Arizona republican., 1920-06-25
IMP PER|AL VALLEY COTTON GROWERS
 HERE TO INSPECT.

Seventeen enthusiastic representa-
 of the Imperial valley farm bureau, accompanied by an equal number Of local cotton men, yesterday undertook
 the first half of a wo-day educational inspection tour of the Salt River valley At the conclusion of the trip yesterday
 a meeting was held at the Water Users
 building for the purpose of hearing lectures on cotton subjects and for the 1 announcing of the plans for today
 The delegation arrived in Phoenix yesterday morning at o'clock and was met by a reception committee com
 posed of the president of the Maricopa 1 county farm bureau, the presidents of 1 each division of the bureau; H. C. 1 Heard county agricultural agent and | a committee from the chamber of com 1 merce. Ed l.. Shaw acted as chairman of the reception committee. Upon their 1 arrival the Imperial valley representa- | lives were registered at the Jefferson ! hotel Allowing no time 10 be wasted, ! the delegation was then mustered ar the office of the county agricultural | agent and the start around the valley | made at 10 o'clock
 The first part of the program con-
 sisted of the inspection of the experI-
 mental farm near Mesa, where Dean
 D. w. Working, Professor A. $. flaw
 kins and Superintendent c. J. Wood
 explained to the visitors the detailed
 workings of the station and told them
 of many of the things accomplished by
 it in the line of furthering the inter
 ests of agriculture here.
 Immediately after lunch the party journeyed to Goodyear, where the cot ton stands of the Southwest Cotton
 company were observed and the meth ods used by the company in reclaiming the desert discussed.
 After leaving the Goodyear planta- 7 tion the party visited the Max Cot 7 treH farm south of Tempe, where the peculiar and beneficial effects Of sup- irrigation were seen.
 r Dinner was had at Phoenix, follow
 ing which a meeting was held at tht Water Users building. which was at s tended by about 50 interested Rersmls f Joseph Loftus delivered an address of welcome to the visitors at the meet 9 ing which was very enthusiastically received by his hearers. Mir. Loftui g 1 was solicitous in hoping that the rep ] resentatiYes from the Imperial valley l would not suffer from the heat here. ? The principal address of the evenins s was delivered by K. D. McMicken O . the Southwest Cotton company, whs
 recently returned from an extended = visit to the cotton districts of Egypt . In his talk on Cotton Conditions il . Egypt" Mir McMicl1en told of methods Fl a 1 the area and extent of the industr1 2 there The lesson which Egypt teaches L 1 this country. he declared. is to plan r more seed and to pick the cottol s cleaner.
 I We travelled this year on our pas r reputation" he said. We must put on
 a clean product or the New Englan' , spinners will be turning down our cot < ton for the cotton of old Egypt whie : they know to be clean at all times 2 II. K. Holman. Jr.. of the departmen of agriculture, followed MT. McMicke
 with a short talk on the governmen Q warehouse act. which, he explained t lO the cotton men present. would be 0 IS great benefit to the industry l. At the close of the meeting, II. l- Heard announced the schedule 10 II today.
 le Not near enough local men wer le present on the tour today" he said: 1T hope that there will be many more | y take the trip tomorrow
 h The party will start from the offic in of the county agricultural agent at lg o'clock and will first go to the Conra Id Hess ranch. in the Washington scho'
 district. The Hess ranch, Mir. Hear = explained, is on reasonably light sol of which has been finely handled tn te year The value of irrigating well be 1e fore planting will be demonstrated b e the results obtained by MT. Hess. ad The Johnson ranch. consisting l- medium heavy soil. will next be visite' in and there it will be shown that rt ,-e gardless of how long it has been sinC 2 irrigated last. the condition of the plar to alone determines the time to irriga'
 again.
 The Lin B. Orme ranch will be vi: D. ited after the party has lunched [ ng Glendale. Here the results of plantir ne in heavy adobe soil will be observe or Conditions on similar soil on the Hu ;h, lev ranch will then be seen. where di
 ferent irrigation methods have bet - used than on the Orme place. he Returning to Phoenix the visito les will be shown through the plant of Il Ter Arizona Egyptian Cotton company -es Phoenix. The gin and oil plants W of be the chief departments of intere he through which the party will be col sh ducted.
 Ter Another night meeting will be he m at o'clock this evening, when mo Lk- interesting addresses will be deliver ses eszNlE zEzzaHHzk " E1E