The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-19
EcypT,s COTTON IN TEXAS.
Experiments TINT Are of Interest Ia
Rhode Island Mill Owners.

Experiments that Are of Interest Ia
Rhode Island Mill
Providence Daily journal.
In a State lipe Rhode Island. where a
large proportion OF the raw material on
which labor is expended is cotton, the re
suits OF 1.-THE experiments tina have been
made In Texas in the production of the So
called Egyptian fiber are of almost as much
interest as in the cotton gro wing States
themselves. These experiments have now
been carried far enough to give results
that are worth attention. In this weeks
issue Of Ghe Cotton Growers Journal are
printed two letters from Mr.. W. w. Went
worth of Karney (GcnZales county,, Texas,
which give an account of what he has done
in the raising of Egyptian cotton during
the last season. In one letter he reports
that his crop Of Egyptian cotton is ginned
and about ready to be sent to Boston, where
cottons of this grade find ready sale at good
prices" He adds that 1900 pounds OF that
product will bring as much as 5000 pounds
OF lint from common cotton or Egyptian
] mt, he explains, about 1900 pounds were
gathered from a six-acre tract. which was
at the rate of $50 pountlrs to the acre, and
this rest from a patch where insects made
the yield Utmost a failure.
In the second letter he says that had he
received 1.-THE assistance begged for In 1899
from the scientific gentlemen, Texas would
to-day be shipping thousands OF bales OF this
beautiful fiber" to factories in the North,
and "rell.zing a handsome profit" OF the
four different kinds Of cotton now grown
In this country-Sea Island, Egyptian, long
staple native and the short or common cot
ton-le says: THE Nit Afff (Egypt3an)
stands p~re-em-nently alone. as no other
cotton approaches the peeuliaritses OF It's
fiber" That is true: the only question Is
whether it can be grown els easily ana
abumdantly as this eSpSrimenter asserts
According to him. the Texas raised Egyp-
tian variety has all the essential cool quail
ties OF that raised In the Nile valley. where
hand is worth $50 per acre-the same
strtngth of fiber. sickness OF luster and
soft feeling as Of lambs woodland ne sees
no reason Why 1t can NOT be prodnceu On
the Ordinary cotton lands" OF his state.
If tire cultivation OF Egyptian cotton on
a lacUpe and profitable scale crn be sue-
oerrstyplly established in the United States,
NOT nnly Will thel domestic producers be
able 10 add TO their present market BY the
exclusion of an the cotton now importeu,
but there will naturally follow a larger
use of The finer fiber IN the domestic rae,
tories. TIE effect of a more i4oenai anu
readily available supply OF domestic hae,
prsl1ss on tbs cotton spinning business ana
he nresent difficulties. as we know tEem
here in New Bneland. Is also verify OF
rons I'erat ION. The demand for the hne
6her has grown rapidly in recent years,
end Al Is growing now AT amy rate, thsre
lis ire Possibility Of a new SOLUTION OF the
..cctfon problem OF the South. or at least
on. c,leyiaticn OF the planters hariships,
N the more Intelligent and progressive o,
tte GOTTEN Growers turn thelr attention TO
ina production OF this fine fgber and leave
coarse and chfaper product to the rest.
information on this important SUD-
ject Will be awaited with interest.