8 BULLETIN 476, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
From the standpoint of price the relative merits of these markets 
seemingly were: First, Gastonia; second, Kings Mountain; third, 
Wadesboro; fourth, Salisbury; fifth, Statesville; sixth, Raleigh; and 
seventh, Louisburg. 
TABLE 1V.—Comparitson of average price per pound received for unclassed cotton 
at primary markets in Piedmont section during the 1915-16 season, grade and 
date of sale coinciding. 
[Prices in boldface figures apply to towns in boldface type. Prices in lightface figures 
apply to towns in lightface tyve.] 
t 
Aver- 
Gas- oe Louis-| Ra- | Salis- | States-} Wades-| Aver- length 
tonia eae burg. | leigh. | bury. | ville. | boro. age. 
Cents. | Cents. | Cents. | Cents. | Cents. | Cents. | Cents. | Cents. | Inches. 
ee eee 12. 03 11. 79 11. 64 11. 68 11.75 11. 81 SOME eres 
Gastonia ..................{........| 12.69} 12.66 | 12.79| 12.65 | 12.73 | 12.42} 12.65 | 1.06 
UG 11.69 | 11-72) 11.88 | 274 Teva itor eee 
Kings Mountain........... 15108) | 12.16 | 11.95 | 12.02 | 11.73| 12.15| 12.00| 1.08 
12.66) 1216 |) =o 11.52) 11.041 41-5a'| ast | aoe |e 
Louisburg ................ 4079.|,.31.69 | 11.50 | 11.68 | 11.56 | 11.85| 11.68 ‘94 
—$ ate a ee en 
12.79 | 11.95! 11.50 |......-- 11.73 |. 145110721 1185 [oes 
Rateish ee ees 11.64 | 11.72 | 11.52 |.122227 11.55 | 11.50| 11.68! 11.60 ‘94 
| 
12.65| 12.02| 11.68| 11.55 |..-....- 11-az thet |e tease ane 
Salishury oe 11.78 | 11.88 | 11.94} 11.73 |.102227! | 11.78 | 11.71| 11.78 ‘94 
19.73 | 11.73| 11.56] 11.50| 11.78 |........ 10.85:| <112860(e ee 
Statesville ................ 175 } 14 | Tse) han | aby 11.82 | 11.65 | 1.08 
19-491) 49.15) |. 11085 )| 19-68 |) bids tig | 1104-5 eee 
Wadesbora 2 2 Sah 11.81 | 11.74| 11.81| 11.72 | 11.81 | 11.85 |.......: 11.96 | 1.00 
COMPARISON OF PIEDMONT SECTION WITH THE COASTAL PLAIN SECTION. 
A comparison of the last two columns of Tables III and IV shows 
that cotton produced in the Coastal Plain did not bring ag high 
average prices as cotton of the same length of staple produced in the 
Piedmont section. This difference may be accounted for, in part, 
by the better body of the cotton produced in the Piedmont section, 
but the difference in value between the types of cotton produced in 
the two sections is not sufficient to account for all of this difference. 
A probable reason is that more careful recognition is given to the 
class of individual bales in the Piedmont section than in the Coastal 
Plain section. 
The fact that producers are able to secure premiums for bales of 
superior grades and staples in the Piedmont section seems to be a 
sufficient reason to account for the greater care that is exercised in 
the picking and handling of the cotton produced in that section, as 
