Arizona republican., 1916-11-17
PREPARATIONS FOR TIE MARKET
 IF VALLEY MOST PROFITABLE CROP

hoops and is the commercial bale as is seen around any cotton yard.
 There are several things peculiar to this particular kind of cotton. One is that there is an established rule among all buyers of Egyptian cotton that there shall be deducted from the gross weight of every bale the bagging and ties. which weigh 22 pounds, and only the lint itself is paid for. Tn short staple cotton everything goes at the gross weight
 Another peculiarity is the sampIng system. Three times in the process of making the bale the pressman. goes down the line of gins and takes from each stand a small handful of the lint and puts it in a bag which is marked the same number as the bale which it represents. This gives thirty samples Of each bale of cotton taken from practically all places in the bale These samples are taken to the sample room where an expert in the employ of the department of agriculture Gin this case in the United States) classes it.
 The grades of cotton are divided into five classes according to the spin ming value of the cotton. Also the staple, which means the length of lint, is divided into three classes. So each sample carries tine ma rk of it's grade and staple. The importance of this grading can hardly be conceived by the average person All the buyers figure half cent difference on each pound for each grade, so that to get the best grade the grower is careful m handling the seed cotton. to keen 1t as clean as possible, absolutely dry. and free from all foreign substances.
 The cotton seed in years gone by which was considered almost value less has become of almost as much importance as the cotton itself. Every- body knows of the uses made of cotton oil. Hardly cook prepares a meal today but what cotton seed oil is used in some form or another. Aside from the oil the remainder of the seed classes with the best grains for feed ing purposes to all kinds of live stock. Two years ago the cotton planter in the Salt River valley received $l5 a ton for his seed-hardly enough to pay for ginning his bale of cotton Today seeO IS worth S4S a ton. This means that from each bale of cotton brought to the gin the seed will pay for the ! ginning, the planting, the chopping. : the cultivation, the irrigation and the [ hauling of that bale of cotton to the i gin. leaving the owner only the ex- ] pense of picking his bale to be deducted ! from the price received for it.
 From all indications at the present time there will be close to fifty thous- and acres of cotton planted in the Salt i River valley and the Buckeye country this coming season. We can hardly conceive what this means to the mechanical end of the cotton industry. ! One of the most vital problems to be solved another season is the problem ! of securing labor to gather this crop when i, is ready. Plans are already : on foot to secure for the coming sea son enough people to handle this i'm , mense crop If this anticipated acre age IS put in it means that 10000 people must be imported 10 the Salt River valley for this work and provisions made for them while here and for talk ing them back to the place where they came from when the crop is finished here as there will not be work enough . of any kind 10 keep such a vast army at work oniy during the time of har- Vestins this crop.
 So far thc gins of the valley have