Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-09
FALSE REPORTS ABOUT EGYPTIAN COTTON
 BOUND TO REACT IN YUMAS FAVOR.

 Some busy-body whose identity has not been astab
 shed has been ndustrousy crcuanghe report that the Egyptian cotton crop in Yuma Valley and the Reserva ton Unit is total failure
 THE REPORT IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE.
 The editor of this paper has made personal inspection many of the fields of the project and having been born and reared in the greatest cottongrowng section of the world exas he feels that he measuraby competent to judge growing cotton field.
 Naturally early to form definite conclusion as what the average will be per acre. but if all the bols squares and blossoms the stalks grow to maturity
 safe estimate that the crop will be better than the most sanguine hoped it would be- Last Sunday three different fields the Reservation Unit visited Without trying pick out unusually good stalk it was found that the first stalk examined had 40 bos blossoms and squares the had 152 while the third had 20 Ii of all these be that the crop of the three fields will be fartune to their respective oWnrs
 In Yuma Valley the crop equally good though can dor force say that some of the fields have been watered death nearly for the cotton has grown principally to stalk. Those fields that have been irrigated but twice during the show the best condition The stalks smaller but they have twice as much fruit as the larger ones that have been irrigated twice much
 One of the very best posted men in the community on cotton is Dave Caylor irrigation manager for Yuma Val ley He has grown cotton all his e and is growing both the Egyptian and shor staple this year. Not only that his official duties take him every nook and corner o Yuma Valley almost every day in the year He pronounces his own crop as near perfect he would like it. and he declares that taken whole the crop of both staples throughout the valley in splendid condition He predicts that if nothing happens between and picking time that Valley will harvest close to if not in excess of bale per Last year the average per acre was just little less than one bale.
 The Egyptian cotton does not fruit quickly as the short staple but keeps putting fruit long Jack
 ;fc growing seasont stops putting fruit sometimes before frost comes while the Egyptian will continue grow fruit until frost kills it. For that the Egyptian stalk much the larger and grows all of proportion to the average short staple if it gets water than the plant really needs
 There is nothing therefore, for the Egyptian cotton growers be alarmed at The plants healthy looking beyond comparison and that the irrigation season about over firmly predict that the yield will exceed the expectations of those who advocated the planting of Egyp
 an cotton My honest opinion is that Yuma Project will raise cotton this year than will be picked Cattle will be- attened on bellies for the lack of sufficient hands to pick and haul it to the gns-uness our people, by con cered effort get busy and arrange for cotton pker help harvest the crop.
 Just where the report started that crop is failure no one know but matter who started it. no mat ter how fast the report may travel canard pure and simple Our crop in first class condition with every pros pect that those who the business will reap fortune this fall and wnter they get hands enough harvest the crop.
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