COTTON" WAEEHOTJSES. 7 



Table I. — Showing the production of cotton in certain counties in Georgia, in running 

 bales, and the distribution of warehouses, their number, character, and storage capacity, 

 in flat bales. 





Production 

 in running 



bales, 1913. 



Mill -warehouses. 



Other warehouses. 



Total 

 warehouse 

 capacity in 

 flat bales. 



County. 



Number 

 reporting. 



Capacity in 

 flat bales. 



Number 

 reporting. 



Capacity in 

 " flat bales. 



Bibb 



10,690 



3 



19, 800 



8 



5 

 18 



3 

 16 



4 

 20 

 15 



7 



40,500 

 53, 000 

 35, 500 

 22, 780 

 44, 100 

 19,850 

 37, 500 

 121, 950 

 22, 850 

 21, 250 



60, 300 





53 000 



Clarke 



13,291 

 39, 365 



2, 544 

 44, 550 



7,940 

 10, 765 

 16, 178 

 25, 052 



7 



7,300 



42 800 





22, 780 



Fulton 



8 

 3 



8 

 6 



32,900 

 3,800 

 47, 875 

 25,000 



77, 000 





23,650 





85, 375 





146, 950 





22,850 





12 



55,800 



77, 050 







Total 



170, 375 



47 



192, 475 



103 



419, 280 



611, 755 







Bulloch 



41,667 

 53,687 

 39, 878 

 39, 365 

 41,298 

 44,550 

 53, 740 

 39,005 

 38,614 

 45,801 







2 

 6 



17 

 18 

 10 

 16 

 16 

 11 

 10 

 6 



4,000 



6,800 

 10, 575 

 22,780 



9,850 

 19, 850 

 11,550 

 13,000 

 10, 350 



9,500 



4 000 



Burke 







6,800 





3 



5,500 



16, 075 





22, 780 









9,850 





3 

 1 



3,800 

 1,200 



23, 6.50 





12,750 





13 000 



Terrell 







10, 350 



Walton 



3 



4,900 



14,400 







Total 



437, 605 



10 



15, 400 



112 



118, 255 



133 655 







It will be seen that the number of warehouses in the first group of 

 counties is less than the number in the second group. The average 

 storage capacity in the first group is approximately 4,000 bales, while 

 in the other it is approximately 1,000. It will be seen further that 

 only two counties appear in both of these groups. This table is pre- 

 sented to illustrate the fact that the warehouses are not distributed 

 with reference to production. It also shows that the larger and better 

 storage houses are located in the nonproducing counties. It is well 

 to note the fact that Georgia has a greater number of warehouses than 

 any other State, and that their distribution is probably better, but 

 even in this State the distribution is not such as to best serve the 

 farmer. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Table II (p. 8) gives the same information for certain counties in 

 North Carolina that Table I gives for Georgia. It is interesting to 

 note that some of the counties of this State which have warehouses 

 with large combined storage capacity have a very small production. 

 It will be noticed further that some of the counties which produce 

 large amounts of cotton have very few warehouses' or frequently none 

 at all. When the survey of this State was being made, it was very 

 noticeable that the facilities available were entirely inadequate, and 

 that those storage houses which were in use were not so distributed as 

 to be of the greatest benefit to the cotton producer. It will be seen 

 that 10 counties have 39 warehouses, with a total capacity of 133,770 



