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BULLETIN 476, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



From the standpoint of price the relative merits of these markets 

 seemingly were: First, Gastonia; second, Kings Mountain; third, 

 "Wadesboro; fourth, Salisbury; fifth, Statesville; sixth, Raleigh; and 

 seventh, Lo.uisburg. 



Table IV. — Comparison of average price per pound received for unclassed cotton 

 at' primary markets in Piedmont section during the 1915-16 season, grade and 

 date of sale coinciding. 



[Prices in boldface figures apply to town? in boldface type. Prices in lightface figures 

 apply to towns in ligbtface type.] 





Gas- 

 tonia. 



Kings 

 Moun- 

 tain. 



Louis- 

 burg. 



Ra- 

 leigh. 



Salis- 

 bury. 



States- 

 ville. 



Wades- 

 boro. 



Aver- 

 age. 



Aver- 

 age 

 length 



of 

 staple. 





Cents. 



Cents. 

 12.03 

 12.69 



Cents. 

 11.79 

 12.66 



Cents. 

 11.04 

 12.79 



Cents. 

 11.68 

 12.65 



Cents. 

 11.75 

 12.73 



Cents. 

 11.81 

 12.42 



Cents. 

 11. 61 

 12.65 



Inches. 

 1.06 









Kings Mountain 



12. 09 

 12.03 





11.69 

 12.16 



11.72 

 11.95 



11.88 

 12.02 



11.74 

 11.73 



11.74 

 12.15 



11.91 

 12.00 



1.03 







Louisbnrg 



12.66 

 11.79 



12.16 

 11.69 





11.52 

 11.50 



11.94 

 11.68 



11.58 

 11.56 



11.81 

 11.85 



11.94 

 11.68 



.94 







Raleigh 



12.79 

 11.64 



11.95 

 11.72 



11.50 

 11.52 





11.73 

 11.55 



11.45 

 11.50 



11.72 

 11.68 



11.85 

 11.60 



.94 







Salisbury 



12.65 

 11.78 



12.02 

 11.88 



11.68 

 11.94 



11.55 

 11.73 





11.57 

 11.78 



11.81 

 11.71 



11.88 

 11.78 



.94 







Statesville 



12.73 

 11.76 



11.7.3 

 11.74 



11.56 

 11.58 



11.50 

 11.45 



11.78 1 



n.57 ; 



11.85 

 11.82 



11.86 

 11.65 



1.03 







Wadesboro 



12.42 

 11.81 



12.15 

 11.74 



11.85 

 11.81 



11.68 

 11.72 



11.71 

 11.81 



11 82 

 11.85 





11.94 

 11.96 



1.00 







COMPARISON OF PIEDMONT SECTION WITH THE COASTAL PLAIN SECTION. 



A comparison of the last two columns of Tables III and IV shows 

 that cotton produced in the Coastal Plain did not bring as high 

 average prices as cotton of the same length of staple produced in the 

 Piedmont section. This difference may be accounted for, in part, 

 by the better body of the cotton produced in the Piedmont section, 

 but the difference in value between the types of cotton produced in 

 the two sections is not sufficient to account for all of this difference. 

 A probable reason is that more careful recognition is given to the 

 class of individual bales in the Piedmont section than in the Coastal 

 Plain section. 



The fact that producers are able to secure premiums for bales of 

 superior grades and staples in the Piedmont section seems to be a 

 sufficient reason to account for the greater care that is exercised in 

 the picking and handling of the cotton produced in that section, as 



