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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 476 
Contribution from Office of Markets and Rural Organization, , 
Charles J. Brand, Chief, and North Carolina Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station and Extension Service, 
B. W. Kilgore, Director. 
Washington, D. C. vV March 29, 1917 
A STUDY OF COTTON MARKET CONDITIONS 
IN NORTH CAROLINA WITH A VIEW TO 
THEIR IMPROVEMENT. 
By O. J. McConneELL, Assistant in Cotton Marketing, Office of Markets and 
Rural Organization, and W. R. Camp, Chief North Carolina Division of 
Markets. 
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CONTENTS. 
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AntrOGMChioney Haseeeseeitdas eke sae poco 1 | Comparison of cash With credit sales......... 9 
MieEOM OfMEGCEGUTC. oo. <2 oc Soccer ces 2 | Prices received for classed cotton compared 
Character of the cotton produced in North with prices received for unclassed cotton... 9 
Wanolinge Seay ets ties a MA Se rs ek 2 | Comparison of small and large lot sales...... 16 
Production compared with consumption of Other advantages derived from a knowledge 
eorsomum North Carolina... 222252222... 5 OL CLASSE NT ghee mauler Tea NAT ee oe a 17 
Relative merits of certain primary markets in CONCIISIONS 5 Ae feath tots. oc ce Re Seee sect 17 
North Carolinaieac. =. 2.2226 Shek Senna 6 | 
INTRODUCTION. 
The investigations described in this bulletin were made for the 
purpose of ascertaining the value to the cotton producer of knowing 
the class of his cotton before sale and for the purpose of determining 
whether this information could be furnished to producers by dis- 
interested parties with practical results. It is realized that in the 
marketing of cotton by producers a knowledge of class before sale 
is only one of a number of related problems, some of which were 
studied and are discussed in this paper. 
A detailed investigation of local conditions affecting the marketing 
of cotton was made in North Carolina during two seasons. This in- 
vestigation was confined to the eastern part of the State during the 
season of 1914-15, and embraced all cotton-producing sections during 
the season of 1915-16. 
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