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BULLETIN 476, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table V. — Comparison of average prices per pound received for classed and 

 unclassed cotton of the same grades sold on the same dates during the 

 191.'i-15 season. 



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

 apply to towns in lightface type.] 



Market selling classed cotton. 



Markets selling unclassed 

 cotton. 



Average. 



Fayette- 



ville. 



Golds- 

 boro. 



Scotland 

 Neck. 





Cents. 

 6.98 

 7.15 



Cents. 

 7.04 

 7.19 



Cents. 

 6.77 

 6.99 



Cents. 

 6.93 

 7.11 









.17 



.15 



.22 



.18 







Table VI. — Comparison of average prices per pound received for classed 

 cotton and unclassed cotton of the same grades on the same days in tli< 

 Coastal Plain section, 1915-16 season. 



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

 apply to towns in lightface figures.] 





Markets selling unclassed cotton. 



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 p 

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Markets selling 

 classed cotton. 



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Goldsboro 



Cents. 

 11.32 

 11.40 



Cents. 

 11.11 

 11.51 



Cents. 

 11.43 

 11.52 



Cents. 

 11. 75 

 12.15 



Cents. 

 11.57 

 11.69 



Cents. 



9.75 



11.00 



Cents. 

 11. 32 

 11.80 



Cents. 

 10.63 

 11.48 



Cents. 

 10.91 

 11.54 



Cents. 

 11.00 

 12.00 



Cents. 

 11.56 

 12.00 



Cents. 

 11.12 

 11.64 



Inches 

 0.91 









Tarboro 



11.41 

 11.29 



11.34 

 11.40 



11.28 

 11.27 



11.35 

 11.30 



11.48 

 11.44 



11.-21 

 11.26 



11.46 

 11.37 



10.71 

 11.10 



10.90 

 11.12 



11.21 

 11.10 



10.89 

 11.26 



11.22 

 11.27 



.88 







Wilson 



11.41 

 11.63 



11.36 

 11.52 



11.50 

 11.81 



11.78 

 12.04 



11.53 

 11.57 



10.97 

 11.60 



11.60 

 11.64 



10.61 

 11.55 



11.00 

 11.45 



11.66 

 11.54 



11.22 

 11.95 



11.33 

 11.66 



.97 







Average differ- 

 ence in prices 

 between each 

 town and 

 Goldsboro. 

 Tarboro, and 

 Wilson 



-.06 



-.20 



-.13 



-.21 



-.08 



-.64 



-.14 



-.72 



-.44 



-.18 



-.51 



-.30 



".92 



Average oflenjrth 

 staple (inches). 



.86 



1.00 



.875 



.94 



.95 



.94 



.97 



.875 



.875 



.94 



.94 



o.93| 



a General average. 



During the 1915-16 season the service rendered at Tarboro was 

 extended to Goldsboro and Wilson, in the Coastal Plain section, Avith 

 the result that at the towns where cotton was classed before sale a 

 higher average price was received than in towns where the Cotton was 

 unclassed. Table VI gives a comparison of prices received for cotton 

 that was classed before sale as compared with prices received for un- 

 classed cotton in certain towns during this season. Prices received 

 in the three towns where classing work was done averaged 30 points, 



