Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
Title 7 - Agriculture |
Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
Chapter I - Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture |
SubChapter E - Commodity Laboratory Testing Programs |
Part 96 - COTTONSEED SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE FOR CRUSHING PURPOSES (CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND UNITED STATES OFFICIAL GRADE CERTIFICATION) |
Subpart B - Official Cottonseed Grade Calculations |
§ 96.28 - Calculation of grades of official samples.
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(a) Data on certificates of official cottonseed analyses shall be expressed as follows:
(b) Grade to whole or half units, whichever actual calculation is nearest shall be determined as follows:
(1) The calculation of grades shall be made by the method of disregarding the figures to the right of the second decimal place.
(2) Calculated grades ending with .2500 through .7499 will be considered to be in the .25 through .74 range, and will be reported to the nearest half grade.
(3) Calculated grades ending with .7500 through .2499 will be considered to be in the .75 through .24 range, and will be reported to the nearest whole grade.