Imperial Valley press., 1920-01-08
HECKE ADVISES
: : RAISING PURE
COTTON SEED

resent at a meeting of Imperial valley
otton growers on December 6. This
Meeting was called by the county hirti-
ulture commissioner, Waite and the
county farm bureau office, to investi-
,ate and improve the cotton seed stu
ltion in Imperial valley.
In Commissioner Hecke's opinion the
inal solution of the question is, the es-
of a ranch somewhere on
he outskirts of the Valley, where pure
cotton seed can be raised, without dan.
ger of cross-p -polination. This ranch will
serve as nursey and grow cotton for !
seed only.
1t was intimated that the county su-
pervisors might be requested to assist I
in the establishment of such a farm. 1t
was the concensus of opinion of the |
meeting that for the present the best
thing that could be done was to have |
an expert go over the Valley and care
fully select the best seed for planting
in 1920. Commissioner Heck promised
to provide such an expert and on Dec
ember %, sent r. E. Blair for some
time in charge of the United States Elk.
pertinent Station at Bard, California
IN company Will LII. w. W. oOIllloOll
county farm advisor, Mr.. Blanr made
survey of available cotton seed in the
Valley and has just sent to the farm
bureau the following report:
Memoranda of Cotton Seend Investiga-
ton of Imperial Valley, December
22, and %, 1919.
The general cotton seed situation of
Imperial valley shows very great
shortage of good sseed of Short Staple
varieties. Some of the cotton fields of
the highest quality seed were examin-
ed and the following found to be worthy
of planting next season.
VARIETY TRIUMPH (NLEBTNE:
California Development Co.: The Me-
bane cotton most free from mixture,
was found to be field No. 124 of the
California Development Co., which is
near Hechnicora in Mexico. The or
iginal seed of this cotton probably came
from Texas in 1917 and wos rouged be-
fore picking during 1918. This field had
also been carefully rouged of inferior
plants during the growing season Of
1919 and is quite free from mixture
with other varieties. The small mix
ture that is evident is apparently that
of the variety Durango. The first pick
ing from this field was 3-4 bale per
acre. The average lint percentage OF
cotton of this field was 80.
In addition to the field above men
were found to be good but showing
much more mixture with Durango.
With this exception the character:
Gx1.l ,c 81
same stock of seed but not rouged dur
! ing 1919.
Seed from field 124 has been all sold
/ but from fields III and 118 about &C
tons are still on hand. This is excellent
seed and can be procured by addressing
! T. F. DAILY, CaleXicO, California Cost
of SEEN S16O per ton, in sacks F.. .. 3
CaleXico.
j. E. Handy: A 100 acre field of Me
bane cotton grown by J. E. Handy, 4
miles south and west of Seeley is good
seed. There is some mixture with other
varieties apparent in this field but it is
comparatively very good strain. This
field was not rouged during 1919. One
hundred acres have produced 1O5 bales
and the lint percentage has averaged
lIOlll W % VI ~ luis
of this seed are available for sale. II
can be procured for s120 per ton from
Chas. Stillwell, with the Albers Milling
Co, FL Centre. California, Phone 146.
Coats & Williamson: The bes. strai,.
of Mebane seed found in the north end
of Imperial valley was d 800 acre field
on section 30 of the Coats & William
son tract near Calipatria. This cotton
was planted in late May on soil that
was not the most desirable, but with
conditions taken into account very
satisfactory yield has been produced
The cotton is not as yet all picked,
but is producing yield of more than
1-2 bale per acre. The average lint
percentage is 30.5. Some mixture with
Durango and a few Egyptian plants is
apparent. This field was not rouged in
1919. This seed can be procured from
Coats & Williamson, Calipatria at $125
per ton.
Probably there are other good local
strains of Mebane cotton seed available
in Imperial valley although out com
mittee was not able to investigate all
fields.
LONE STAR:
A field of very good Lone Star seed
was found at the Tamarack Ranch
property near Brawley. This cotton
was grown under rather adverse con-
dtions. but has been carefully rouged
during 1919 and should be valuable for
planting. This Lone Star seed is sold
for SITS per ton at Imperial. Apply to
the Tamarack Ranch.
Respectfully submitted,
r. e. BLAIR.
Regarding Pima cotton seed, the
best, which has been de.linted, fumigat-
ed and sacked. can be obtained from
Phoenix, Arizona, at a cost of $12O per