Arizona republican., 1914-04-16
COTTON TALK
 AT LUNCHEON
W. T. Swingle of Depart ment of Agriculture Fore casts the Development of Egyptian Cotton Indus try in This Valley

i The interest taken by the govern ment in the Egyptian cotton indus f try in this valley was demonstrated i yesterday in the course of discus sion at luncheon in which Mir. Walter | T. Swingle, botanlst of the depart
 ment of agriculture was the principal speaker. The other gentlemen at
 the luncheon were Argyle MacLach ] Ian, of the department, E. w. Hud- son, who has had charge of the cot i ten experiments on the Indian reser- i vations in this valley, Dr. John Den l nett Jr., president of the board of trade, Dwight E. Heard. w. C. Eos
 ter, W. J. Murphy, W. s. Dorman, i C. N. Culver, Walter Wilbur. Charles Waterhouse, Mir Gregg, Vernon l.. Clark and John L. Irwin.
 1 MT. Swingle spoke especially of the
 need of organization both for the
 purpose of preserving d uniformity of grade and for marketing the cotton. 1 The organization in this valley had
 cone very well during the last two
 scasons, but the inuustry has so | now be made for the conduct of il
 along profitable lines.
 The first season there were twenty { cotton growers in the valley. Last
 season there were eighty. The indI-
 cations are that in the coming sea :; son there will be 400. The acreage ! the first season was about 400; las:
 season il was 5000. This season
 from 10000 to 1.,00o will be planted
 to Egyptian cotton.
 It was suggested by MT. Swingle
 that w. $ DOrman. who is as famil- 1 far with the industry here as any
 other man and is more familiar with
 market conditions, be sent to Eng 1 land to stimulate the demand there
 for the high grade of cotton pro- duced in the salt River valley. \ selling organization should be formed
 and the sum of s1.0O0 should be
 raised to defray the expenses of MT i Dorman who would probably be ac-
 companied by an official of the de- partment familiar with the commer- :
 clal side of the cotton industry.
 The task of MT. Dorman.. MT.
 Swingle believed, would be an easy l one. Several samples of valley cot l.
 ton were sent to England last year,
 and are now there, having been ! classified by the department. These ! samples could be made the basis for 1 transactions in this seasons crops,
 for the government. if the proper or 1 sanization in the valley should be 1 supervision of the industry here and
 would guarantee the grades. But : after this season the department
 would have 10 let the local organiza-
 tion shift for itself. and under prop ! CT mana cement. this year, il would i bc prepared to do so.
 The business of marketing the cot = l ton, said Mir. Swingle. should be be- gun early. Last year it was taken up too late, and on a falling market l The New England mills were not prepared to handle cotton of so good ] q grade, at the time it was offered ! them The cotton was sold and the
 growers did well, but they could have ; done much better with better or i ganization.
 1 The necessity of procuring pure seed, if standardized cotton is to be i produced here. was dwelt upon by 1 Mir. SWingle. The difficulty Of main-
 taining such seed has been increased 1 by the introduction of short staple 1 cotton into the valley. He believed though that a tract of 200 acres should be planted in the Chandler or Mesa district, remote from any short cotton and should be carefully 1 ''rogued": that is. all inferior plants should be removed, the work being done by hand. in order that the seed finally developed should be per feet. Enough see could be produced