SERVICES IN COTTON MARKETING 
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Table 5. — Cotton in public storage: maximum, minimum, and 4-year average, 
as reported on the fi)~st of the month, August, 1919 to July, 1923 
First of month 
Maximum Minimum 
in 4-year i in 4-year 
period period 
4-year 
average 
August 
September 
October... 
November 
December. 
January... 
February.. 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
unmng 
bales 
463,964 
312, 135 
984,831 
292,941 
623,646 
645, 482 
503, 139 
252, 852 
026.894 
738. 267 
300, 386 
723. 213 
Runn 
bale. 
1, 530, 
2, 502, 
3,687, 
4,063, 
4,069, 
3,485, 
2. 803, 
2, 379. 
1, 965, 
1, 580, 
1, 227, 
938, 
s 
141 
307 | 
111 
176 
470 
952 I 
304 
697 
714 
219 
184 
903 
Running 
bales 
2, 193, 791 
3, 207. 430 
4, 273, 014 
4, 663, 762 
4, 765, 997 
4, 377, 868 
4, 012, 990 
3, 656, 251 
3, 296, 062 
2, 866, 201 
2. 445. 516 
2. 051. 324 
Compiled from Dept. of Com. Bui., No. 153, Cotton Production and Distribution. 
STORAGE FOR COTTON -n ARKANSAS 
Compress Capacity, Cotton on hand, and Ginnings 
Crop Years, 1920-21 - I923-2A- 
S. O. N D. J. F. M 
1920-192 
182,010 BALES LINT 
28,^95 BALES LINTERS 
PRODUCTION 
788, 0^7 BALES LINT 
26,855 BALE5 LINTERS 
,010,520 BALES LINT 
A-7,032 BALES LINTERS 
6^-3,6^3 BALES LINT 
33,938 BALES LINTERS 
Fig. 7. — This graph shows the relation of warehouse space used to total ware- 
house space available in Arkansas. Data on " cotton on hand " and on " com- 
press capacity " are from Arkansas Cotton Traders' Association weekly reports 
and are for compress warehouses only. Data on ginnings and production are 
from the reports of the Bureau of the Census 
