Arizona sentinel., 1917-01-11
EGYPTIAN COTTON WILL BE
 PLANTED.

It is now certain that a very large acreage will be planted on the Yuma Project to the long staple Egyptian cotton. Manager Deyo of the Win terhaven Townsite Company has re- turned from an extensive trip over the Egyptian cotton sections of Mari copa and Pima counties and met with abundant success in procuring all the seed, pure Egyptian, that can be used by the farmers of the Indian Reser- vation unit, and will probably have enough left to divide with Yuma Val ley Farmers, who cannot otherwise be accommodated. Senator Mulford Winsor and his fellow committeeman from the Water Users Association, have also been able to secure strictly first class Egyptian seed for use of members of that organization, so that between the two every farmer on the Project who wants to try his hand at raising Egyptian cotton will now have the opportunity to do so, and to get the seed at exactly what it costs to lay them down in Yuma.
 Those on the Indian Reservation side of the river will be given all the time they need to pay for their seed, if it is inconvenient to pay the cash at the time of obtaining the seed. Similar arrangements have also been made by the Water Users Associa- tion to care for those of its members who want to venture into the 'long'' staple field.
 So far so good, but how about a "short staple" man changing to a Hong staple" when he never tried it before? That is the great question confronting the farmers of Yuma Pro- ject at the present time. However, if you look at it from a common-sense standpoint it is no problem at all It is argued that Hong" staple requires greater care than "short" staple, but of this I have my very serious doubts It is the same as raising hogs. If you have been accustomed to raising the Berkshire you hesitate to try to raise the Duroc Jersey, or the Poland China. But it's about the same.
 If you can raise good Birkshires you can raise good Durocs, and if you can raise good crop of short" staple cotton you can raise a good crop of the Hong" staple. I have raised both, and raised them under direct supervis- tion of the government when my en- tire plantation was utilized as a gov ernment experiment farm for cotton and corn.
 The question is, Which will pay the best? That is the one vital question for the farmer to solve in his own mind before he attempts to make a change from the "short" to the Hong staple. have given the matter very close thought because so many of my personal friends have taken an in terest in the matter, and I have reach ed the conclusion that if intended to plant any kind of cotton this year 1 would certainly plant the Tong" staple Egyptian, for this reason: We all know that the present European war just about put the silk business on the bum. We also know that even if the war were to close tomorrow that it will be several years before the silk culture and the silk industry will get back into normal channels. We al so know that Hong" staple cotton is now largely used instead of silk. That means that for several years at least Hong" staple cotton is bound to be in great demand, even greater than the supply, and that always keeps prices up. We also know that the auto mobile tire factories are great con sumers of Hong" staple cotton. These concerns are getting bigger and big ger every year, which means a big ger demand for "1ong" staple. That will help to keep the prices where they are.
 My understanding is that it costs more to pick the Egyptian" than it