268 BULLETIN 982, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
PART VI.— COTTON. 
Table 306.— Cotton, mi 
Monthly average price, in cents per pound, at New 
Orleans. 1 
Month. 
August 
September . 
October 
November. 
December. . 
January 
February.. 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
Average 14. 66 
1910-11 
14.92 
13.53 
14.22 
14.50 
14.85 
14.95 
14.62 
14.54 
14.70 
15.46 
15.27 
14.30 
1911-12 
11.97 
11.29 
9.61 
9.35 
9.17 
9.52 
10.31 
10.65 
11.61 
11.71 
12.07 
12.93 
10.85 
1912-13 
12.08 
11.37 
10.98 
12.15 
12.81 
12.58 
12.51 
12.45 
12.44 
12.29 
12.44 
12.31 
12.20 
1913-14 
12.02 
13.11 
13. 76 
13.26 
12.98 
12.93 
12.90 
12.95 
13.10 
13.36 
13.79 
13.34 
13.13 
1914-15 
8.42 
7.02 
7.43 
7.18 
7.87 
8.01 
8.34 
9.43 
9.04 
9.12 
8.71 
8.23 
1915-16 
8.94 
10.40 
11.95 
11.50 
11.89 
12.04 
11.45 
11.73 
11.88 
12.61 
12.80 
13.03 
11.69 
1916-17 
14.26 
15.27 
17.24 
19.45 
18.34 
17. 33 
17. 14 
17.94 
19.52 
20.06 
24.17 
25.41 
1917-18 
25.10 
21.68 
26.76 
28.08 
29.07 
31.07 
30.91 
32.76 
33.05 
28.94 
30.70 
29.50 
18. 84 28. 97 
1918-19 
30.23 
33.28 
31.19 
29.75 
29.44 
28.84 
26. 97 
26.84 
26.70 
29.36 
32.09 
33.93 
1919-20 
31.17 
30.38 
35.27 
39.58 
39.89 
40.28 
39.32 
40.69 
41.41 
40.32 
40.52 
39.41 
38.19 
1920-21 
34.03 
27.35 
20.97 
17.65 
14.64 
L0-yr. 
av. 
17.85 
16.87 
17.80 
18.51 
18.56 
18.74 
18.41 
18.89 
19.38 
19.32 
20.30 
20.29 
18.67 
1 Figures prior to 1915, compiled from New York Cotton Exchange reports. 
Table 307. — Cotton, middling: Monthly average price, in cents per pound, at New 
Orleans. 
(Prices reduced to the 1913 basis.) 
Month. 
1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 
10-yr. 
August 
September . 
October 
November . 
December. . 
January 
February . . 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
15.07 
13.67 
14.36 
14.65 
15.00 
15.90 
15.55 
15.47 
15.64 
16.45 
16.24 
15.21 
Average 15. 27 
12.73 
12.01 
10.22 
9.95 
9.76 
9.52 
10.31 
10.65 
11.61 
11.71 
12.07 
12.93 
12.08 
11.37 
10.98 
12.15 
12.81 
12.71 
12.51 
12.58 
12.69 
12.54 
12.44 
12.19 
11.90 
12.85 
13.62 
13.13 
13.11 
12.93 
13.03 
13.08 
13.37 
13.63 
14.07 
13.47 
8.17 
7.09 
7.58 
7.40 
8.03 
8.01 
8.42 
9.53 
9.04 
9.21 
8.61 
8.94 
10.61 
11.83 
11.27 
11.32 
10.95 
10.31 
10.29 
10.24 
10.69 
10.85 
10.95 
11. 59 
12.02 
12.96 
13.60 
12.56 
11.55 
11.06 
11.21 
11.42 
11.08 
13.14 
13.74 
13.64 
11.91 
14.87 
15.43 
16.06 
16.79 
16.62 
17.52 
17.39 
15.23 
15.91 
14.90 
14.96 
16.08 
15.29 
14.44 
14.29 
14.21 
13.69 
13.35 
13.15 
14.18 
15,50 
15.56 
13.79 
13.81 
15.82 
17.21 
16.76 
16.24 
15.79 
16.08 
15.63 
14.82 
15.06 
15.04 
11.12 
12.25 
13.18 
8.28 
10.69 
12.16 
15.52 
14.56 
15.50 
13.61 
11.30 
9.32 
8.53 
7.75 
12.73 
12.25 
12.70 
12.94 
12.91 
12.88 
12.69 
12.87 
13.07 
12.94 
13.45 
13.26 
12.85 
Table 308. — Cotton: Estimated average price at first of month, in cents per pound, paid 
to producers. 
Month. 
1910-11 
1911-12 
1912-13 
1913-14 
1914-15 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1917-18 
1918-19 
1919-20 
1920-21 
10-yr. 
av. 
August 
14.3 
14.4 
13.3 
14.0 
14.1 
14.4 
14.3 
13.9 
13.9 
14.2 
14.6 
14.4 
13.2 
11.8 
10.2 
8.9 
8.8 
8.4 
9.0 
9.8 
10.1 
10.9 
11.0 
11.2 
12.0 
11.3 
11.2 
10.9 
11.9 
12.2 
11.9 
11.8 
11.8 
11.6 
11.5 
11.6 
11.5 
11.8 
13.3 
13.0 
12.2 
11.7 
11.9 
12.6 
11.9 
12.2 
12.4 
12.4 
12.4 
8.7 
7.8 
6.3 
6.8 
6.6 
7.4 
7.4 
8.1 
9.1 
8.6 
8.6 
8.1 
8.5 
11.2 
11.6 
11.3 
11.4 
11.5 
11.1 
11.5 
11.5 
12.2 
12.5 
12.6 
14.6 
15.5 
18.0 
19.6 
17.1 
16.8 
15.9 
18.0 
18.9 
20.2 
24.7 
24.3 
23.4 
23.3 
27.3 
27.7 
28.9 
29.7 
30.2 
31.8 
28.5 
27.4 
28.6 
27.8 
32.2 
31.8 
29.3 
27.6 
28.7 
24.9 
24.0 
24.5 
26.0 
29.5 
31.1 
32.5 
30.3 
31.3 
36.5 
35.6 
35.9 
36.2 
36.2 
37.3 
37.7 
37.2 
37.4 
36.8 
31.1 
25.5 
19.4 
14.0 
16.9 
September 
October 
November 
December. ..... 
January 
February 
March 
16.7 
16.9 
17.6 
17.6 
17.5 
17.4 
17.3 
April 
17.9 
18.1 
June 
18.5 
July 
19.3 
Average — 
14.2 
10.3 
11.6 
12.2 
8.2 
11.0 
17.7 
27.6 
28.1 
35.4 
17.6 
