

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 277 



Contribution from the Office of Markets and Rural Organization 

 CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



August 7, 1915 



COTTON WAREHOUSE CONSTRUCTION 



By 



ROBERT L. NIXON, Assistant in Cotton Marketing 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Importance of Storage Houses .... 2 



Principles of Storage 3 



Explanation of the Term " Standard " as 



Applied to Cotton Warehouses ... 7 



Types of Standard Warehouses .... 

 Miscellaneous Fire Insurance Schedules 

 General Considerations Relating to Cot- 

 ton Storage and Fire Insurance . . . 

 Conclusion 



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