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Contribution from the Office of Markets and Rural Organization, 
Charles J. Brand, Chief. 
April 26, 1915. 
COTTON WAREHOUSES: 
STORAGE FACILITIES NOW AVAILABLE IN THE SOUTH.'! 
By Rosert L. Nrxon, Assistant in Cotton Marketing. 
‘ INTRODUCTION. 
This bulletin is the result of a survey made for the purpose of 
determining the extent of storage facilities now available in the 
cotton-producing States. An attempt has been made to determine 
not only the storage capacity of the cotton warehouses now in use, 
but to learn something of the conditions under which cotton is stored, 
the charges for storage, the insurancerates paid, and other factors affect- 
ing cotton in storage. Particular attention was given to the different 
types of buildings with reference to cost of construction, insurance 
rates, and general economy in handling cotton, and also to the dis- 
tribution of these storage houses with reference to the production of 
cotton, and the availability of such warehouses to farmers who may 
wish to store their cotton. Efforts also were made to determine 
something of the importance of the warehouses in protecting cotton 
from fire and damage by weather, in handling and marketing, and 
in financing the cotton crop. The relation of the cotton warehouse 
to other business and its importance to the farmer and to business 
men generally has been kept in mind. 
The warehouse survey of Georgia and North Carolina was made 
during the early part of 1914, so the resulting figures, which are 
given in tabular form in this builetin, relate to the amount of storage 
space that was available during the 1913-14 season, except in Table 
VI, which is an estimate a the Sue space now clas. Letters 
1 The figures in this bulletin relating to fhe. ee facilities now available in the cotton belt were secured 
from a comprehensive survey of Georgia and North Carolina, and also by means ofa letter of inquiry which 
Was sent to all the county agents of the Farmers’ Cooperative Demonstration Work of the Southern States, 
The work in North Carolina was done in cooperation with the Marketing Division of the Agricultural 
Experiment Station. In Georgia the survey was conducted entirely by the Office of Markets and Rural 
4 Organization. However, the State College of Agriculture furnished office space and extended other 
courtesies to the writer while making the survey which greatly facilitated the work. 
NotE.—This bulletin deals with the cotton warehouse situation of the South, with special reference to 
conditions in Georgia and North Carolina. An attempt has been made to determine what storage facilities 
are now available, the importance of the warehouse in financing the cotton crop, and the general relation 
ofa system of warehouses to other lines of business. It should be of special interest to farmers, warehouse- 
men, and cotton factors, merchants, and bankers of the South. 
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