Arizona republican., 1918-02-17
obtained for his product.


 The Egyptian cotton grown in the Salt River valley will doubtless be graded more closely every succeeding year. The associations and eXchahses which are helping the growers in sell ing their crops can not afford to ildF- ket a poor and dirty grade of cotton. l In order to find q ready market TOT cotton having so long a staple, It VIII be necessary that tue community es- tablish a reputation for the cleanness of it's product To this end, the asso- ciations must use much discrimination in grading, throwing into the inferior grades all dirty cotton as well as that which has been damaged by frost or by poor irrigation.
 The different pickings of Egyptian cotton should be kept separate III ginning and baling, as there IS oiten a marked difference in each plcklng' which will be detected when the grad ing is carefully done. Frosted cotton should always be picked separateiy and sinned and baled apart rom cal Her pickings. If a hard frost klllS tue plants, it is advisable to DICK as soon afterwards as possible all cotton tiia' is open, thus avoiding mixing tile eol- ton from bolls which opened peloIe with that from bolls which opeheu dilel the frost This will not be necessary if the field has been gone over just before the frost and very httie cot'oii is open on the plants
 Effort should be made to time the pickings so that cs second n'cking will not be made until latH 2 lhe season. Where the crop is ~ -eaVy 1 and the first picking is early, IL may be necessary to make four pickings, but it is believed that three, properlE distributed, will usually be sutIlcleht' Growers often begin picking much earlier than is necessary. A few open 1 bolls are mistaken for a good plckllle. It does not pay to make the first DICK | ing until from 600 to 1000 pounds ol seed cotton per acre can be optalnelu. Until recently it was believed that l Americans could not pick ESyptlah cotton at two cents a pound ana Ilahe living wages comparable with what could be made in picking cotton Tn the southern states. This matter has been | closely followed in southern Arizona during the past two years, and 1t IS now fairly certain that the average workman from the southern states can make more money picking Egyptian cotton in Arizona than in picking up land cotton in the south- The case was thus stated by one young man:
 T thought at first that l could not pick this small-boll cotton and was badly discouraged, but found after working a week that I could pick 200 to 225 pounds a day and do it easily. You don't have to carry big, heavy sack around all the forenoon and break your back picking Egyptian cotton, and you have only to pick half as much of tx. ,l-<, ,, ay,1e wages or more
 Two cents per pound in a fair price for picking Egyptian cotton, and indus
 trious workers can make as much as
 S4 per day, although the average pick
 CT will hardly exceed $2.25 per day,
 The record so far for Arizona is an average of 270 pounds per day for six
 days. with maximum of 300 pounds
 or SC, for one day. LaSt season 21a
 to ) cents a pound was the average
 price paid in this valley.-Ed)
 The most important supply of labor
 for cotton picking in Arizona is af-
 forded by the Papago and Pima Indians. There are, conservatively speaking, 5000 to 1000 people in these tribes who promise by virtue of theil industry, patience, and honesty to play
 a most important part in establishing
 the cotton industry. The Indians art
 the most satisfactory laborers that car be had in Arizona for this work an( have done well wherever they have been employed. They are satisfied with fair returns for their labor ant
 have learned to like the work, al , though until recently they were totall, , unfamiliar with it. It is of the utmos
 importance that this labor supply h, r developed tnroughly and that thu } Indians be treated fairly.
 Ginning and Ealing
 The ginning and baling of Egyptian 3 cotton should recciye much attention