Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
COTTON GROWER. WELL PAID I 0R LABOR AND TIME
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the cotton in the Salt River valley state that in the present season here were 7,400 planted to long staple, and that next year the acreage would be between 25,000 and 30,000. They also state there will be enough seed or the Pima Variety to plant 6,000 acres in 1917. and expect that by 1918 there will be seed enough for the planting of the whole valley. This new grade of cotton is not only of longer fibre, stronger and finer, but it possesses the advantage of maturing earlier than the other variety. The average return for all growers of Pima cotton thIs year will be a bale and a holf to the acre.
 Distribution of Seed
 The distribution of the seed of the Pimo va iety is in the hands of the departD ent of agriculture, which has a repy esentative on the ground. with headquarters Tn the cotton exchange at r empe, Arizona
 Something About Quality
 The remarkable feature about the quality of the cotton that is grown in the Salt River valley of Arizona is not only the unusual length of the fiber, averaging about one and one half inches, but the fact that yer, carefully conducted laboratory tests show that it has the greatest textile strength Of practically any cotton growth in the world.
 Ginning
 The gin that is used on the Salt River valley cotton is the roller or knife gin. The machines that are used here are made in England and -tre the same as those used in Eeyrs and in the Sea Island cotton lands or, the Atlantic coast. As compared with the saw gins used In the short staple cotton countries, they are much slow CT in their operation but do not hurt the lint For this reason they have to be used on this Arizona Egyptian long staple cotton.
 TEe Seed
 The cotton seed, which. in years gone by, was considered almost value less, has become of almost as much importance as the cotton itself Every body knows of the uses made of cot ton seed oil. Hardly a cook prepares q meal today but what cotton seed oil is used in some form oI another Aside from the oil, the remainder of the seed classes with the best grains for feeding purposes to all kinds of live stock. Two years ago the cotton planter in the salt River valley re- ccived S15 a ton for his seed, hardly to pay for ginning his bale of cotton Today seed 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 cnoppng, the cultivation, the irriga- tion and the hauling of that hale of cotton to the gin. leaving the owner only the expense of picking his bale 10 be deducted from tke price re- ceived for St.
 There is one other feature we es- pecially desire to impress upon you. It is strictly up to the grower whether he produces a crop or not. The mois- ture conditions. which are so unreli- slhle in the district where they de- pend upon the rainfall car be con trolled absolutely in this valley, where we have tie finest irrigation system Yet built by man. If you will proper ly prepare your land, put in plenty or feed cultivate and irrigate in hus- bandlike manner. you can go down to the harvest absolutely sure of crop We have no Toll weevil or cotton worm to threaten our crop. and the valley is so organized that any diff cultios are handled scientifically. thor onghly and at once.
 Results
 We want to submit few exam ples of what has been done by cotton growers. These first results quoted were secured during earlier years O. the crop in the Salt River valIev The same men. today would undoubt- edly secure much better results. Yields per acre are the average for each farm. the farms were from five to forty acres each. O. A Warner. 666 pounds lint cotton per acre: Geo. Rogers, 675 pounds; NJ. C. Phelps, l94 pounds: J Valenzuela 442 pounds: Robert Bowen. 54S pounds: Imel and Ruse. GA pounds: Laib brothers, 49l bounds; F Birch SIC Do-'nds 2. Bullock. S66 pounds; E. F. Hill, 675 pounds of lint cotton per acre. The average is about $50 pounds per acre which, at 25 cents pound would net profit of sS4.10 per. acre. This years prices have run as high as 50 cents pound. The bulls of the crop has SOid at over v cente per pound Figure the profit yourself.
 Let US see what some farmer suc- ceeded in doing with cotton Here Is one instance: From one seasons crop. L. C. Sloan will pay half the cost of siXtv acre tract of biph- priced land in the Mesa district Salt River valley.
 Sloan is a Kentuckian who started out to seek new location several years ago. First he went to Okla homa, which did not suit, and then nc went to Colorado Still he was dissatisfied. so he came to the Salt River valley
 For one year Sloan leased land and he made so much mone1. that he decided to own farm of his own. Accordingly he made Dudley Lewis, a