12 BULLETIN 311, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTTJBE. 
The best price obtained for this cotton in this country in 1913 was 
22 cents, while a Liverpool merchant quickly bought the greater part 
of the offerings sent there for llf pence, or 2Sh cents. At this time 
an order was received from a mill at Fall River, Mass., for 10 bales. 
As it was cheaper to reship to this country at a freight rate of 25 
cents per hundred pounds than to ship from Mesa at a rate based on 
less than a carload shipment at S3. 25 per hundred pounds to Fall 
River, 10 of the bales consigned to Liverpool were shipped back to 
fill this order. 
In 191-1 Mesa was selected by the department's representative as 
the most central and convenient point for conducting the work 
toward estabhshing standards for the crop and the marketing of it 
according to these standards, because of its location in the district 
of the greatest cotton production, and because the Central Associa- 
tion of Egyptian Cotton Growers had established offices at that place 
for the handling and selling of the cotton crop of its members. Here 
headquarters was established and a suitable room was equipped for 
classing cotton. 
The construction of a modern ginning plant at Tempe marked a 
distinct step in the development of the Central Association and of 
the Arizona-Egyptian industry during this year. The final satisfac- 
tory outturn of the 1913 crop, the long haul to the Mesa gin, and the 
inducements to an increased acreage caused the farmers to feel that 
the construction of this gin would be a good investment. 
As the 1914 season was such an unusual one, and as the growers of 
the Salt River Valley succeeded in obtaining a comparatively good 
price for their cotton, a somewhat detailed description of the causes 
and methods is given here. 
In the latter part of August, 1914, after the declaration of war by 
the European powers, the association sold 200 bales of cotton at 
prices equivalent to those on sales of similar grade made last season ; 
that is, 22 cents was obtained for Extra, 21 cents for Choice, and 
19J cents for Standard grade. This sale, No. 1, was made Sep- 
tember 1, 1914, for 50 bales of Extra, 100 bales of Choice, and 50 
bales of Standard cotton, respectively, hah Sacaton and half River 
staple, at the prices quoted above, f. o. b. Mesa or Tempe, and freight 
allowance to mill points, less 22 pounds per bale tare, insurance, and 
interest from time of payment of draft until cotton reached the mill, 
final settlement being made on mill weights. 
On September 10,. 1914, eastern brokers agreed to take on con- 
signment 500 bales of cotton, advancing 15 cents on Extra, 14 cents 
on Choice, 13^ cents on Standard, and 12 cents on Medium grade, 
f. o. b. Mesa*. This consignment was known as consignment Xo. 1. 
On September 15, 1914. the association made their second sale. 
Sale Xo. 2 consisted of 200 bales of Standard at a slight decline from 
the original price. 
