12 BULLETIN 457, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 4. — • Variation in prices paid for tinged and stained cotton. 



Market. 



Date. 



Grade- 



Length 

 staple. 



Price. 



High- 

 est. 



Low- 

 est. 



Differ- 

 ence in 

 points. 



South Carolina. 



Chapin. 

 Do. 



Do 



St. Matthews. 



Do 



Do 



Chapin 



Louisiana. 



Monroe. 



Arkansas. 



Searcy 



El Dorado 



Camden 



Fordyce 



A labama. 



Talladega . . 

 Albert ville. 

 Do.... 

 Eulaula . . . 

 Hunts ville . 



Oklahoma. 



Atoka 



Boswell 



Do 



Chattanooga. 

 Erick 



Georgia. 



Hartwell , 



Sandersville 



Hosehton 



Washington 



Americus , 



Dublin 



Do 



Sandersville 



Texas. 



Longview... 

 Do 



Do 



Sweetwater. 



Arkansas. 



Bates ville. 

 Camden . . . 

 El Dorado. 

 Do.... 

 Fordyce . . . 



Hope 



Ola 



Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 



Feb. 



Sept. 



Sept. 



Jan. 



Dec. 



15, 1913 

 22, 1913 



25. 1913 



25. 1914 



24. 1913 

 29,1913 



10. 1914 

 20, 1913 



Dec. 11,1913 



Oct. 9, 1913 

 Nov. 6, 1913 

 Nov. 20,1913 

 Oct. 6, 1913 



Jan. 23,1914 

 Jan. 22,1914 



do 



Nov. 20,1913 

 Dec. 11,1913 



Oct. 22,1913 

 Oct. 16,1913 

 Nov. 13,1913 

 Nov. 14,1913 

 Nov. 17,1913 



Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Dec. 

 Nov. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 



13, 1914 

 19,1914 



18. 1913 

 28,1913 

 17,1913 



5, 1913 



30. 1914 

 10, 1914 



Oct. 9, 1913 

 Oct. 23,1913 

 Nov. 22,1913 

 Jan. 15,1914 



Nov. 20,1913 

 Nov. 20, 1913 

 Oct. 9, 1913 

 Nov. 7,1913 



do 



Oct. 23,1913 

 Nov. 20,1913 



S. M. stained • . . . 



S. M. tinged 



M. spotted 



M. tinged 



M. spotted 



M. tinged , 



S. M. tinged 



....do 



Inches. 

 1 



a 

 i 



L. M. spotted . 



S. L. M. spotted. 



L. M. stained 



S.L.M. spotted... 

 M. tinged 



S. M. tinged 



S.L.M. tinged.. 

 S.L.M. spotted. 



L.M.blue 



M. tinged 



S.M.off 



S.L.M. tinged. 



L.M.off 



L. M. stained.. 

 M. tinged... .. 



M. stained 4-jL 1A 



S.L.M.blue 1 



S.M.tinged 1 



do 1 



M.blue. 



M. spotted $|, I 



M. blue Hi 



S.M.off |,-H- 



L.M.blue 



L.M.off 



S.G.O. stained.... 

 L. M. stained 



M. tinged 



S. L. M. spotted... 



S.L.M. off 



L. M. blue 



M.off 



M. spotted 



M.off 



1 

 1 



1,1-rV 



la 



i,i 



Cents. 

 11.50 

 12.00 

 11.62 

 11.75 

 12.06 

 13.87 

 12.08 

 13.00 



13.12 

 12.75 

 12.25 

 13.00 



12.75 

 12.00 

 12. 50 

 12.88 

 12.00 



13.00 

 12.50 

 13.38 

 9.50 

 11.75 



12.50 

 9.00 

 12.25 

 12.56 

 11.50 

 13.00 

 12.75 

 12.00 



10.60 

 11.50 

 9.50 

 10.00 



12.70 

 12.25 

 12.75 

 12.50 

 13.00 

 14.00 

 11.50 



Cents. 

 10.00 

 10.25 

 10.50 

 11.00 

 10.00 

 13.10 

 10.02 

 10.30 



10.00 



11.00 

 10.00 

 11.00 

 11.30 



12.25 

 10.00 

 11.00 

 12.00 

 10.50 



10.00 

 10.35 

 9.07 

 8.00 

 10.25 



10.50 

 11.00 

 10.50 

 10.50 

 9.50 

 11.75 

 9.25 

 9.75 



7.60 

 8.50 

 4.50 

 6.30 



11.75 

 11.25 

 11.25 

 10.00 

 12.00 

 12.25 

 10.50 



150 

 175 

 112 



75 

 205 



77 

 206 

 270 



200 



212 

 275 

 125 

 170 



50 

 200 

 150 



88 

 150 



300 

 215 

 431 

 150 

 150 



300 

 200 

 175 

 203 

 200 

 125 

 350 

 225 



300 

 350 

 500 

 370 



95 

 100 

 150 

 250 

 100 

 175 

 100 



1 In this table initials of grade names have been used. 

 SUGGESTED ECONOMIES IN HANDLING AND MARKETING COTTON. 



This survey, together with the Oklahoma survey of 1912-13, has 

 developed very clearly the fact that the present system of handling 

 and marketing cotton can be improved materially. There is in the 

 aggregate a tremendous economic waste all along the line from the 

 producer through to the spinner. 



