Arizona republican., 1916-11-17
PIMA" AN ARIZONA SPECIALITY
 :, FUR GROWERS TO MAINTAIN BY THOROUCHCO OPERATION

cotton of this grade Some of the growers this year will clear above all expenses as much as S25O an acre; some more even than that. It cannot be expected, MT. Hudson said that such phenomenal profits could be reaped year after year.
 With this fact in mind growers. he said, should not engage in eXtravagant expenditures The cost of production should be kept down. At the same time growers should not hesitate to make such expenditures as are necessary to the systematic and scientific cultiva- tion of the crop Whatever the price of the cotton may he it will always repay every legitimate expenditures.
 As to the growth of cotton, the sclec- ton of the land and it's early prepara- ton the following is taken from a bulletin issued by MT. Hudson while still in the employ of the government: Large yields of uniformly long and strong fiber of Egyptian cotton can be obtained only by proper attention 10 the selection and preparation of the land and by careful cultivation and irrigation of the crop. It is also very important to manage the crop so that the bulk of it will ripen early. Cotton ripened in October or November is always superior to that ripened later. Growers of Egyptian cotton should prepare the land during the previous autumn. or at latest during the winter. | so as to have it ready for planting early in the spring. Egyptian cotton is a long-season crop and should be planted early in March. : Since it is very important that the land be prepared as early as possible, t is well for those who expect to plant cotton to have the matter in mind in in handling the land with the pre- ceding crop.
 ! The question of what soil is best adapted to cotton is often asked Any Ind that will grow good crops of alfalfa and grain will also grow good cotton. ] The heavier and more fertile soils as q rule will grow a smaller and more fruitful plant with shorter nodes and hence more fruiting branches. While some raw desert land will make good cotton it has been demonstrated that land previously in alfalfa will produce better cotton, and the crop can be pro- duced more economically New land does not hold the water so we'll and as rule requires more frequent irriga- tion. It is usually uneven. witty spots Of lighter soil here and there which nave To be irrigated separately in order to keep the growth uniform. While in some instances good yields of excellent fiber have been obtained on raw land. the best results are to be had on old land, especially if it has previously been in alfalfa.
 A great deal of the land in the Salt River valley of Arizona is infested with Bermuda and Johnson grasses. This infestation is worse on land that was under cultivation prior to the comple- ton of the Roosevelt dam. The grow ing of cultivated crop is the surest means of ridding the land of these troublesome weeds. There are. con- servatively speaking, fully 10000 acres on the south side of the Salt river alone that would be greatly benefited
 by cropping with cotton. This is a.
 good land for cotton as any in tn,
 valley. Most of it is level and it hai
 been made rich by crops of alfalfa. Land that is nearly level will re
 quire less water for the crop, can b.
 irrigated more eveAly. and will pro
 duce more uniform cotton than Ian, with heavy slope. If there is much
 grade to the land it will be found tha