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STUDY OF THE PBACTICE OF SELLING COTTON IN THE SEED. 



The study of the practice of selling cotton in the seed has been 

 completed and verified. The extent of the practice, an indication 

 of the losses so caused, and other pertinent data are set forth in 

 Department Bulletin 375: Disadvantages of Selling Cotton in the 

 Seed. A more popular form of the same material also will be issued. 



All the work on the project of cotton handling and marketing is 

 under the supervision of Mr. Fred Taylor. 



COTTON WAREHOUSE INVESTIGATIONS. 



The cotton warehouse investigations are under the direction of 

 Mr. K. L. Nixon. 



CONTINUATION OF REPORTED WORK. 



The survey of facilities available for the storage of cotton was 

 extended throughout the cotton belt, and information showing loca- 

 tion, name, capacity, construction, cost, insurance rate on stored cot- 

 ton, charges for storage, whether loans can be secured on stored cot- 

 ton, and interest rates, has been tabulated covering every cotton ware- 

 house, mill, and compress that has reported. Outline maps have 

 been prepared showing the cotton production as compared with the 

 storage facilities by the counties and States of the cotton belt, loca- 

 tion of warehouses, compresses, etc., as far as the data have been ob- 

 tained. 



Intensive studies of many large warehouses have been made and 

 the study of warehouse laws and legislation has been continued. 

 Information thus gained has been useful not only in devising the 

 system of accounts for cotton warehouses already mentioned, but 

 has proven valuable in connection with the United States warehouse 

 act and the plans for its administration. 



WORK RELATING TO WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS. 



Demonstrations were made at Little Rock, Camden, Blythesville, 

 Forrest City, Morrillton, Pine Bluff, Hope, Newport^ and El Dorado, 

 Ark., in connection with the work on cotton marketing and handling 

 to show the value of a certificate giving the grade of the cotton 

 stored, especially when the warehouse receipts are offered as col- 

 lateral for loans. 



MARKETING COTTON SEED AND ITS PRODUCTS. 



With a view to ascertaining present methods of handling, market- 

 ing, and utilizing cotton seed and its primary products, in the hope 

 of suggesting means whereby improvements may be made and econo- 

 mies effected, the following lines of work have been conducted by 

 Mr. II. T. Poe, jr. 



COTTONSEED MARKETING SURVEY. 



A survey was made during the time in which the bulk of the crop 

 was marketed, which was planned to include some of the items in the 

 marketing of the cottonseed crop which most vitally interest the 



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