UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 277 4 
Contribution from the Office ef Markets and Rural . 
Organization, CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief 
Washington, D. C. v August 7, 1915 
COTTON WAREHOUSE CONSTRUCTION. / 
By Rosert L. Nixon, 
Assistant in Cotton Marketing. 
CONTENTS. 
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EritGguceion. —-. .. "2. 5.---.5-- i FN ee 1 | Types ofstandard warehouses..........----- 7 
Importance of storage houses..........-..-.- 2 | Miscellaneous fire-insurance schedules. ..--.- 27 
HerINCILeS OLSLOLALG 2.2 sae eek SSH Ses 8 - . 3 | General considerations relating to cotton stor- 
Explanation of the term ‘‘standard”’ as ap- are ang fire inSuranee: a5 te 2 oe eee 28 
plied to cotton warehouses..........-...-- FAS COnCUSIONS < here cee ee ae tae Sees eee ov 
INTRODUCTION. 
The purpose of this bulletin is to outline, in a general way, some of 
the essential features of a warehouse for the storage of cotton. It 
is afact, not a theory, that loans on cotton in warehouses of ‘“‘stand- 
ard’’ construction can be obtained much more readily and at a lower 
rate of interest than on cotton stored in many of the other types of 
warehouses now widely used. The expense of storing cotton in an 
accepted type of warehouse, such as the standard, is much lower than 
in many of the structures now used. The present system of storing 
the bulk of the cotton crop in buildings which are not considered good 
risks by the insurance companies and the consequent high rate of in- 
surance demanded on the cotton, together with the higher rate of inter- 
est on loans made on cotton stored in these warehouses, has resulted in 
amarked movement for the improvement of cotton-storage facilities. 
It may be used as a guide in deciding what type of warehouse to build 
and in making plans for the building; but neither the descriptions 
nor the illustrations should be used as specifications. An endeavor 
has been made to keep in mind the cost of construction, the arrange- 
ment necessary to minimize the cost of handling cotton, and those 
features which tend to reduce the insurance rate. The term ‘‘stand- 
ard warehouse” does not refer to any Government standard, but to 
Note.—This bulletin should be of special interest to warehousemen, cotton dealers, and those con- 
templating the construction of cotton warehouses, and of general interest to all farmers, bankers, and 
business men of the South. 
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