The Nevada County picayune., 1917-08-30
HOW ID MAKE YOUR
 COTTON GRADE UP
Avst Bs Harysst>d Promptly ard ASnstsd Promptly Ts 0st
 vsp Price.
Ny W. E. Ayres, Arkansas Hapsri'
 mspt Station.

Now that the cotton crop is practa. esliy made H Is necessary that it bs harvested promptly and handled properly. Cotton is sold on the bsst markets on the basis of its grade. Quality of lint. color. amount of trash aMd dirt tinges and stains and gtn cuts are the factors which determine ths grade of cotton sample. The highest grades are produced by cotton from the first picking if this picking is Aone at tho proper time and with proper care.
 Three Piskinss hsosssary.
 If tAs cotton oYsD is to be harvested sa the best condition st l.ast three DiehiaSs are necessary. Picking should bs begun as soon as good pieksr can pick 125 pounds per day A second picking should bs mals when three -fourths 10 Avssixths Of the crop is opsn. A third picking should be made before the frosted "top crop" opens. The frosted cot ton should bs harvested but should never be mixed with the superior cot ton of earlier harvests. The same is Arvs of faulty bollS and locks and weathsrsd cotton from the ground.
 Have Clean Cotton.
 To pick cotton free from trash re- suires more labor than to merely gather" it. and all unnecessary trash should be avoided. Clean cotton pro- duces . better grade and therefore sells for a better price. Mixing in. fsTior cotton with cotton of better quality always mean loss This loss is variable, but may. in extreme cases. Ansvst to Aftssn or twenty dollars Der bale. Ny mixing small amounts--- as mach as ono hundrsA aounds--of n>sr cotton with cotton of the hrst piskiAg, bales arc often produced wAish sell for less than they would have brought had the poor cotton 1ven left out.
 KsAa osttsn Dry.
 Ample stsrAge room shoxid bs pro vtleA % tkat NO picked cotton will hAss te be,sxp psssA- ts1 tssS wsethar. WltA the essains Of g csst cotton the practice of piling picked esttsn on the srsusl in the aeld should sure V cease.
 ' C>ttsa pisteS while vet should b. syrsal syAr the tsA of ths nile. CT on . sheet ia the sun aSl dried thsr saghiy. Maps and gia cuts result from etnAtRx wst cotton HaleS carrying ehsss imperfsctions are always bought at . discount.
 The back yard or lot is too often used as a storehouse for baled cotton. The bales are often thrown off in such places for few days" which last for months Cotton SO exposed ab- sorbs moisture and blues (rots). Such cotton sells for eight to twenty dol lars less than it would have brought had it been properly stored All bales should be housed or at least put of the ground under shed THEY SHOULD BE KEPT DRY.
 Don't Sell Cotton In the Seed
 The practice of selling cotton In the seed is another source of loss. No buyer can determine the grade. rla per cent lint nor the shriukage due to moisture, of ssed cotton. For this reason all buyers of such cotton must buy at low figures to avoid risk. IL Is a safe guess that cotton sold in the seed brings ten dollars per bale ls. than it is worth
 The state produced 1.l34 900 bales ef cotton in 1916. worth approximate. ly Sto0. 900. .000 It is safe to estimate that on such crop no less than S5.- e00. 900 would have been saved by ob ssrvins the six cotton don'ts:
 Dix Cotton osn'ts.
 Don't let opsn cotton remain in the Asid.
 Dcn't harvest any mora trash than can be avoidsd.
 Dent mix inferior cotton with that of better quality.
 Don't pile picked cotton on the ground in the open
 Don't gin damp cotton.
 Don't allow baled cotton to take the weather