*3fJ Duke University Libraries Produce loan Conf Pam #379 Produce L^niii ■-Iiistri 1. Government expects that subscribers to the Produee Loan, who have sold their crops, shall pafy^ over the pro- ceeds and receive tlie ]>onds, and that those who have not sold, will in the present favorable condition of the market, nt once do so and make a like disposition of the funds, since sales can be readily made to merchants and others, whcso capival is tiinnVu oiit of employ by the war, at prices wiiicli c(iuai the average of the past few years. 2. If the subscril^s prefer, Government will itself take, at market value, produce already, or hereafter to be sub- scribe4, and the undersi,--ncd is prepared to make the neces- sary arrani-ements and deliver the Bonds, thus facilitatino- ^Otl!cmcn•!-— tl'.e article iiciniX of a diaracter useful to the army or susceptible of bein^• made in its hands the basis oi credit and negotiation at home or abroad. Such negotia- tions to an extent have already been made, and it is believed can be continued so as greatly to promote the public interest. 3. Horldins" the above in view, cotton will^ifof be pur- V''~-'C chased in positions which are in proximity%to the .enemy or. . . X likely to be immcdiateJ^ccupied- by hilfi, but must l)e vc- V^ * moved by tlw owner to^ safe di^tapce ; nor shaH Tt be ta- ken except in qutn^titi^of twenty bales andt)ver, in^mer-* \ chantable order, well baled, and in a covcroi I'lii^^^^.^f^" ])lantation or in warehouse, with the pledge o^tlic seller to take due care of and deliver it when required, at his usualV shipping- point, without aharge for transportation or storage, "but w iihout liability for loss aftei* esicrcising due care. 4. • Ag-onts shall cause to '^ sampled, classiffW and weighed, each bale, of cotton purchased by the Government, • and^mark the weight upon it, with tlTf initials, C. S. A. They shall certify'in duplicate to the. quality, (piantity'^and wciglit, to the market price and location. Tl;ey shall say if it is nudor secure cover, and in order far market, and it' they are not themsclve.sjciuijiiliod to determine upon quality, shall a])i)end the certificaie of one ]io.ssc.<.ring such qualifica- tion. ^ 5. Tlie market ^•*aluc is to be ascertained i'rom actual and ?;o;ja .AVe sales, or oftei's, recently made l)y parties in the iieicrhborhood, and it is to he considered that this value will vary from state to state and county to coimty, as the cotton may be near or distant from market, or more or less ex- posed to the enemy. G. The form of a bill ot sale whic^h Js to be signed iu du- j'Ucale. is as follows. Agents will be furnishedVith ncccs- sarv blanks : BILL OF SALE. -Bales ; Aggregate Weight at- State ok . • County of , Town, of P. 0., The undersigned having sold to the Confederate States of America and received the value of the .same in Bonds, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, —bales of cotton, marked, numbered and classed as in the margin, which is now depos- ited at hereby agrees to take due care of said cotton whilst on his plantation and to deliver the same at his own expense, at in the Slate of- -, — to the order of the / Secretary of the Treasury, or his Agents, or their Assigns. ^ CK R TIF I C A||: E. jA : _- ^ L186 The u:ulcrsif4 •^-•i 8i.< 9 (; 9 " 10 •i'.. 9^.< 10>.< 7'@7K 10" 10^4" m 101.; 113^^ sy^my. 11 12 91. 12 Iv lid' '13 pH8.5