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collected both in the Piedmont and Coastal Plains sections, while 
sampling was confined to the Coastal Plains during the 1914-15 
season. 
TABLE I.—Percentages of the different lengths of staple of cotton sampled in 
each town during the 1915-16 season. 
Length of staple in inches. 
- Average 
Market. | | Section. staple 
Less mA ee 1 1k 12 13; and length. 
than j oe | rs 8 longer 
Perict) Per ct. Per et. | Per ct: | Perce. \ Pere) Periet: 
Ahoskie. 228.202 25 65 7 2 ria Se Se = ESS Ree sine | Coastal. 0. 86 
@Gharlotie.. 552222222 4 36 15 38 cm 4 2 -| Piedmont. 95 
Clinton. ...-.--------|:.-.-... 3 18 80 13 | A are ee | Coastal... 1.00 
Wayattaville. =~ “2-7 |e 82 16 ORR eee, Sy eee os pas oan) | dos nse 875 
Gastonia: sss -s. 25. 13 3 7 36 30 8 14 ot 1.06 
Goldsboro. -..-.-.---- 1 65 30 34 fake eee eee ee | Coastal... . -91 
Jacksonville. -.-..-.-|........ 26 45% 26 2 ES TG oo: eee sey aL Osea 94 
Kings Mountain ...--}......_.. 1 2 43 50 2 1 | Piedmont 1,03 
RNStOHe a= 22 4---- 2 21 35 37 3 Jot peecesseeze Coastal... 95 
Maur DUES. 3-335.) isco 27 59 145) 2 ee Ps Se eee d= 52222 94 
Louisburg. -.-------- 14 39 58 1. ee | y Gee eee Nes Piedmont .94 
Nashville. ...-.--.--- 5 86 74 4 re ees = | Coastal... - 875 
New Berne...-.....- 3 3 5 33 50° | 8 cS Re eee 97 
aleithe seen seee a | eS 49 48 TOE see ee eee Piedmont .94 
sO SPHIOYS eee ae lene hr ie 283 5 Facog ees: Rey eee Coastal... 875 
salisbury. =. .--22-<-: 4 30 624 rp 3 | esse ae See Piedmont. 94 
Scotland Neck.....-- 22 70 | ae Seen = See eee fseseeee 4 | Coastal.... . 875 
Solmac = a 2 35° | . "58 Dy eee es Pan ao eee dgats: 2 .94 
Shatesville@es-e =e. 3 | Mesa ee lisa 16 28 52 Siiascec eee Piedmont. 1.03 
WarhOro 22s. St eee 5 80 12 Be lEtereere 1 | . Sean Coastal... . . 88 
Wiadeshbora. <2: 22/2. 32 ach 1 7 31 3 3 | Piedmont. 1.00 
Wiashingtona 2.522 onl ee 31 33 32 ee ene [i aan te eae Coastal... -94 
SSeS aE dOx.222 97 
Total number of bales stapled for all the above towns, 25,020. 
COMPARISON OF COTTON PRODUCED IN THE PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAIN 
SECTIONS. 
Tt will be observed from a study of Table I that although the 
samples of cotton from the towns of the Piedmont section have not 
in every case staple superior to that of towns in the Coastal Plain, 
as a class they do have a longer staple. The difference in the general 
character of the cotton of the two sections is marked and commer- 
clally recognized. 
The cotton of the Coastal Plain is uniform in length of staple 
and is of good strength. Most of it is rather light in body, but there 
is a fair amount of heavy-bodied cotton of good quality. This indi- 
cates that, if proper attention were paid to selecting suitable varieties 
for planting, the value of the crop would be materially increased. 
Although some cotton of poor character is produced in the Piedmont 
section of the State, and more careful selection of the varieties to be 
planted would be amply rewarded, the cotton of the Piedmont section 
is superior to that of the Coastal Plains. One cause for this differ- 
ence is due to the fact that there are a number of small, primitive 
plantation gins located in the Coastal Plain section of the State, 
and only about half the cotton produced in that section is ginned at 
