Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-18
DEMONSTRATION
FARMING PAYS
. SUPERINTENDENT SsELL
SHOWS WHEREIN IT DOES.
COMPILING A REPORT
Farmers Who Handled Cotton Proper.
crly Come out Winners By
SO To ST. q Bale

Campbell Russell, superintendent Of
demonstration alarms IN oklahoma.
has this to say in the monthly press
bulletin OF the Oklahoma agriculture
department.
by January /, it Is hoped to hayo
the complete report Of the County
Demonstration Farms ready for dis
trlDutiOn.
We have no record Of anything in
nature being born fun grown, and we
are glad to believe that the same viii
hold true Of this department. The
years experience has just broken the
crust ANA laid out before MS the things
which We ought to do, aud has helped
10 point the way TO their successful ac-
complishmont
Final reports are In from moro than
half the counties, ana among Them can
be found facts that, when properly
compiled, will be interesting aud val
uuole to the public.
II should interest the cotton farmer
TO know that the Demonstration farm
crs who have sold their cotton In the
seed have received an average price OF
$3.50 per hundred pounds, while those
who have had their cotton ginncd have
received for the lint alone sum caul-
Nalent TO ti,9i per hundred pounds,
for the seed cotton delivered at the
gin. The oil mills have paid for cotton
seed this season prices that would net
from $500 to $1,000 per bale above the
cost Of ginning and ballng the cotton.
Adding the oil mill value Of the seed
to thc price received for the lint. we
have a net result Of $40 per hundred
pounds Of seed cotton.
4 number Of the reports show that
the farmers have been able to sell their
seed for planting purposes at prices
which, added TO the price Of the lint,
net more than 5000 per cwt.
These figures are not included In
our calculation. because It is our pur-
pose to demonstrate what all farmers
may do IL they will.
All farmers can not sell their crops
for seed.
All farmers can get the oil mill price
for their cotton seed and the price paid
Us the ordinary streeJ buyer for their
balcd cotton.
Figuring on this basis alone. We
find difference Of so cents per hun
drcd pounds--about tl2.OO per bale,
Part of this difference is attrlbut-
able to the fact that the demonstrati0n
farm cotton SO far reported has net
above 90 pounds OF lint per hundred
pounds OF seed cottOn--probably some
pounds better than the average OF
the state.
This would still lcnvc q difference
of some 80 cents per hundred pounds
or $500 per bale. to be accounted for
This Is not To- be taken as conclusive
evidence that the seed cotton buyers OF
oklahoma have net $500 per bale OF
all the cotton purchased by them IN
addition to the profit made by tn,
buyer of baled cotton.
II does mean that If YOU handled
Your cotton dcccntly. delivered II al
tho gin clean and dry and in proper
condition for ginning, and then sold II
for mill run" price, that you lost 500
per bale on your cotton that you coult
have saved by having 1t ginned, selllnr
your seed for oil mill price. and youl
bale TO the street buyer.
Stlll, We have no certain guarante,
that the amount which YOU lost will b'
placed TO the permanent credit of the
man who bought your cotton The
careless 60 Indifferent () neighbo'
who drove up TO the gin just bohin'
YOU. aud whose cotton contained 2Ol
pounds Of water and 100 pounds o
sand, and who also received the 'mll
run" price, peeled" the buyer TOR nj
the profit hc made on your load, an'
then some.
/ suspect had better round off thi
article before | am 100 strongly crit
clscd for mcddllng with private affairs
appreciate the fact that It IL no
our business 10 tell the citizen what H.
shnn dove are only hired hand
while he Is the boss
II Is The duty, as well as the priv
ilege, OF the hired man to eau IN
boss's attention to where he IL losin
money; az to whether he profit thereb
Is left to his own option.
We will thoroughly demonstrate thl
year that The farmer who planted I'M
proved cotton seed, delivered his cot
Ton nt the gin In suitable condition
and had II glnned. selling the lint an
the seed at the customary market prlc
has received $40 to Sl2 per bale NOR
than the average of those who sold
The seed. Each individual farmer
left entirely free TO follow either metl
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