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BULLETIN 375, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
PRICES RECEIVED FOR LINT COTTON COMPARED WITH EQUIVALENT 
LINT PRICES OF SEED COTTON. 
PRICES IN SAME MARKET DURING SAME WEEK. 
During the progress of this investigation, an additional survey- 
was made of conditions attending the sale of lint cotton, which re- 
sulted in the accumulation of data on the sale of 4,533 bales, which 
may be considered fairly representative of the entire season and the 
entire cotton area of Oklahoma. There were 14 instances in which 
both lint and seed-cotton samples were collected in the same market 
during the same week. Table IX is presented to show these 14 
collections and to compare the prices obtained in marketing cotton 
by the two methods. 
The differences in average selling price per pound have been 
reached by subtracting the average equivalent lint prices from the 
average prices of lint cotton without regard to grade. The differ- 
ences in value on account of grade have been figured on the basis of 
New Orleans spot quotations. In 3 comparisons, the average value 
of the lint sold in the seed was found to exceed the average value of 
the lint sold in the bale, but in all other cases the average value of 
that sold in the bale was greater. A weighted average of the differ- 
ences in average value show T s that the cotton represented by the 
lint collections was worth 15 points more than that represented by 
the seed-cotton collections. If the small gin had turned out as 
good a quality as that produced by commercial gins, it is probable 
that the cotton sold in the seed would have appeared approximately 
equal in value to that sold in the bale, and this difference of 15 points 
would not have appeared. 
Table IX. — Comparison between prices received for ginned and unginned cotton in the 
same market during the same week. 
Week 
ending- 
Number 
of 
bales 
sampled. 
Average 
lint 
price 
per 
pound. 
Number 
of 
loads 
sampled. 
Average 
equiva- 
lent 
lint, 
price 
per 
pound. 
Differ- 
ence in 
average 
selling 
price 
per 
pound. 
Differ- 
ence 
in 
average 
value 
per 
pound. 
Estimated loss— 
Per 
pound. 
Per 
bale. 
Sept 
Sept 
Oct. 
20 
27 
4 
Oct. 
11 
Oct. 
18 
Oct. 
25 
1 
Nov. 
8 
15 
15 
Nov. 
22 
Nov. 
22 
Nov. 
29 
Summary 
Cents. 
12.79 
12.95 
13.22 
13.41 
12.66 
12.04 
12.05 
12.24 
11.71 
11.21 
11.35 
11.86 
10.67 
10.76 
Cents. 
11.67 
10.75 
12.22 
12.34 
10.12 
10.67 
10.80 
10.54 
10.22 
8.67 
11.44 
9.47 
8.50 
7.61 
Cents. 
1.12 
2.20 
1.00 
1.07 
2.54 
1.37 
1.25 
1.70 
1.49 
2.54 
1.09 
2.39 
2.17 
3.15 
Cents. 
0.03 
1.06 
.02 
.18 
.32 
.06 
.11 
.48 
i.ll 
.31 
.62 
.46 
.08 
1.39 
Cents. 
1.09 
2.26 
.98 
.89 
2.22 
1.31 
1.14 
1.22 
1.60 
2.23 
2.71 
1.93 
2.09 
3.54 
$5.45 
11.30 
4.90 
4.45 
11.10 
6.55 
5.70 
6.10 
8.00 
11.15 
83.55 
9.65 
10.45 
17.70 
683 
12.07 
205 
10.56 
•H. 
1.52 
7.59 
i Indicates particular figures in favor of seed cotton; all others in favor of lint cotton. 
* Indicates a gain; all other extensions represent losses. 
s The summarized difference in average selling price has been reached by weighting by the number of 
loads. 
