White specks in dyed cotton cloth is an important quality problem for the American textile industry. This study was done as part of a continuing research program to determine the cause of these white specks as well as other cotton quality problems. Four varieties and four ginning treatments were included in the test. All ginning lots were spun into yarn and then made into cloth. Fiber and yarn properties were measured as well as specks in dyed cloth. A statistical analysis showed that variety and ginning treatment were the most useful in predicting white specks, however, at a very low level. What relationships that did exist between raw fiber or yarn quality measurements and white specks, while statistically significant, resulted in a statistical model that left a great deal of the variability in cloth dyeing imperfections unexplained. The conclusion is that there are other properties of cotton that have a large effect on dyeing problems that are currently not being measured. Research is going to have to be done to identify what these factors are.