Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18
LONG STAPLE vs. SHORT STAPLE
Marlboro Man Says sher. stapl. Pay.

II bC8ks
Pee Dee Daily and Advocate.
John c. Fletcher OF Adamsyille has
for many years conducted an expert
ment farm for the United States gov
eminent, and has made numerous ex-
periments in varieties OF crops, culti-
vstion and fertilization. The farmers
institute for this county was held at
his farm last summer, he is recog-
nized as one OF the very best and most
practical farmers in South Carolina.
Mr.. Fletcher has been experimenting
this year with long and short staple
cotton. and he sends the Pee Dee Daily
the following statement Of results:
Long w. Short Staple.
Your paper has said something
about the long staple cotton. and I
wish to give you sales OF same COM
pared with short staple sold the same
day. and will take one Of my tenants
that had one bale Of each kind
Sale OF one bale short staple. 400
pounds seed cotton, bale weighed 1854
pounds at 1sa cents. s7l.s4.
One bale long staple. 1.400 pounds
seed cotton. bale weighed 3ss pounds.
at 1s3 cents. s64.67. s.
Difference In favor of short staple.
.see7. 7.s III
You will see that II we could make
as much long staple as short staple,
we win lose unless we can get more
for 1t and this year do not think we
will make more than two-thirds as
much.
II you think the above sales are
worth anything to our people, you will
please arrange and publish It for the
good Of our farmers.
n Value of fhs Seed.
Mr.. Fletcher does not give the value
Of the seed In the above statement
} At current prices. the seed from the
long staple bale would have sold for ,
about 1880, and the seed from the
short staple at about slo.76; differ
,ence ofssl.75 in favor Of the long sta
pie. ett
This would make the total sales
from the 1.40o pounds Of short staple
cotton ss2.os; and from l.4oo pounds
of long staple $7e.76, leaving diff
ference Of $5.52 in favor Of the short
staple.
This does not take into considera-
-tion the fact that It costs from s1.oo
to $50 more to gin bale Of long
staple than short staple, on account
Of the slower speed and greater care
required. This would about balance
the extra receipts for the seed.
These figures show that 1t would
have required i1S cents per pound for
this bale Of long staple to bring as
much money as the short staple bale.
with the long staple making only
two-thirds as much per acre as the
short staple. It would require nearly
.27 cents, or more than twice as much
per pound for an acre OF long staple
to bring the farmer as much money
as an acre of short staple. < TX.
This can be briefly demonstrated
lows: 3. -. ~. ( =.
Suppose he gets 2,1oo pounds OF
short staple seed cotton from an acre.
This would yield sos pounds OF lint
which, at 1925, would bring s107.06.
The long staple acre produces two
thirds as much. or L400 pounds OF
seed cotton, which turns out s98
pounds Of lint at 26.so-this would
bring $107.06.
The seed from the short staple
acre would be worth about $3.50 more
than the long staple acre, at 36 cents
per bushel. II would cost more to
gin the 1,40O pounds Of long staple
than the 2,1o0 pounds OF short staple,
but, at SO cents per 100. It would
cost $3.50 more to pick the short
staple than the long staple, which
would take the extra amount receiv-
ed for short staple seed.
I, It took the same amount OF land,
fertilizer and labor to produce Ss8
pounds Of long staple cotton that 1t
took to produce sos pounds Of short
staple. SO 1t is evident, from Mr..
Fietcher's experience this year. that
It costs more than twice as much to
produce pound Of long staple cot.
ton as II does to produce pound OF
short staple; and. to yield the same
profit, the long staple must sell for
more than twice as much as the short
staple.