Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-18
Superior Quality LOng-StapIe Cotton
Can BE Grows To Advantage In America.

Washington. -. g.. March Il Long
,taPlr cotton NJ superior quality cln nv
grown ~ advantage w MANY parts W.T. our
cotton belt IL the farmer can hr given
4 more direct interest iu preserving thr
purity and uniformity WI hi> crop This
interest Will come only ~ a result of
greater Discrimination iu hHl ing un the
part MT manufacturers. BUYERS must
cease taking interior mixed fiber anil
paAing a> much fur IL a~ for ne best
and most inform iii they really wish tn
encourage the production " long staple
cotton m America. These facts are
brought ont in the Department uf Nuri
cultures new bulletin. -Th- Relation WI
Cotton In, iug IT, Cotton Growing"
Formerly manufacturers have com
planned that the supply uf luuu-~tnrlc
cotton was inadequate aul uncertain.
SAYS the Bulletin The boil wcr,il was
supposed Iu have made MI almost imprs
>ihlc % grow long staple varieties. hut
this danger has been overcome. New ear
IN maturing varieties WI long staple rut
ton have been developed. Improved meth
odS Of culture have made 10 possible To-
produce good crops MI This cotton I'M
many parts WI thr United state. despite
the presence of the boil Wfc,il. Natur
Al conditions favor it~ production. and
almost unlimited supplies max hc grown
II the farmers viii only To- encouraged
- take more care iH maintaining their
cotton nv y high standard.
The manufacturers who use the long
staple crop, have the Key - the problem.
More general planting wv long staple
c"ttpn> can ~ advised until marketing
conditions are improved. The Depart
mcmt ~ ~Agriculturc'> advice ~ farm
'r> regarding precautions necessary Nv
maintain the purity and uniformity 81
their cotton j. ~ little value unless they
can obtain n better market price hV wv
serving these precautions. The present
tendency ~ buy long staple cotton "a
flat prices like short staple cotton dis.
courage the farmer from taking great
or care. On The other hand il encnur
tG rlrrlr>~nr-~ lnI tendencies I'M lead
W thr lr-~ ni uniformity ul fihrr AMI wy
generation 81 varieties.
Inspection uf fhr COTTON in ihr tirld rf
'rid> W much better basis nf Judgment WY
.aItiug The essential qualit, ~ Uniform
ft than the present mrthul MI pulling
samples FROM thr hlIr- Field INSPECTION
NfFtN NA'''fN N.if Nf'N" Nt'lttN@r -
pcria I'm with long staple EDITIONS Famil
ariIt with v VARIETY WI cotton makes IN
wv. ~illc AZ rrruauiya much smaller prr
rufaGr> ~ admiNtun nr degeneration.
'hau rfn hc detected ip thr huyrr rul
nIuu trturrr AMI wv thr ~lmr iimr W.T.
ieriue I rreafer i%uduccucut ~ the farm
h tn maintain thr purity aul uniform
KIM nf hi> cotton.
The ur->cucc of The boil vr-tiI i~ now
'u additional reason fur growing long
fnplc in~tral uf short staple rNttnu
Tl, cAtra care and precautions that are
rriIfr-l to pro.rrt the cotton against
ihr rrcNil make WI possible tn produce "
better staple Thus ONO growing WY long
si aple cotton to sell 40 q higher price
l hr considered a~ u means nf ~rur
y W return fur thr increased rr-i pf
production ~ ihc diminished ririd that
NAV hr caused Nm ihr boil wratil
That the present system uf buying ..
seriously defective il NOW widely r-cu-
lrrtd and radical reforms are being
sought through legislation and otherwise
i.lf III ~ highly desirable that r%cfnrfr-
10 The commercial world IT, considered Zoo
heir relation wv thr improvement ~ fhr
l|unlifF W. the crop and unf merely il >r
eHin n'ghcr prizes fer inferior e.iinr
Trtrn I'M. nu nru-nrrt thlf ~lrh urirr-
aA ir iiaiuilirrl ht lnl action ihlt
mav - iak p i~fhi United Staa. 10
,nir >ernre 49, our oniirn irir
-r w. u fhr Improvement wv thc rrulHr
"'h.rvi~r W. rmain exposed ~ thc ran
rrr III oHr cotton prop than ~ ~r.ur'
hirh r-ir.~ without l~lrh imnrlr merit.
incc hi.h prices ipl i~afrfiOr cotton I'm