Arizona republican., 1912-12-07
Local Long Fiber Industry to Be Handled Just as Sugar Beet Crop is Now Managed in the Salt River Valley.
BENEFIT OF
 EXPERT HELP
To Growers Supplied By Organization of Men Who Have Pioneered Here in Cotton Will Develop Yield.

Q The--Arizona Egyptian Cotton com pany is organized The first step in the progress of the cotton indus try has been followed by the second, which puts the growing and handling of the fiber on a real basis in the Salt River Valley. The company is built up about the men who have pioneered in cotton here Herbert B Atha. F. J Bennitt and B. NJ. Gold water Founded on an assured crop from which rich returns can be derived and organized by men of wealth and influence, the new com pany certainly starts under favorable conditions
 The Arizona Egyptian cotton com pany will touch every branch of the cotton industry, from the distribu- tion of the selected seed to market ing the fiber and the by-products. It will act as a promoter and adviser ul the farmers. who will do most of the cotton raising. This is one of tine best features of, the company. No corporation can hold and operate more than the allotted acreage, but a large number of small holders can plant few acres each of cotton, sell through the company and thus get all the benefit of the organiza- tion
 It has been we'll demonstrated that the Salt River Valley can raise cot ton. and the Egyptian long staple variety in particular. The largest pIot of Egyptian cotton in America is that of Herbert Atha. who is pre- sident of the company. On Atha's acres, the growth of cotton under different conditions of soil. moisture. etc. has been closely observed, the facts noted and data prepared for future reference. It has been found that the best results in local cotton growing can be accomplished on small plots. As was quite fully ex- plained in The Arizona Republican. the labor problem enters the cotton industry. and makes a big differ ence in an isolated community like this valley. It has developed that families of half a dozen or more are best fitted to care for cotton acre age the fields being cultivated by the men, the lesser members to do the light work of picking Pickers cost money, when hired for a big field but when the members of the family can divide the labors of a few acres. the return is almost all clear profit.
 In the sales department of the cotton company, there will be a corps of efficient brokers, who will seek out the best channels for the product to the eastern market, where the de- mand is strong for the long fibered cotton. Still another department of the company will take care of the ginning and baling. Machinery can be installed a- various points in the valley to clean and pack all the product The operations will not be expensive ones if carried on under the cooperative plan, such as is pro- posed Lastly comes the by-products The company will soon be prepared to press out the oil from the cotton seeds. manufacture the meal cakes which are used for fattening stock and sell all the products to eastern and local buyers.
 According to MT. Atha, 1t Is highly important that plots of cotton bt restricted to from five to twenty acres, never running over 60 acres except in the cases of the cOmpan! holdings. which can be operated more cheaply than can those of the farm CTS.
 We want to develop the industr! 10 it's highest point. As far as w can, we will restrict the crop to tn Egyptian variety which is best suit ed to the valley climate and soi and also a superior product, am one for which much higher price can be gotten. No matter how muc we may raise here, the market wi rot be affected The demand will b much greater when the buyers ge acquainted with our crop possibilitie! At the least an acre of Salt Rive
 Valley land will return s60 profit
 year and this sum is assured, mOI