7 CFR § 28.302 - Terms of designation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s28.302"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 28.302 - Terms of designation."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "28.302"
section_name: "Terms of designation."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY STANDARDS AND CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "28"
part_name: "COTTON CLASSING, TESTING, AND STANDARDS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10930, Dec. 28, 1957, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "28"
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# 28.302 Terms of designation.

The length of staple of any cotton shall be designated by that one of the following terms which expresses its measurement in inches and fractions of an inch in accordance with § 28.301:

“Below 
13/16; 
7/8; 
29/32; 
15/16; 
31/32; 1; 1
1/32; 1
1/16; 1
3/32; 1
1/8; 1
5/32; 1
3/16; 1
7/32; 1
1/4; 1
9/32; 1
5/16; 1
11/32; 1
3/8; 1
13/32; 1
7/16; 1
15/32; 1
1/2; 1
17/32; 1
9/16; 1
19/32; 1
5/8; 1
21/32; 1
11/16; 1
23/32; 1
3/4; and upward in like manner in gradations of thirty-seconds, disregarding any fraction less than a thirty-second.”