Bisbee daily review., 1912-11-21
COTTON MAY RE
 ARIZONA CROP
w. E. Barnes, of the South ern Pacific, Tells of the Adaptability of This
 State for Cotton
IS VERY LIKE EGYPT

Wide areas Of tillable and irrigaDle lands of Southern Arizona, in both canal and shallow water areas, will within a few years contain many hundreds Of acres or Egyptian cot ton fields if plans now under way are brought 10 success That Arl- zona soil and climate are ideal for this highly profitable product has been demonstrated by recent tests.
 lmpOrtant facts regarding the move to grow Egyptian cotton on large scale in Southern Ariona were related in Tucson by W. E. Barnes, travelling freight and passenger agent of the Tucson division of the South eTn Pacific railroad with headquart- CTS there.
 Proved a Success
 Mir Barnes said:
 Knowing the great value of a field crop of Egyptian cotton, hay ing spent seven years in Egypt where the plant is a staple. ! have been working to get it introduced in- to Southern Arizona and it has proved marked saccess in Arr zona's soil and under Alizona's sun.
 
 paTtmsnt Of agriculture have had erected at CacatOn. a gin for the benefit Of growers in that vicinity, the gin just now being completed. Ninety acres grown in that region demonstrated what can be done with Egyptian cotton in that soil, demon strated that il was success in all the word means. As a result of this the farmers around SaffOrd have formed an association and already haye signed up a total Of 200 acres. with more signatures and more acres to come.
 'In recent months the agricultural experts of the University Of Arizona have given increased attention to .eN- periments with Egyptian cotton as a plant for that region and their work has been interesting and will prove highly profitable to the state and 10 SoutEern Arizona land owners. On exhibition at the headquarters of the Tucson chamber Of commerce are several stalks of Egyptian cotton which is Of such generous growth and of such prolific nature that any doubt one might entertain regarding the adaptability of the plant to Ari- zona soil would be dispelled when he takes a look at the number Of boilS and the staple.
 T have been endeavoring for some months or longer, l may say, 10 see Egyptian cotton grown in Southern Arizona. because l knew it must prove a success. I am familiar with the Egyptian cotton industry as re- suit of my experience with it in Egypt and believe that Arizona will rival Egypt in growing this crop. The staple brings fancy prices, and there does not seem that any regioH any where on either continent can he better adapted to the growing of this than Southern Arizona. expect 10 see wide areas of the plant grown there before many months"
 In Salt River Valley
 Much cotton is grown in the Salt River Valley of Arizona in the Phoenix region several gins have been running regularly since the cot ton picking season began. Then to the west Of Southern Arizona the lm- perial valley in Southern California has been a region Of cotton growing for some years. the aggregate acre age being extensive. With cotton grown 10 the north og the Southern Pacific territory of Arizona and west Of it, proves. declare the Southern Arizona people. that their region will grow cotton abundantly and the Egyptian staple to perfection.