Arizona republican., 1920-10-24

supplies of even-running long staple | cotton lies in communities which are organized upon this basis. Are the cotton growers of this valley willing to let slip their advantage? It is for them to decide. Bad as the existing situa- ton is, it can be saved if everyone will cooperate to this end.
 4 Way Out of the Difficulty
 Fortunately a considerable acreage was planted this year with seed from
 the Tempe Exchange pure seed district
 and without the use of oil mill seed for
 replanting. Approximately 5000 acres which meet these specifications are in
 large blocks tributary to gins which will handle no other seed cotton. Numerous fields scattered throughout
 this acreage wereinspected last sum-
 mer by a committee designated by the Marlcopa County Farm bureau and
 comprising Messrs. H. C. Heard, War ren Parker. $. IT. Hastings and the ! writer No short cotton plants nor | hybrids were found in any of the in | spected fields. It is estimated that
 the seed from these 5000 acres will
 plant about 150.000 acres in 1921.
 Arrangements are being perfected
 for having this supply of planting seed
 certified by the county agricultural
 agent. whose certificate will appear upon each sack. It is hoped that every ginner in the valley will CO., hoperate by offering this seed to his customers at a uniform price. The companies whose gins will turn out
 the certified seed have agreed to fix the price on the basis of oil mill value
 at the time of purchase. plus actual
 cost of handling, with a small addi-
 tional charge which will protect them
 against the risk involved in carrying
 so large stock of expensively handled seed, some of which may not be re- : quired for planting. Only first and second picking seed will be sold fol 5 planting and the gerTnination will bt } thoroughly tested so that the grower : who purchases certified seed can esti- l mate closely how much he will need tc 3 plant.
 B It is hoped that the conditions under which this seed is offered to the farmei
 will be so fair and reasonable that n,
 one will be tempted to plant cheaper
 and inferior seed, thus jeopardizing tho { success of this carefully worked -ou . plan to restore to the Salt River vale, it's pre-eminence as a pure-seed com . munity. After all, the price of tn 2 planting seed is but a small item in tn a total cost of producing cotton. Even ' inferior seed can be purchased at $2 n to $50 per ton cheaper than certified z s of only 90 to GO cents per acre. i
 planting is done at the maximum rat y of 40 pounds. Is it worth while fo 9 this small amount to sacrifice tn n benefit which will accrue to every in e dividual grower if the valley is main e tained on a pure seed basis?
 e How the Grower May Cooperate . Growers may cooperate by refusin . to purchase any but certified seed an O especially by refraining from demand e ing from the gins their own seed fo e the purpose of planting. This is = dangerous practice. for 1t is impracti s cable tos thoroughly clean out a gi n after every small run and unless this e done the seed will be mixed with ths '- of the preceding run. It is possibl 's although unlikely, that the supply e certified seed will not suffice for th ,s entire acreage to be planted ne, h spring. Tn this event it will be desii 'f able to effect a proportionate cut 1
 the acreage of each farmer. in order 1
 bring the total within the estimate st limit of 150,000. Growers may coopf m rate here by furnishing at the earlie, J. practicable date to the ginner frol ie whom they purchase seed a statemef "a of the number of acres which they eo 1t pect to plant
 s- How the Ginner May Cooperate i- Ginners may cooperate by offerir to only certified seed for planting in 192 d A ginner may believe that some of tl 7. cotton which goes through his gins h; in come from fields of pure Pima, bl m while anyone can readily deistinguis e. "short staple" from a Pima plan al it is much more difficult to recogni: 'n hybrids or plants of the Yuma variet