) STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU1 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1445 
Washington, D. C. T December, 1926 
SERVICES IN COTTON MARKETING 
By 
ALONZO B. COX, Agricultural Economist 
Division of Cotton Marketing, Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Preparing Cotton for Marketing Channels 2 
Standardization 7 
Cotton Classing 14 
Assembling and Distributing 19 
Warehousing 23 
Inspection and Regulatory Work 26 
Financing Cotton Marketing 29 
Types of Market Information and their Sources 33 
Cooperative Performance of Marketing Services 36 
Summary 37 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1926 
