268 BULLETIN 982, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



PART VI.— COTTON. 



Table 306. — -Cotton, middling: Monthly average price, in cents per pound, at New 



Orleans. 1 



Month. 



1910-11 



1911-12 



1912-13 



1913-14 



1914-15 



1915-16 



1916-17 



1917-18 



1918-19 



1919-20 



1920-21 



10-yr. 

 av. 





14.92 

 13.53 

 14.22 

 14.50 

 14.85 

 14.95 

 14.62 

 14.54 

 14.70 

 15.46 

 15.27 

 14.30 



11.97 



11.29 



9.61 



9.35 



9.17 



9.52 



10.31 



10.65 



11.61. 



11.71 



12.07 



12.93 



12.08 

 11.37 

 10.98 

 12. 15 

 12.81 

 12.58 

 12.51 

 12. 45 

 12.44 

 12.29 

 12.44 

 12.31 



12.02 

 13.11 

 13.76 

 13.26 

 12.98 

 12, 93 

 12.90 

 12.95 

 13.10 

 13.36 

 13.79 

 13.34 



8.42 

 7.02 

 7.43 

 7.18 

 7.87 

 8.01 

 8.34 

 9.43 

 9.04 

 9.12 

 8.71 



8.94 



10.40 

 11.95 

 11.50 

 11.89 

 12.04 

 11. 45 

 11.73 

 11.88 

 12.61 

 12.80 

 13.03 



14.26 

 15.27 



17.24 

 19.45 

 18.34 

 17.33 

 17.14 

 17.94 

 19.52 

 20.06 

 24.17 

 25.41 



25.10 

 21.68 

 26.76 



28.08 

 29.07 

 31.07 

 30.91 

 32.76 

 33.05 

 28.94 

 30.70 

 29.50 



30.23 

 33.28 

 31.19 

 29.75 

 29.44 

 28.84 

 26.97 

 26.84 

 26.70 

 29.36 

 32.09 

 33.93 



31.17 



30.38 

 35.27 

 39.58 

 39.89 

 40.28 

 39.32 

 40.69 

 41.41 

 40.32 

 40.52 

 39.41 



34.03 

 27.35 

 20.97 

 17.65 

 14.64 



17.85 



October 



November 



December 



February 



16.87 

 17.80 

 18.51 

 18.56 

 18.74 

 18.41 

 18.89 



April 



19.38 





19.32 





20.30 



July 



20.29 







Average 



14.66 



10. S5 



12.20 



13.13 



8.23 



11.69 



18.84 



28. 97 



29.89 



38.19 





18.67 



1 Figures prior to 1915, compiled from New York Cotton Exchange reports. 



Table 307. — Cotton, middling: Monthly average price, in cents per pound, at New 



Orleans. 



(Prices reduced to the 1913 basis.) 



Month. 



1910-11 



1911-12 



1912-13 



1913-14 



1914-15 



1915-16 



1916-17 



1917-18 



1918-19 



1919-20 



1920-21 



10-yr. 

 av. 



