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BULLETIN 216, XJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table IV. — Number and storage capacity of warehouses in the cotton belt {August, 1914) 

 as reported by the county agents. 



State. 



Number 

 report- 

 ing. 



Storage capacity in bales. 



Flat. 



As offered. 



Com- 

 pressed. 





264 



106 

 46 



214 

 91 

 76 

 55 

 47 



153 

 28 



226 

 27 



740,425 

 365, 100 

 204, 600 

 605,350 

 519, 000 

 405,700 

 60, 550 

 244, 365 

 597, 800 

 529, 350 

 1,223,820 

 199, 900 



856,525 

 508, 400 

 325, 300 

 690, 500 

 689, 900 

 693, 550 

 60,550 

 379, 665 

 746, 800 

 835,850 

 1,904,670 

 287, 800 



1, 246, 150 

 631,900 





Florida 



345,700 

 1,009,800 

 774, 700 

 757,200 

 101, 700 



Louisiana 



Mississippi 





419, 475 

 1,006,400 



850,010 

 2,221,950 



299, 150 







Texas 





Total 



1,333 



5,695,960 



7,979,510 



9,664,135 





Table V (p. 14), which is an estimate of the storage capacity of 

 the warehouses available at the end of the 1913-14 season, is made 

 up from a detailed comparison of Tables III and IV. By referring 

 to Table III it will be seen that the complete list of Georgia contains 

 990 warehouses. Of these, 668 have reported, and as shown in 

 Table III they have a storage capacity of 1,038,445 flat bales, 

 1,281,745 bales as offered, or 1,746,060 compressed bales. This is an 

 average capacity for the warehouses reporting of 1,555 flat bales, 

 1,770 as offered, or 2,600 compressed. From a careful survey of the 

 State it has been ascertained that many warehouses not reporting 

 have a large storage capacity, and it is believed that the average 

 capacity of those not reporting is as great, if not greater, than the 

 average for the 668 which reported. But in making these estimates, 

 in order to be very conservative, it is assumed that the average 

 capacity of those not reporting in flat bales is only 600, as offered 800, 

 and compressed 1,000. If these amounts are added to the amounts 

 actually reported, the total storage capacity for Georgia is: Flat, 

 1,231,645 bales; as offered, 1,539,345 bales; and compressed, 2,068,060 

 bales'. 



Table V. — Estimated number and storage capacity of warehouses in the cotton belt 

 (beginning of the 1913-14 season). 



State. 



Total 

 num- 

 ber. 



Storage capacity in bales. 



Flat. 



As offered. 



Com- 

 pressed. 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Florida 



Georgia t.. 



Louisiana 



Mississippi 



North Carolina. 



Oklahoma 



South Carolina. 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Virginia 



528 

 212 



46 

 990 

 182 

 152 

 128 



94 

 306 



28 

 452 



27 



,480,850 

 649, 800 

 204, 600 



,231,645 

 736,000 

 811, 400 

 191, 105 

 488, 730 



,051,600 

 529, 350 



, 769, 540 

 199,900 



1, 713, 050 

 878,000 

 325,300 



1,539,345 

 996, 300 



1,387,100 

 240,405 

 759, 330 



1, 239, 600 

 835,850 



2,284,840 

 287, 800 



Total 3, 145 



9,344,520 



12,486,920 



2,492,300 



925,000 



345,700 



2,068,060 



1,145,900 



1,514,400 



332, 855 



838, 950 



1,715,800 



850,010 



3,210,700 



299, 150 



15, 738, 825 



