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BULLETIX 375^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



The losses by selling iii the seed range from 35 points, or $1.75 per 

 bale for Low Middhng, to 152 points, or $7.60 per bale for Good 

 Middling. Selling the cotton unginned caused an aggregate loss of 

 $2,715.20 on the 586 loads here represented, or an average loss of 

 $4.63 for each bale. Thus it is shown that the producer who sells his 

 cotton unginned lost on each grade, and that the losses on the higher 

 grades exceeded those on the lower grades. 



PRICES FOE EACH MONTH DURING SEASON THROUGHOUT STATE. 



Table XI has been prepared in order to compare the prices obtained 

 for cotton by the two systems of marketing, during each month and 

 throughout the season. Twenty-nine hnt samples of extra staple 

 have been omitted from this table, but the remaining 4,504 bales and 

 the 881 loads sampled have been considered. The number of samples 

 of both hnt and seed cotton for each month, the average prices 

 secured for Hnt and seed cotton, the average equivalent Hnt prices 

 and the estimated losses per pound and per bale are shown. 



Table XI. — Comparison, by months, betiveen prices secured for cotton when sold unginned 

 and when sold in the bale during the entire season in the markets represented. 



Month. 



Cotton sold in bales. 



Cotton sold in seed. 



Number 

 ojf bales 

 sampled. 



price per 

 pound. 



Number 

 of loads 

 sampled. 



Average 



price 



per 100 



pounds. 



Average 

 equiva- 

 lent lint 

 price per 

 pound. 



Estimated loss by- 

 selling unginned. 



Per 

 pound. 



Per bale. 



September 



October 



November 



December 



January 



Summary 



585 



1,873 



1,607 



333 



106 



Cents. 

 13.12 

 12.46 

 10.95 

 9.74 

 8.16 



104 

 315 



253 

 182 



S4.03 

 4.09 

 3.55 



2.84 

 2.62 



Cents. 



11.62 



11.69 



9.94 



7.69 



6.68 



Cents. 

 1.50 

 .77 

 1.01 

 2.05 

 1.48 



$7.50 

 3.85 

 5.05 



10.25 

 7.40 



4,504 



11.70 



3.62 



10.20 



U.21 



16.06 



1 These figures have been reached by weighting the losses by the number of loads sampled in each month. 



A loss is shown for each month ranging from an average of $3.85 



per bale in October to $10.25 per bale in December. The average 



baled lint price for the entire season is shown as 11.70 cents and the 



average equivalent lint price for the entire season as 10.20 cents. 



There occurred an average loss of 1.21 cents per pound or $6.06 per 



bale. 



A STUDY OF CONDITIONS IN A SPECIFIC LOCALITY. 



In order to determine the prices paid for seed cotton and to com- 

 pare the prices paid for Triumph cotton with the prices paid for other 

 varieties, the town of Crowder "was chosen, as activities in that 

 locaHty had resulted in a large percentage of production of Mebane's 

 Triumph cotton. Each week an equal number of samples of Triumph 

 and other varieties of seed cotton were collected simultaneously. 

 The Triumph samples were taken from loads belonging to farmers 

 who were well known as producers of this variety, while the other 



