Arizona republican., 1919-02-20

reservations where Indians in large numbers make their homes. They are peaceful and in the majority are good workers. They are inclined to agricul- ture and to the raising of cattle. They find the cotton picking to their liking. They can camp at convenient places and all the family can work, and they do. These Indian tribes come when the cotton is ready for picking; they leave as soon as the picking season IS over, and in this way help to solve the prob lem of labor in both ways; on hand when there is a lot of work to do and back on their reservation farms, or cattle ranches, when the work is com pleted.
 Market
 There is indeed market for all the cotton that the Salt River Valley can grow. It is pointed out bv those in au- thority that a reasonable acreage Is necessary to keep the market assured for thS Arizona product. The spinners like to know to certainty that the necessary quantities can be obtained. The special cotton requires special ma chinery. and goes into special fabrics, and so a considerable acreage must be grown each year to keep mills supplied and the choice product in the market. The prices received this year are an indication of the demand and the mar ket possibilities.
 One more important advantage must be kept in mind. The true farmer knows the value of crop rotation. First, as a method of increasing the yield {; second, as a means of improving the quality of the crop, and third, as q method of enriching the soil. Cotton with alfalfa makes an ideal rotation system, and alfalfa also grows here to perfection. The growing importance of the dairy industry. there are over 50, 900 cows in the Salt River Valley at this time, insures a permanent and steady demand for all alfalfa raised. It grows the year round; six cuttings of alfalfa are common and eight to 10 tons to the acre can be easily grown with good farm methods. Keep in mind the value of rotation when considering any crop. or any locality.
 Pima Cotton
 Much is being said of Pima cotton. This is a further development of Egyp- tian or Arizona long staple cotton. This fiber is very long and it commands the highest price. The seed from this va riety is selected from choice plants carefully segregated throughout their growth. This new variety of cotton s not only of longer fiber, stronger and finer. but it possesses the advantage of maturing earlier than the other va riety.
 Distribution of Seed
 The distribution of the seed of the Pima variety is in the hands of the de- partment of agriculture. which has q representative on the ground. with headquarters in the Cotton Exchanga at Tempe, Arizona.
 Something About the 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 eleven six teenths inches. but the fact that very 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 Sal | River Valley cotton is the roller gin The machines that are used here art made from an English pattern and art the same as those used in Egypt. A. compared with the saw gins used ir e''c ShOiI staPie Cotton SouHtIleS, they are much slower in their operation bu do not hurt the lint For this reason they have to be used on this Arizona. Egyptian long staple cotton.
 The Seed
 The cotton seed, which in years gon, by, was considered almost valueless has become of almost as much i'm portance as the cotton itself Every. body knows of the uses made of cot ton seed oil. Hardly a cook prepares meal today but what cotton seed oil i, used in some form or other Asid, from the oil the remainder of the sect classes with the best grains for feed ing purpOses to all kinds of live stncl,