The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-04
Cotton! Cotton! Cotton!

across the border In Lower California.
The Mexico crop Is, every pound.
handled on this side OF the line.
Total hgures on production Tor
1914 are moi yet available but the
amount ginned to Dec. 81 (26.112
bales) would indicate that the aver
age Will again run close to the bale
per-acre mark. Notwithstanding that
much land was put In cultivation for
the first time and In many cases by
men who had never seen a cotton
stalk year before; TO say nothing
OF the fact that owing 70 the low
price, brought about by the European
war. hundreds or acres OF short
staple cotton have been permitted TO
virtually go TO waste.
As an indication OF the extent OF
the cotton industry, II Is rather i'm
pressive TO note that two congresses
and IS gins are now In operation In
the Valley besides two oil mills for
manufacturing the by-products. This
In five years, too.
| Cotton In the Imperial Valley IL
grown under irrigation. The cotton
plant Is perennial. killing frost
being unknown there, the cotton vol
unteers for three and often four
years II Is topped with q hay NOW
and the water then turned on. The
| yield seems TO be equally as high
| from the volunteer stalk as from
that grown from seed each year.
| Imperial Valley has broken all
known cotton records. A production
OF 2It bales to the acre by skilled
growers Is very common.
Thomas p. DAILY averaged four
| fifths OF bale to the acre for the
first picking 33 bales. grown on his
place near Calexico, with an average
also of 80 per cent Lint-Quality Du-
range long staple.
Ivey Bros, also OF Calexico. ginned
the first or earliest bale ever ginned
in the United States on June II. 1914.
Taking the seed from the record
bale they planted IL on the same acre
and on October 40, 1914, ginned the
second bale On the Ivey ranch the
record OF two bales per acre has been
maintained for two years, but the
idea OF replanting the seed from the
first crop Is an innovation.
The war, with its consequent low
price Of cotton, though II has worked
a severe hardship on the cotton grow
ers there, will eventually prove a
blessing In disguise. The Long
Staple Durango cotton has readily
brought from IL TO. Is cents pound
as compared with z for the short
staple variety.
| Hence, the 1915 planting will be
80 per cent long staple. The follow
ing figures are from tested acreage,
Imperial Valley 1914 crop:
i Observe.
| Durango long staple-24 acres pro-
duced 32 bales OF CSC pounds aver
iage, 1880 pounds brought ST.
$25S.60. A total OF $2,.92.30, or an
lpense OF every character deducted
the net profit was more than $55 per
acre. And this in year OF ruin
lously low prices. too The best part
Is that anybody can do as we'll. A
large portion of the expense on this
particular tract was hired help.
! While the Imperial Valley Is pecu-
liarly adapted to the growing OF the
Durango long staple cotton, yet there
are other sections OF the United
States. possessing the same climatic
advantages with an abundance OF
water available for irrigation pur-
poses. The Salt river and the ella
river valleys OF Arizona, the Browns
vile district OF Texas and portions of
the Gulf state regions offer oppor..
ltunities for intelligent culture OF
long staple cotton.
The figures given are CORRECTLY
Care has been taken to avoid e,A
aggeration In the slightest degree.