Arizona republican., 1920-04-28
ITCH SCHOOL Il NOTES
Junior Play

Junior Play
 Now that university week Is over. there are no more athletic contests to look forward to this year. That does not mean that things are going to De dead the rest of the year, or any thinE like that, because, saying nothinS or the other plays and different things, there is the junior play, which comes off next Friday and Saturday. The name of this play is Fanny and the servant Problem" and it is a hum dinger. as was demonstrated in the assembly yesterday by part Of the cast Irma Jacobs. who is taking the leading part, is a bear Every tune she makes an appearance on the stage she takes the coyote audience by storm with her funny "Spegetu' love stories and wonerful songs. If you want to see her and hear her funny way or saying things, just come to the Junior play at the end of this week.
 The following article was written by Con" Waggoner of the Phoenix high school agricultural department, which is rapidly climbing into prom hence under the able leadership of MT. Holsinger. This is one Of Se- ries of articles on agriculture which may be found in these notes once week:
 improving the Cotton Crop.
 The cotton crop of 1919 was just about one-half that of the previous year. The causes of this perhaps are many, but some of the main causes were, first, perhaps poor stand n order to obtain a good stand the seed bed must be properly prepared. but the moisture content is the leading lac tor. The land should be thoroughly soaked and before it is too dry the ground should be thoroughly disked and the seed listed in, or planted on the level right after the disking. or the land may be drug before planting. Planting should be done with two row planter. After the cotton gets up large enough so that 1t will not be covered up, it should be cultivated with a spike tooth harrow to Kill all of the weeds and get a mulch to pre- serve the moisture. If the plants are very thick in the rows, it is a good idea to thin it down to plant every 12-1S inches in the row, when It IS about inches high, to keep 1t from becoming spindling-
 Cotton should not be irrigated for at least six weeks after it is plowed. that is if the ground was thoroughly moist at the time of planting. It should not be allowed to go so long without irrigation that the plants Will not remain erect in the middle of the day But the longer 1t does without water the deeper the roots will pene- trate into the soil which gives the plant a larger feeding area. After 1t has been irrigated it should be culti- vated every week or ten days to keep the ground loose and the weeds from getting a start But if the farmer has Johnson grass he must cultivate more often and it will be necessary for him to hoe it several times during the sea- son. Most men become discouraged and consider it too expensive and waste of time, but it will pay in the long run to keep the field free from all weeds. as they sap the ground Of its plant food and moisture which the cotton plant needs. It is also a good plan to go through the field and cut out all of the weeds after IL is too tall to cultivate just before picking time This makes it easier to pick and if they are allowed to stand they waste much of the cotton by the wind blow ing them around and pulling the cot con out of the bolls.
 It is not good plan to begin picking dntil the bolls are opened half way up the stalk, as going through the field breaks the branches off and the immature bolls are lost. It is neces- sary to go over the field three or four times to get all of the crop harvested.