Cotton Classing

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• Cotton Classing
• CDE

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Who needs cotton?

• Clothes
• Shirts
• Pants
• Hats
• Shoes
• Cosmetics
• Medication
• Others

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Cotton classing dates

• Clarendon College
• State (CONGRATS!!)
• April 24th
• Texas Tech
• Dr. Norm Hopper
• norman.hopper_at_ttu.edu
• 2004 results

cotton classing rules/guidelines
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Rules

• limited to first 40 teams
• 1½ hours to complete the event

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Scoring (3-4 members per team)

• Each correct answer is worth 20 points
• If a student's grade is off by
• 1 grade, he/she will receive 10 points for the
  sample
• 2 or more grades, he/she will receive zero points
  for the sample
• Total points for each student will be 1,000
  points
• Total points for each team will be 3,000 points

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What will appear at State?

• Color Grade (white)
• Strict Middling (SM)
• Middling (Mid)
• Strict Low Middling (SLM)
• Low Middling (LM)
• Strict Good Ordinary (SGO)
• Good Ordinary (GO)

• Color Grade code Classer Leaf
• 21 2
• 31 3
• 41 4
• 51 5
• 61 6
• 71 7

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What will appear at State?

• Color Grade (spotted)
• Strict Middling (SM Sp)
• Middling (Mid Sp)
• Strict Low Middling (SLM Sp)
• Low Middling (LM Sp)
• Strict Good Ordinary (SGO Sp)

• Color Grade Classer Leaf
• 23 2
• 33 3
• 43 4
• 53 5
• 63 6

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What will appear at State?

• Color Grade (Tinged)
• Middling (Mid Tngd)
• Strict Low Middling (SLM Tngd)
• Low Middling (LM Tngd)
• USDA

• Color Grade Classer Leaf
• 34 3
• 44 4
• 54 5

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What students need to remember

• 21
• 31
• 41
• 51
• 61
• 71
• 23

• 33
• 43
• 53
• 63
• 34
• 44
• 54

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Requesting Samples

• Order practice samples by Feb. 1st
• Start receiving March 1st
• One set of samples per year.
• Teams must return practice samples to the Lubbock
  Classing Office at the time of the State Event to
  be eligible to compete.