Excerpts from the report: The principal objectives of this study were to: (1) appraise the different cost factors involved in storing seed cotton and ascertain the storage costs under different methods; (2) indicate the practicability of seed cotton storage by different methods; and (3) determine under commercial conditions the effects of seed cotton storage on the quality and value of ginned lint. Three gins in the San Joaquin Valley of California and two gins in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, entailing different types of storage facilities, were included in this study.