The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-08
FIELD SELECTION
 BEST COTTON SER|
Cotton Should Be Selected
 Plants Which Produce Lsros feA
W. E. Ayers. Arkansas ps
 Station. 'uea.

All farmers who have ws..
 Know to be reliable yariat,aa InsT select enough cotton in tSs 'aoua g about October lst to prodnc. uela enough for plot of sncb 0 s, seq will be required to produce ',ao Dl..!ll !al seed for 1920. This cotton ''suuaI ssa be selected from plants wb;oh auOae the normal field conditions 01''' produced a larger and earl,. aa's than the average plants surroa. .'0p them. Carefully conducted s.s sll' ments at the Arkansas Exnar,,vpsl Ivsl' Station show conclusively tbs. .'aisa so selected produces anrro~.s sesa 10 per cent more than gin.mn ", This 10 per cent extra cotton - a. s's' produced with no extra Ayra.~ 4a 0s cept that involved in selectIrs s' z sl seed-this is a very insIguIh.... |, factor. '''Vsa
 Market Crop Only as Ne.d.. II present conditions indicate :, size of the 1918 crop and x. " continues. there will necessay,,, ~ I. in this country at the end of shs .. son surplus of cotton. Th,. s.' not mean that when world pesa. " '. considered there is an over sr,s,' but 1t does mean that the grovs,r " {. the South may not be able to di..,,. of their product immediately n :. necessary, therefore, to provid. !. pie storage facilities for seed co,., as well as for the baled produrs { order that the crop may be marts., as it is demanded. Every finn. should arrange so that 1t will po, N necessary for him to sell hls sn,,,, crop this year if conditions are ,uss that it is not all needed.
 Sell Only at a Profit,
 When peace is declared thera vw be such a demand in Europe for m. ton as has never before been knov, The Central powers alone haye d accumulated demand for not less tSar five or six million bales. We 4 course. hope to see the demand Of a, allies supplied first. Their dsmapi alone will take all surplus cotton. Nc effort should be spared to proyids facilities for carrying over any pw. of the 1918 crop which Is not sb,e lutely needed before the 1919 crop h made Ii is absolutely unnecesssr for the Southern farmers to sell tAer supply of this much needed tertls except at good profit above cost a production.
 Grade for Best Price.
 Harvesting ahould begin as sOca as good picker can pick from 100 b 125 pounds per day This will enab. farmers to harvest the crop in good condition with minimum of labw It will further enable them to keep the grades separate and have < ginned separate so as to obtain he maximum price for their production and at the same time furnish ths government ard the mills with iA' maximum of the better grades whicA are so much in demand at presenl
 Store Properly.
 All farmers should insist that thsl bales be at least 10 per ceIn larsei than has been the practice a las past, and that all bales be well ccF cred and properly stored This VIII mean saving Of 10 per cent ID lls rolling stock required to move n' crop and conservation Of the ln. Much cotton has been lost due to lse1 of proper storage facilities NO ~' ton should be allowed to take '-' weather after it is harvested n0~ seed cotton aad the baled pFoON should be stored either under SAs- in houses. or in warehouses pFep"~ for the purpose.
 Take Care of Seed
 It is imperative that the seeu l,'y the present crop receive the Oes' care SD as 10 conserve not only " fats contained but also the 'ln's' which are SO much needed !"
 government and ammunition ls'- les. The oil from our cottonsee0 " vides practically one-half or sus s.',s now being used in the unl'eo '.s a.s The linfers form the basis '"' @s. of our ammunition. Both als tial to the winning of me L Farmers can do patriotic ss'" by storing their seed in small \" the farm and marketing them ID
 ed bv the mills. This will n0' s keen the seed in the bes' pm condition. but wiu prevent uS q able losses which occur vae' , seed are stored by the mills n quantities. and will enable t ., to obtain better prices Tor s.A pelint All Seed to Be Used 70, 's,.J s's '
 If has been conclusively pro'~ r,n experiment that delinted Y os ad ss mate much more readily an' ,.o, fneralv r''' than seed as they come l,s. ,ss tbe gin. The supply of la's's sa.msDi year can not be equal to 'ns .ssen Ss |, unless every precaution E "nt sa k nroduce the maximum aiuouI, s is hoped. therefore, that n'an' and de ginners will install delifl'elS assd I ia lint all seed which is to pe Z, -,se t planting purposes This "'a s,snds [ the possibility Of better ovsrnmop cotton in 1919 and the so se DO needs the linters which may. may ssoaI duced by doing this No eilO',, ,ss sofl he snared which will help x, yith s to aid in winning the war
 cotton crop.