7 CFR § 28.307 - Bale of different staple lengths.

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title: "7 CFR § 28.307 - Bale of different staple lengths."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "28.307"
section_name: "Bale of different staple lengths."
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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regulatory_source: "22 FR 10930, Dec. 28, 1957, unless otherwise noted."
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# 28.307 Bale of different staple lengths.

Whenever the length of staple of cotton taken from one part of a bale is different from that taken from another part of the same bale, the length of staple of the cotton in such bale shall be that of the part which is the shorter.

[22 FR 10930, Dec. 28, 1957. Redesignated at 49 FR 28391, July 12, 1984]