The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-02

the state, and the attendance at these
meetings is very large. showing that
the farmers, bankers ana merchants
are forming combination that will
unquestfonably cause more encourag-
ing conditions in that state, because
they are all agreed that it is i'm
perative for cotton acreage to be
drastically reduced.
Cotton as n Side Line
'@Yoou ask If made money in 1920?
Yes, 1 did. i am 65 years old and my
wife is So. We own 60 acres of land
near MARROW. We planted Is acres OF
cotton as a side line crop. We made
6 bales Of cotton, sold the first four
bales at an average OF 10 cents q
pound which brought $4o9. We put that
mmey-every cent of tin the bank.
We sold the other two bales at Sl5
cents, receiving sS4.56. We put that in
the bank, too. We paid out s64 for
picking, that is all We paid out in
1920 for labor We did all other work
ourselves
Our main crops are corn, sweet po-
tatoes and Irish potatoes. We always
9ave q good garden. and we keep three
good cows, four brood sows and 100
laying hens. That Is where our living
comes from. We sell eggs, cream, but
ter and pigs. We have seven shoats
for our own meat for another year
and still have another fat hog to sell.
We have 400 bushels of corn in the
crib and plenty of cane and kafr TO
last until this years crops come in
We raise nearly everything We eat.
We don't owe one cent and all of our
cotton money is still in the bank
and s225 besides.
l think That Us pretty good for two
old people, don't you?-In Oklahoma
Farmer-Stockman, G. w. Cooper,
Stephens county, Okla.
Facts About Cotton
World production of cotton outside
of the United States for factory con-
sumption, has averaged 7,13S,9OO bales
a year for the past 10 years, according
to U. S. census figures.
| Pink boil worm, the most deadly OF
all enemies Of the cotton plant first
made it's appearance at Hearne, Texas,
in 1917. Like boil weevil it came from
Mexico.
Foreign grown cotton to the number
of 682,911 bales was imported into
the United States last year. 1t con
| I-;<,t tnl Of Eioxr,fianG and
the largest quantity ever imported
The number of ginners in the United
States in 1919 was 22,41S, of which
1886 were active, and ginned an aver
age of COZ bales each.
OF the total of 1855 active gins
in the United States during 1919 all
but SO were saw-gins.
Roller gins are used principally in
ginning sea-island cotton, and the long
staple cottons of Arizona and Califor-
MIA.
There is now enough cotton in the
world, unspm, to last nearly two
years.
The total capacity of gins in the
United States indicates that 12,0o0,-
600 bale crop could be ginned in a
single month. The total engine horse
power employed in ginneries OF the
United States in 1919 was s73,7l7.
Bolivar county, Mississippi, was
the only county whch ginned more
than 100000 bales in 1913; seven re-
ported more than $4,000, 25 more than
SO 900 and 12S more than $4,000 bales.
The cotton crop of 1919 was ginned
in sS7 counties of which 30S ginned
less than 5000 bales each.
From the year 1900 10 the outbreak
of the great war in 1914 the number
OF cotton spindles has increased al
the rate of about 100000 every year
Since 1914 the number of cottor
spindles fit for use has been reduced
from a total of l5400O,0 600 TO a tota
of 1876, 900 900, q decrease of 100000
during the six years.
In the United States there are g.
counties which have more than 100000
cotton spindles each.
Bristol county, Massachusetts,, Will