UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1444 
Washington, D. C. 
December, 1926 
COTTON PRICES AND MARKETS 
ALONZO B. COX, Agricultural Economist 
Division of Cotton Marketing, Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Paga 
Demand for Cotton 1 
Supply of Cotton 9 
Types of Cotton Markets 18 
Price Making in the Futures Market 48 
Conversion of Price of Spots into Price of Futures 61 
Summary . 75 
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1926 
