[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR742.30]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 742--COTTONSEED WAREHOUSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 742.30  Shrinkage; agreement.

    At the time cottonseed is received for storage the warehouseman and 
the depositor shall agree upon an amount to

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be allowed for shrinkage while the cottonseed is in storage, such 
shrinkage to include loss caused by natural drying out of the 
cottonseed, but in no event shall the total amount of shrinkage exceed 5 
percent of the weight of the cottonseed at the time it entered storage. 
In case no agreement as to shrinkage has been made, the difference in 
the moisture content of the cottonseed at the beginning of the storage 
period and at the time of delivery shall form a basis for calculating 
shrinkage.