WEATHER DAMAGE TO COTTON / 
in bale No. 7 was very small. The losses by bales 4 and 5 are 
in line with losses on similar bales in the other tests. All bales on 
the ground and not turned after rains suffered severely. 
Table 7 is a summary of the results of the six tests. 
Table 1. — Weather damage test, Little Rock, Ark., November 25, 1918, to June 
7, 1919 
[For position of bales, see p. 4] 
Date of weighing 
Weight of bales by number on specified dates 
No. 1 
No. 2 
No. 3 
No. 4 
No. 5 
No. 6 
No. 7 
Rainfall 
between 
dates of 
weighing 
1918 
Nov. 25 
Dec. 2 
Dec. 9 
Dec. 16 
Dec. 23 
Dec. 30 
1919 
Jan. 6 
Jan. 13 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 27 
Feb. 3 
Feb. 10 
Feb. 17 
Feb. 24 
Mar. 3 
Mar. 10 
Mar. 17 
Mar. 24 
Mar. 30 
Apr. 7 
Apr. 14 
Apr. 21 
Apr. 28 
May 5 
May 12 ■ 
May 19 
May 26 
June 2 
June 7 
Weight at beginning 
of test, and total 
rainfall 
Weight after recon- 
ditioning 
Loss in weight 
Percentage loss in 
weight 
Pounds 
494 
495 
497 
498 
498 
500 
500 
498 
501 
503 
502 
502 
501 
501 
499 
500 
500 
497 
500 
497 
496 
494 
496 
497 
498 
497 
498 
500 
500 
494 
492 
Pounds 
487 
481 
486 
494 
493 
496 
492 
490 
491 
489 
492 
496 
488 
487 
486 
485 
480 
484 
483 
496 
486 
487 
493 
495 
Pounds 
490 
492 
493 
492 
492 
491 
495 
494 
491 
491 
490 
490 
486 
489 
490 
488 
489 
487 
484 
481 
482 
484 
487 
485 
487 
488 
48* 
4S7 
4X0 
Pounds 
492 
496 
500 
506 
512 
512 
521 
517 
533 
532 
540 
543 
555 
557 
560 
603 
665 
628 
662 
663 
684 
664 
664 
732 
825 
818 
840 
912 
Pounds 
505 
509 
511 
519 
523 
525 
525 
524 
535 
537 
544 
546 
545 
543 
548 
567 
497 
562 
582 
573 
580 
563 
560 
600 
665 
655 
647 
700 
677 
Pounds 
503 
507 
507 
512 
516 
519 
516 
516 
523 
522 
525 
524 
522 
522 
519 
535 
552 
526 
538 
537 
539 
526 
532 
542 
577 
570 
575 
(15 
(05 
Pounds 
495 
496 
498 
502 
505 
508 
505 
502 
510 
507 
510 
508 
502 
501 
500 
507 
510 
497 
499 
498 
495 
490 
496 
405 
513 
501 
503 
514 
512 
485 
492 
260 
505 
385 
503 
432 
232 
12(1 
495 
473 
Per cent 
0.4 
Per cent 
1.4 
Per cent 
0.8 
Per cent 
47.2 
Per cent 
23.8 
Per cent 
14.1 
Per cent 
4.4 
Inches 
0.79 
.00 
1.52 
.76. 
.54 
5.70 
.16 
1.27 
.69 
.47 
.50 
1.25 
-1.16 
.17 
1.71 
3.19 
.00 
1.54 
.39 
.94 
.15 
.35 
2.26 
1.21 
1.19 
.71 
1.56 
.51 
30.69 
