---------------+--------+-------- To-- | 1921 | 1920 ---------------+--------+-------- |_Bales._|_Bales._ Great Britain | 118,751| 177,162 France | 145,343| 92,617 Germany | 248,728| 110,275 Italy | 32,515| 26,025 Japan and China| 211,103| 1,526 Other countries| 114,258| 50,145 +--------+-------- Total | 870,698| 457,750 ---------------+--------+-------- Premium Staple Cotton. A fair demand for premium staple cotton is reported at New Orleans and a good demand at Memphis. Some of the sales in these two markets during the week were as follows: New Orleans: Cents. Strict Middling, 1¹⁄₁₆ ins. 22 Middling, 1¹⁄₁₆ ins. 22 Middling to Strict Middling, 1¹⁄₁₆ ins. 22¹⁄₂ Strict Good Ordinary, California, 1¹⁄₁₆ ins. 17 Middling, 1¹⁄₁₆ to 1¹⁄₈ ins. 23 Middling to Strict Middling, 1¹⁄₈ ins. 27³⁄₄ Strict Low Middling to Middling, 1¹⁄₈ ins. 21 Good Middling, 1¹⁄₈ ins. 30 Good Middling, 1¹⁄₄ ins. 36 Strict Low Middling to Middling, 1⁵⁄₁₆ ins. 36 Middling to Strict Middling, 1³⁄₁₆ ins. 35 Strict Middling, full 1³⁄₁₆ ins. 36 Strict Good Ordinary to Low Middling, 1³⁄₁₆ ins. 22 Memphis: Strict Middling, 1¹⁄₈ ins. 30 Middling, 1¹⁄₈ to 1³⁄₁₆ ins. 32 Strict Middling to Good Middling, full 1³⁄₁₆ ins. 37¹⁄₂ Middling to Strict Middling, 1³⁄₁₆ ins. 34 Middling to Strict Middling, full 1³⁄₁₆ ins. 37 Middling, full 1³⁄₁₆ to 1¹⁄₄ ins. 39 Strict Middling to Good Middling, 1³⁄₁₆ to 1¹⁄₄ ins. 40 Strict Middling, 1⁵⁄₁₆ to 1³⁄₈ ins. 40 Middling, 1³⁄₈ ins. 41 The average premiums quoted in the New Orleans and Memphis markets for the staple lengths specified are stated below for Middling cotton based on Middling short staple cotton at 20¹⁄₂¢ per lb. at New Orleans and 21¢ at Memphis on Oct. 1, 1921, and 23¢ per lb. at New Orleans and 25¢ at Memphis on Oct. 2, 1920.