The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-09-30
0KLAHOMA'S
COTTON STORY
PRESIDENT coNNELL MAKES
PERTINENT REMARKS
NOT given ENOUGH Care
INDIFFERENCE IN PLANTING,
RECKLESS As TO VALUE
kncwledae Of Plant, Its Uses and lts
Commercial Value Necessary to
Intelligent Cultivation
and Harvest


and Harvest
The truth about the cotton crop in
Oklahoma is q sorry story The seed
Is planted in the springtime in haste
and Indifference; the crop Is picked
and marketed in the harvest season
without regard TO its value. Yet cot.
ton is becoming more and more the
dependable money crop Of Oklahoma.
Commercial industries and manufac-
turing interests are being established
annually here and there throughout
the state upon the success Of cotton.
Note the growth Of Oh mills, com
presses. banks and commercial estab.
lIshments. The seed from the cotton
crop is in itself alone worth a kings
ransom How little is known Of the
real value of the seed and Its prod
ucts in the form Of hulls, linters, cot
ton oil and cotton seed cake, let the
mill people OF the state tell us. The
market value of the total crop for
Oklahoma in 1910 was $47,57S 900;
It could have been one-third more.
In handling the cotton crop of Okla
) homa there is great deal of money
made by those who understand grad
ing, pricing and shipping No doubt
there is some money lost by others
who do not understand the business
end Of the cotton crop; there are
thousands who do not understand 1t.
! These are the victims Of their own
) ignorance While depending on cot
, ton as a main source Of llvlihood for
themselves and families. these farmers
and ginners are unable to reap the
financial rewards Of weeks and months
Of severe labor.
How very little Of constructive
thought and effort is involved annually
in the cotton crop Of the average Okla
homa county, Who plans to get the
most out of the cotton crop as grown
and sold? Is there a community en-
terprise," or does the devil take the
hlndmost? Who is killing the goose
that lays the golden egg? Who really
! owns the bale OF cotton as 1t drops
. from the press? Whence comes the
rumors Of wars between the grower
on the farm and the ginner or com
mercial interests IN town that mar
) ket the product? Is our cotton one
, man product or a community product2
Whose children toll in the heat Of sum-
mer for the production Of seed and
staple? Whence comes the money
supplied Tor the purchase Of provis-
ions and clothing with which these
children are fed and clothed while they
: labor in the fields or attend SCHOOL,
These questions should be asked OF
, every business man of the South. The
, time will come when the people OF
! Oklahoma will realize clearly that her
t cotton crop is community produce,
! and town and country viii rise up,
r Join hands, and pledge each other
J loyalty and intelligently 20 cooperate
4 In growing and marketing the crop
! thereby inoreaslng its total value
Q while decreasing the cost of produc.
D tion: thus widening the margin Of
D profit for each state, county, and com
{ munity
Scores of farmers and cotton buyers
!. come to the A. & NJ. College each yeai
; to study business points Of cotton
+ growing and cotton grading Why dc
!. these people incur the expense in
r volved in the payment Of railroad fare
4 and board bill for a month or more, n
r attending the special cotton school
/ It can only be accounted FOR by say
q Ing that it pays them a good prof
on the money expended Some indl
q yiduals come year after year; sons
can spend only ten days at the worl
, each season: others remain for thirtl
!. DAYS. and come again next-year. Thii
Is the fourth year vt the OklahomI
Cotton School.
The A. 4 NJ. Cotton School teaches
= the better methods Of growing ans
marketing cotton; magniaes cotton
In It the individual learns the i'm
nortant lessons OF scientific produc
ton. thrift In methods Of harvesting
/ and ginning, and the best commercial
plans for shipment and sale Ever
farmers organization and every boar'
/ OF trade in Okahoma should join thi
state A. & n. College IN condemninl
the present wasteful and unbusines
/ like methods Of growing and handiinl
cotton, and unite upon plans sus
| gested hy the experience Of the mos
| successful to improve our now recoe
nized faults. Tho Cotton School OPEN
July 1: the first two days viii be de
voted to the consideration Of cottoI
In all IT'S general features. Proml
nent and successful growers and cot
ion byers. merchants and bankers vii
be invited TO take part IN telling tn
sorrowful story Of King Cotton and hi
Iloyal subjects. J. H. CONNELL
IL Has Greater Feed Value
lie A bushel Of corn has a greater foel
yalne than a bushei Of kafrcorn. bu
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