The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-14

sta,ea and aa,c sr0vu u n t-2sri-
uental plau.tnss, atc have fou:a
4. far ints.ior 10 cotton orh'ha's
/ produced in this section.
l The departments field tes's on
u numerous varieties nave shown
that "Half-and-Half does not nam
tain a high rank in total I'm yea
per acre. The large proportion OIL
lint to seed apparently results nom
the fact that the seeds are very sEaii
and light. The danger of judging
cotton by lint percentage has been
explained in bureau of plant indus
try circular No. IL, and the caution
has been repeated in U. s. depart
ment of agriculture bulletin NO. o.
The lint of "Half-and-Half" va
riety is of poor character. irregular
wasty and very short, large portioh
OF the samples examined being less
than seven-eighths of an inch IN
length of staple. Cotton less thah
seyen-eighths of an inch is undeslr-
able on future contracts made under
the provisions of the United states
Corton Futures Act, and therefore
buyers will penalize it whenever d's-
covered.
The department is informed thai
many persons who grew this Va'le-
tr have succeeded in selling 1t at
prevailing prices, but this can not
long continue. When cotton OF Jess
than seven-eighths of an inch III
Inch in length sells for full marker
price, it is because its true character
was not detected Whenever cotton
firms find a large part of the cotton
in any community falling to seven
eighths OF an inch or less in length,
BUYERS will be withdrawn from the
district or they will scale down the
prices on all grades to meet the
lower prices which must be expected
for such short staple.
Many interior buyers. as well as
practically all the larger cotton
firms, have declined to handle TINS
cotton at any price. They state that
its lint is far inferior to that coin-
monty grown in their territory ana
H., not acceptable to their regular
customers.
| Competent spinners have staten
THAT this variety as ordinarily grown
produces so short fiber as to rand-
err it wholly unsuitable for the class
of work which now consumes the
great bulk of the cotton of the YES
tern belt.
Before this agitation became gen-
eraI, a high-grade sample of this
cotton was submitted by the depart
ment to two prominent members OF
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
who. on the first attempt to put the
staple. stated that the fiber was ed
short that it would be rejected as
"perishable staple by their CLASH
fication committee and would not
be tenderable on New Orleans cot
ton contracts. Two members Of the
New York Cotton Exchange, to
whom samples were submitted, made
practically the same remarks.
Various cotton exchanges in the
southwestern states have taken Of
lficial action to prevent the delivery
Of this cotton on contracts made be
tween their members.
AS grown in Texas, it is lacking
in storm proof quality, as the cot
ton drops from the bolls very easily
and the individual seeds often fall
apart.
Repeated complaints are received
from English spinners of the num-
Der of "mixy' bales Of American
cotton. This condition arises large
" through the introduction of short
staple into long staple cotton terri
tory. or of long staple into commu-
mites growing short staple cotton.
Any serious mixing of varieties
, which have fibers of different
lengths results in serious losses IN
waste whenever the cotton is spun
upon machinery adjusted for the
longer varieties. Spinners will be
, quick to discover any serious mix
| ture of shorter and inferior cotton,
and the growers will suffer If such
varieties become popular in their
I territory.
In view of these facts the depart
Iment warns the farmers of Oklaho-
, | ma, Texas and Arkansas that TEE
i, Il oduction of "Half-and-Half.' oi
cry other variety of cotton proouc-
ing fiber of less than seyen-elghths
cf an inch in average length, VIII Dc
likely to seriously damage the rcpu'
tboi,. Local rOarkQtS HnC