale from which such samples were drawn. The 6-ounce set of samples from each bale shall be called the original and the other set the duplicate.