8 BULLETIN 216, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
bales. These are the 10 counties having the largest amount of 
storage space, yet the production for the same counties in 1913 was 
183,483 bales, or approximately 50,000 bales more than could be 
stored in all the public and private warehouses. These counties also 
have 90 cotton mills, whose warehouses have a total capacity of 
107,525 bales, making a combined storage capacity for these counties — 
of 241,295 bales. : 
TaBLE II.—Showing the production of cotton in certain counties in North Carolina, in 
running bales, and the distribution of warehouses, their number, character, and storage 
capacity in flat bales. 
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Mill warehouses. Other warehouses. Total 
Production Efes Sie ROR Sinem ae 
County. in running warehouse 
bales, 1913. | Number | Capacity in} Number | Capacity in rey a 
reporting.| flat bales. |reporting.| flat bales. | “4 °a/es. 
Siemon en poset oe ea 23, 482 17 13, 625 7 5, 570 19,195 
Gumiberland fas. Sot. << cnn ese: 19, 155 7 7, 600 3 11, 300 18, 900 
LE Tye Td £c 10 a ea rc 15, 536 1 3, 500 5 6, 800 10, 300 
GAS SOME tego ance ote Se Sia ce acca 13, 706 35 34, 150 6 9, 600 43, 750 
EAEIAE (Tels bape ME aS UR Se ae 435 7 22, 500 1 15, 000 37, 500 
IMG GRIOn DUNE tees tee aceon sens 31, 164 13 14, 750 5 32, 000 46, 750 
NEMPELANOVGRS ace te cea ote a nee a ae am 2 750 2 30, 000 30, 750 
DATED SOD Me eaeae reciente nas PAI eae See bBAeesase secs 4 9, 300 9, 300 
iia eee sees tos es 28, 530 6 8, 050 3 5, 100 13, 150 
\Lice yas ait Lo it a Sige eee Se 29, 965 2 2, 600 3 9,100 11, 700 
THO) Ez lp ae mn a 183, 483 90 107, 525 39 133, 770 241, 295 
1 Ds (ey 010) 10] 052 ea ee 29, 676 4 8, 100 4 1, 800 9, 900 
TEENIE occ © lapse Os cn 32, 110 5 11, 400 2 1, 700 13, 100 
ORTISLONE? Ste Sees 32 oes 38, 751 6 9, 900 2 1, 200 11, 100 
IMGGKION DUNG ee j-crc ane enn < oo ei nce 31, 164 13 14, 750 5 32, 000 46, 750 
Nast Beare Rote Ae oo oe eee See 29, (860) |s 2 cece Re aoe hoe An ce I SSS eR ee ee ee 
UODESOM mets ses sc au ns se Se 54, 039 6 12, 400 3 3, 700 16, 100 
BHO ANG e545 ste EPS. So 27, 649 6 10; 300.)|23225222 See eee 10, 300 
Eriqiee etre Se ee 31, 409 4 5, 600 3 4, 200 9, 800 
IWAKO= oo hess acetate ct deccetone 28, 530 6 8, 050 3 5, 100 13, 150 
upset reeen amen bare a io" 29, 965 2 2, 600 3 9, 100 11, 700 
G15 Fale ee ee 333, 153 52 83, 100 25 58, 800 141, 900 
In the second part of this table it will be seen that the 10 counties 
listed have only 25 warehouses and that these can store only 58,800 
bales. On the other hand, the total production of cotton is 333,153 
bales, or almost six times the amount of the total storage capacity of 
all the public and private warehouses. More than one-half of this 
space is located in one county, and this is used almost entirely by 
cotton dealers. These counties have 52 cotton mills which can store 
83,100 bales. Adding this to the capacity of public and private 
warehouses, we have a maximum possible storage space for these 
counties of only 141,900 bales, which is less than one-half the annual 
production for the same counties. When we take into consideration 
the fact that very few of the cotton mills allow the farmer to use any. 
of their storage houses and that many of the other warehouses are 
intended primarily for the private use of merchants and cotton fac- 
tors, it will be seen that the farmers at best could store only a very 
small proportion of their annual production. 
