I3O KNAPP METHOD OF GROWING COTTON 



instead of having the crop ginned at so much 

 cash per bale. The usual cash price for ginning 

 and covering in recent years has ranged from 

 $2.50 to $3.50 per bale. Selling seed cotton is 

 a bad practice from the farmer's standpoint. 

 It puts the farmer at a disadvantage since the 

 price is based on a certain grade, and no al- 

 lowance is made for advance in prices or for 

 premiums pn better grades. 



A mutual agreement on some improved 

 method of marketing the cotton crop would be 

 beneficial alike to producer and spinner. Such 

 a system would tend to prevent violent fluctua- 

 tion in prices. This reform can only be brought 

 about by a closer understanding between grower 

 and spinner. The multiplicity of middlemen 

 has become an immense burden, not only in 

 the cotton business but in the handling of 

 all farm crops. 



In the past the entire crop has been thrown 

 upon the market in three or four months, when 

 it should have been distributed throughout 

 the year. The high price of cotton in recent 

 years has bettered the financial condition of 

 the Southern cotton grower to such an extent 

 that in the future the crop can be held and 



