Imperial Valley press., 1920-07-02
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ing definitely known, but came out of
big conglomeration. This was the
Ashmooni which produced the Nit At
if which is grown in upper Egypt. The
Sacalarites variety is grown in lower
Egypt.
HERE'S ACCURATE DATA
In Egypt cotton is rotated / year in
three. 1t is produced in small patches
of land owned by natives. Land is
bringing between $1,000 to $500 per
acre. Large holders lease for cash,
share rental, etc, in one to ten acre
holdings. Very few men work large
agreages themselves but put lot Of
men each in charge of a. small acre
age. The land is plowed by very
crude native blow dragged by oxen at
the rate of 1-S acre per day. The land
is plowed several different ways, four
o~ five times in all during January and
February. Land is ridged Cike uor
furrows) a foot high and always eat
..~ west. The ridges are trimmed up
ith short hoe, the clods being broken
with it also. Ridges are made 46 feet
apart at right angles to each other.
Then small bitches are made, also 46
feet apart and also at right angles to
each other, making checks % feet
square. Burrows are then made 26 to
3S inches apart. depending on the var
iety of the cotton. A man has, there
fore, absolute control of his water. The
seen is planted late in February or
March. The ground is heavily irrigat-
ed by running a small head in the fur
rows for long time, total of about
la acre inches being applied at this
first irrigation. Seed is planted as
soon as the ground can be worked, and
OH the south side of the ridge (as there
is severe dry wind from the north
at this time of Year, it is planted 23
of the way up, getting the direct rays
of the sun. Up to Is seeds are planted
to hill, in order that they may push
up through this very tight, heavy land,
which breaks up into great large
Jumps. Egyptians wont plant in sandy
soils, only in clays and clay loans.
The hills are 8 to 16 inches apart, de-
and the variety of the cotton. The
climate and temperature in Egypt are
very even and there are no summer
rains. The first irrigation after
planting is from As to so days at
which time "a acre inches of water is
applied. In 35 to 40 days another ir-
rigation is given and then times at
18 day intervals and then times at
Is dav intervals, all being small light
waterings totaling about 3.67 acre
feet, for the season. The plants are
to IL in. high when thinned, two
plants being left in each hill A culti-
vation, by means of the old hoe, is
given after each irrigation to keep
down weeds and to hoe the dirt into
the large cracks. bringing dirt from
the top of the ridge to the south side
of the next ridge, thus bringing the
plant up on top of he ridge. 1t is
their object to get a quick maturing
plant before October Is. but strive
for small, quick maturing, quick
fruting plant.
The principles which we can derive
from these natives who have been
growing cotton for generations are as
follows: 1) Store as large quantity
of water in soil as it will hold, before
planting time, (2) Starve plant for
water while it is forming in order to
get it into fruiting. (2) Then keep the
soil uniformly moist. avoiding extreme
VI cACiclic WCJlCSS, W. iS
extreme care they take in picking cot
ton, even though with their cheap labor
they can pick it absolutely clean.
should be a good lesson to US. The
warmer, lighter soils in this country
are best because seed can be planted
earlier and cotton natures more even
ly much more seed should be planted
to get stand. In Egypt on the heavy
soils 65 pounds per acre istherule.
Plants should be thinned 9 in. to 16 in.
depending on the soil, and when plant
has had time to get sturdy. Mr.. Nc
Micken said dirty picking was menac-
ing long staple cotton industry.
BONDED WAREHOUSES;
| Mr. Holdham next spoke on the sub
| ject of bonded warehouses. He said
that the government through the ware
house act, proposes to get back Of
warehouses that store cotton, grain,
etc, and enable warehousemen to issue
receipts on which banks will loan. Be-
fore he can obtain a license ware
houseman must be man of good repu-