Arizona republican., 1919-10-15
project and at Bard, California, under
 the Yuma reclamation project.

project and at Bard, California; under the Yuma reclamation project.
 In Friendly Soil
 The seed of the Mitafifi Egyptian variety, proved the best adapted to southwestern conditions, although at times the results were rather unprom ising. the plants being rank in growth. rather unfruitful and lacking uniform 1 ity in quality. But with a definite goal in sight, tlis group of devoted Lpublic servants stuck to their task un- | til, in 1908, they succeeded in develop l ing the first of the commercially sue cessful type of American Egyptian known as the Yuma variety, with a staple averaging about 1ls inches n length, which was considerably longer than the parent Mitafifi, and more the color of Jannovitch Egyptian. This Yuma type of cotton has been grown with commercial success in the Salt E.iYer Valley since 1912, but has been gradually giving away, however, to the Pima type which is now grown ex- clusively.
 In 1910, when the great possibilities of this Lew type of cotton became ap- parent. committee was formed with
 III the Department of Agriculture, known as the Committee on South western Cotton Culture. Breeding ex-
 periments were speeded up to produce a finer and longer type and that year
 on governmental plats at the Sacaton agency, Arizona, the now famous Pine
 cotton was developed. This cotton
 was lighter in color than Yuma, the fibre -ilkier and finer, and the length
 of the staple had been increased tC
 1A inches. During the season Ji
 1916417 8 group of experienced grow
 CTS, near Temp, Arizona, to whom the
 government had allotted this seedapro
 duced on 252 ceres. 251 bales of Pima
 cotton and the commercial success o1
 this type was assured. The produc-
 tion of Pima cotton has since steadily
 increased in the alt River Valley, tha soction producing last season over 34,
 900 bales.
 The feature which made this crop O
 except 1nal in.cisst to spinners and t' , the manufacturers of choice cot.c; } goods was the fact that this new Tim; } cotton not only graded very high hy , that a large percentage of the cot oi , produced exceeded 1 11-16 inches il : length of staple and in the view o spinning experts who have used it, wa quite as desirablC a cotton as Egyptia'
 Sakellaridis, snd could be spun int equally fi4.e counts In 1918, on an or ] dinary run of PIP bales at the gin 0 : the Tempe Exchange at Tempe, Ari zora, under government classification and super ision, the grade and per . ccntage of this lot of Pima cotton raj 3 as follows:
 1 Grades. Stables. ! No. 1 or Fancy. .149o It to 1% 61e
 No. or Extra ..52%
 No. 8 or Choice. .179o IS to It S7e | No. or Standard 9To
 l, No. or Medium. 7%o IF to 1A % T The Pima Grade
 = In 1919, while there was not quite s 0 large percentage of cotton classe
 Fancy or Extra in the grades. the per s centage of cotton running It and F 2 inches increased. The remarkable sue . cess in the Salt River Valley, wher ) approximately 95 per cent of the Pim | cotton produced in America will b
 grown this season. is largely due { f the scientific care with which this in C dustry has been developed. One of tn e particular features which seems to as a sure a successful future for the indus e try in this section is the fact that bu - one type of American Egyptian cottoi h Pima, is grown throughout the entir 5, district and all danger of crossing wit {, inferior seed is avoided. Of the toti q area of 275,000 acres now under inter
 sive cultivation by irrigation in tn f district SS,000 acres or 32 per cent - the entire acreage, is planted in Pima f a percentage which, in justice to tf e best development of the community 0 n a diversified farming basis (so esser