Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-09-08
COTTON IN ARIZONA IS
A BIG MONEY MAKER

tion of cotton raisers to statements !
have seen. One is quoting cotton at
% cents, but remember this price Is
in New York or Boston, and it costs
cents a pound, or $4,000 a bale. to
ship it there. This will reduce it in
price at Phoenix 10 is cents, instead
of % cents. Then some one wrote
that an acre would produce 200J
pounds, one 1900 pounds. and one
from Mesa lately 1900 pounds. but
they didn't say "seed cotton" There
is q great deal of difference in seed
cotton and lint cotton--the same as
] to 8. Those statements are mis-
eading to the raisers who want to
know how mucn marketable cotton
they can get on an acre. Fifteen
hundred pounds of seed cotton viii
give 500 pounds OF lint cotton.
Machinery.-The cost of machinery
to separate the lint from the seed Will
be about as follows:
S0-saw Carver gin, at $500
per saw .....-.... S4OO.OD
self-feeder for S0-saw gin, at
80 cents per saw ,......, 1000
n screw press ................ 10000
\ gasoline engine, 12-horsepow-
er .....-.......... ..:.... 2JOOO
3e!ting 25.0O
Total ........-..-.... sS65.OO
Parties who want to put up machin-
ry can calculate the cost of shed or
Jarn to suit themselves and add it to
above, but gins can be had as small as
30-saw, and avery other item will be
in proportion.
I mention an S0-saw gin as this
will gin 10 bales a day with the at
tendance of three men; whereas, a
smaller outfit requires the same force
and does less work, and the expenses
On small outfit will be considerably
higher than tn large, and while one
gets $500 a bale for ginning, it will
bring considerable more revenue.
| Net Income.-Now / make a cal
culation of net profit per acre. assun
ing an acre produces 500 pounds oil
,one bale of lint cotton:
! 900 pounds lint cotton at 1Sc
per pound ....-......S $50 OF
Cost of producing ready for
market .....-.....-. 3O.0(
Leaves net profit per acre. 5000
Now ! ask every reasonable man u
tell where in the whole agriculture
world is there such a profit deriveV
from any known product, and one OF
which a farmer can count year afte
year with surety? ] don't thing tn
boil worm or wevil will ever do an.
damage here, as the dry weather vii
kill them.
Now, IL you value your lands E.
banks value money, at 6 per cent in
terest, your holdings would be wort
100000 per acre. providing Egyptian
cotton is a success, which IS in bale
, and in a dry place, cotton will kee
for any length of time. lust think o
the enormous amount OF money wnic
this cotton product will bring in 4
the valley, and as this money woul
mostly stay here. wouldn't ii max
this section of the country one OF tn
richest in the world2
For argument, take the ranch 0
Bartlett & Heard. of 1000 acres, II
was all in cotton it would bring thez
/ an income of S420,0e0 year, whic
surely be a Duchman's ! per cen
! the original cost paid for it to tn
!, | Wormser estate-$121 900.
The agricultural possibilities OF thi
valley cannot be comprehended at tn
present time. would advise ever
Iperson who mas land In the valley t
! hold on to Il until tais Egyptian co
Iton raising is solved. If It is fai
, lure lands will bring the same tw
years from now: if IT is a SUCCESS.
| Iwiil put IN your pocket several huf
idred dollars more than now.
/ F. L. WARNER
Warmers Heights, Phoenix, Ariz.
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