August 



15.07 



13.67 

 14.36 

 14.65 

 15.00 

 15.90 

 15. 55 

 15.47 

 15.64 

 16.45 

 16.24 

 15.21 



12.73 

 12.01 

 10.22 

 9.95 

 9.76 

 9.52 

 10.31 

 10.65 

 11.61 

 11.71 

 12.07 

 12.93 



12.08 

 11.37 

 10.98 

 12.15 

 12.81 

 12.71 

 12.51 

 12.58 

 12.69 

 12.54 

 12.44 

 12.19 



11.90 

 12.85 

 13.62 

 13.13 

 13.11 

 12. 93 

 13.03 

 13.08 

 13.37 

 13.63 

 14.07 

 13.47 



8.17 

 7.09 

 7.58 

 7.40 

 8.03 

 8.01 

 8.42 

 9.53 

 9.04 

 9.21 

 8.61 



8.94 



10.61 

 11.83 

 11.27 

 11.32 

 10.95 

 10.31 

 10.29 

 10.24 

 10.69 

 10.85 

 10.95 



11.59 



12.02 

 12. 96 

 13.60 

 12.56 

 11.55 

 11.06 

 11.21 

 11.42 

 11.08 

 13.14 

 13.74 



13.64 

 11.91 

 14.87 

 15.43 

 16.06 

 16.79 

 16.62 

 17. 52 

 17.39 

 15.23 

 15.91 

 14.90 



14.96 

 16.08 

 15.29 

 14.44 

 14.29 

 14.21 

 13.69 

 13. 35 

 13.15 

 14.18 

 15.50 

 15.56 



13.79 

 13.81 

 15.82 

 17.21 

 16.76 

 16.24 

 15.79 

 16.08 

 15.63 

 14.82 

 15.06 

 15.04 



13.61 

 11.30 

 9.32 

 8.53 

 7.75 



12.73 



October 



November 



December 



Januarv 



February 



March 



12.25 

 12.70 

 12.94 

 12.91 

 12.88 

 12.69 

 12.87 



April 



13.07 

 12.94 



June 



13.45 



July 



13.26 







Average 



15.27 



11.12 



12. 25 



13.18 



8.28 



10.69 



12.16 



15.52 



14.56 



15.50 





12.85 



Table 308. — Cotton: Estimated average price at first of month, in cents per pound, paid 



to producers. 



Month. 



1910-11 



1911-12 



1912-13 



1913-14 



1914-15 



1915-16 



1916-17 



1917-18 



1918-19 



1919-20 



1920-21 



10-yr. 

 av. 



August 



14.3 

 14.4 

 13.3 

 14.0 

 14.1 

 14.4 

 14.3 

 13.9 

 13.9 

 14.2 

 14.6 

 14.4 



13.2 

 11.8 

 10.2 

 8.9 

 8.8 

 8.4 

 9.0 

 9.8 

 10.1 

 10.9 

 11.0 

 11.2 



12.0 

 11.3 

 11.2 

 10.9 

 11.9 

 12.2 

 11.9 

 11.8 

 11.8 

 11.6 

 11.5 

 11.6 



11.5 

 11.8 

 13.3 

 13.0 

 12.2 

 11.7 

 11.9 

 12.6 

 11.9 

 12.2 

 12.4 

 12.4 



12.4 

 8.7 

 7.8 

 6.3 

 6.8 

 6.6 

 7.4 

 7.4 

 8.1 

 9.1 

 8.6 

 8.6 



8.1 

 8.5 

 11.2 

 11.6 

 11.3 

 11.4 

 11.5 

 11.1 

 11.5 

 11.5 

 12.2 

 12.5 



12.6 

 14.6 

 15.5 

 18.0 

 19.6 

 17.1 

 16.8 

 15.9 

 18.0 

 18.9 

 20.2 

 24.7 



24.3 



23.4 

 23.3 

 27.3 

 27.7 

 28.9 

 29.7 

 30.2 

 31.8 

 28.5 

 27.4 

 28.6 



27.8 

 32.2 

 31.8 

 29.3 

 27.6 

 28.7 

 24.9 

 24.0 

 24.5 

 26.0 

 29.5 

 31.1 



32.5 



30.3 

 31.3 

 36.5 

 35.6 

 35.9 

 36.2 

 36.2 

 37.3 

 37.7 

 37.2 

 37.4 



36.8 

 31.1 

 25.5 

 19.4 

 14.0 



16.9 



September 



October... 



November 



January 



February 



March 



16.7 

 16.9 

 17.6 

 17.6 

 17.5 

 17.4 

 17.3 





17.9 





18.1 





18.5 



July 



19.3 







Average 



14.2 



10.3 



11.6 



12.2 



8.2 



11.0 



17.7 



27.6 



28.1 



35.4 





17.6 



