El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-28
10000 ACRES IN
TT0NGLQSERY.

acres. Richard Keays $50. W. J. stab
mann zoo acres. the Owens ranch 800
acres. William T. Knapp SO acres
These growers have land down me
valley. The following growers nave
the following number Of acres planted
ND the valley; II. Il. Bailey 125 acres
Pearl Bailey so acres Nicholas
Abrams company $50 acres
Stven gins in the valley heip take
care OF she crop. They are the VAL
lev Gin company at TorniEaS station
Valley Gin company at Fabens. Wor-
chester Bell company at tapens'
lToor-Field company al Clint, valley
Gin company at Canutillo, valley GIN
l.ownanv at lfesilla Park and The
Wray-Porter & Heide sin a Las
Cruces The Ivy-Dale gin on the lTy-
Dale ranch below Tornillo, the first
rin in the FL Paso valley is 20 be
abandoned this season, and this con-
cern viii gin its cotton at the Tor
Milo gin
ENCOURAGED by Farm Bureau
The FL Paso Farm bureau. H c.
stewart. manager, has done much to
encourage cotton planting Expert
ment followed experiment until u
was proved that cotton could be grown
successfully almost anywhere in the
valley
The success with cotton IN the val
lev has enhanced land values in the
rallev. but the price has gone up-very
1fttle Land Is bringing about 20
percent more than it brought last
It is a great thing TO see the
valley land owners growing cotton,
and Is a greater thing. perhaps 70
see them trying TO improve the grade
and class Of cotton they are growing,
sefd Mr. Stewart. the bureau man
nn nH
morketing bureau shows large per
cent Of low grade cotton for which It
is proving hard to find a profitable
market Efforts are being made TO
help dispose OF quantity OF low
Grade cotton. II is believed that farm
ers themselves with the assistance OF
the ginners could materially aid N
producing a better grade OF cotton ny
using more care in gathering and gin
ming. Last year being wet season
vet and no doubt ginhed that way,
destroying the grade, when little
care taken at the proper time would
help the staple
Cotton IL High
During the past few weeks good
grades OF spot cotton have gone 10
new high records, having further
Tidened the premiums above ne loW-
er grades The world IS badly IN
need Of cotton goods, and wants
larger supply OF raw material Much
OF the apparent supply OF cotton
consists Of linters and unspinnable
stuff and the good grades such as
are deliverable en- contract, are r1ll-
ming short. The weather conditions
have been very adverse for the new
crop, and the trade IS being forced TO
face another year OF deficient produc-
ton. From these considerations alone
& would seem that high prices for
cotton are almost a certainty.
But there is a different side also
from which the situation must be
viewed. Many are quite persuaded
that a panic is unavoidable as the
natural consequence OF the tremend-
Gus initiation Cotton can stana the
crisis better than any other commod-
ity. no doubt but cannot expect 10
get through unscathed- There IS no
real likelihood Of a panic. as we have
been preparing for one, which Is the
surest preventive. But there viii be
some rough jolts on the down grade
and il IS very Wel indeed that our
cotton crop has been turned into
money