Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-22
Temples GIN
IN OPERATION
Superintendent Steele De
scrihes the Accomplish
ments of the Last Two
; Months, since the Ma
chincry Was Started.

Chas. G. Steele, the Superintendent
of the Tempe gin installed by the Tenn
pc Cotton Exchange, was in town yes
terddy and had much interesting in
formation to give relative to the sue
cess and practical progress of the Tenn
pc gin. Mr.. Steele states as follows:
We began ginning at Tempe on oct
% and Saturday night completed our
ninetieth shift In that time we have
sinned out the equivalent of 1914 five
hundred pound bales. As matter of
TACT the actual bales ginned have been
but 976 but these bales have run in
size from $50 to S37 pounds.
We find that the ginning machinery
installed sis most efficient The gin
proper, manufactured in Oldham, Eng
land by the Plat Bros, being the only
gin that will handle this staple without
injury.
The Tempe district has shown itself
to be exceptionally well adapted for the
growth of long staple Egytian cotton,
and | understand that no section of the
valley has produced longer lint than
that grown in the Tempe section. Some
of the growers have come from short
staple countries and some have never
grown cotton before, but they have all
found that they have learned many
things this year about the growing of
cotton which will be of benefit to them
in years to come. Especially has it
been demonstrated that the more rank
the growth of the plant the bigger the
stand and the better the lint There
have been a few patches of cotton
picked this year that were volunteer
from last years planting; these patches
have shown remarkable Yields: one
patch of nine acres going close to two
bales to the acre, and another patch of
eight acres going a bale and a half to
the acre. Many patches of this years
planting is producing a 500 pound bale
to the acre or better the biggest yields
of course, coming from land which had
been previously cultivated in alfalfa
and enriched by this heterogeneous crop.
The price of cotton this year has
been most unsatisfactory owing to the
European troubles but our cotton has
been introduced into the eastern mills
competing with the Egyptian cotton
and according to the reports of the cot
ton brokers we are successfully COM
peting with the finest quality of cotton
produced in Egypt and owing to the
fact that the excellent quality of the
Salt River valley grown cotton has now
been practically demonstrated we
should be sure of an improved price
next season.
1t is believed that at the price the
association has been charging for gin
ming Of two cents per pound, they will
be able to pay all expenses and declare
dividend to the stockholders. which
illustrates the value of cooperation
among the growers.
We find that the cotton seed from the
average seed cotton furnished us, more
than pays for the cost of ginning. The
seed is being handled by the Phoenix
Cotton Oil company. which is produc-
ing the cotton seed oil and the by-pro-
ducts Of hulls and cotton seed, which
has now been demonstrated as a desir-
able cattle feed
The daily average run after the gin
got to running smoothly and under full
swing. has been about 10 bales per day,
and the operation of the plant has Civ
en- steady employment to about fifteen
men, The cotton has all been carefully
sampled and Mr. Martin, the official
sampler for the government who is 10
Gated at Mesa, is furnished with daily
samples from the Tempe gin. The
Tempe cotton has shown a large pro-
portion of fiber averaging over an inch
and sixteenth, which is known as