Arizona republican., 1922-06-13

Mr.. Heard was able to secure the
promise Of cooperation from the de-
partment
viii Name Committee
The visit of Mr.. Teenny is the first
direct result, and the conference yes
terday resulted in a thorough discus
sion of the matter, the entire and
unanimous approval of all those
present at the meeting as to the nee
essity and advisabiiity of taking i'm
mediate steps to start the work, and
the adoption of a resolution to ap-
point a committee at once to work
out the plan of operation. On this
committee there will be three repre-
sentatives of the Arizona Pimacotton
Growers association and one each
from the Farm Bureau, the Tempe
Cotton Exchange and the Arizona
Cotton Growers association, who will
be named in the next day or so.
This committee will Immediately
map out the situation, evolve methods
of meeting the expense in co-opera-
tion with the department of agricul-
ture, and lay the plans of operation.
Mr.. Tenny stated that there are a
large number of problems in connec-
ton with working the matter out,
but that there is an undoubted ten
dency toward the development of
some plan for state or federal certi-
fication of the quality of farm prod
ucts. He made it plain that much
educational work must be done among
the farmers themselves to show the
advantage, from their standpoint. of
better brades and of calling their
products just what they are, and
selling on the basis of actuals.
Time Needed for Change
He stated that the methods OF
working the matter out would be
matter of experiment, and that 1t
should be made plain that the work
the first year might not bring actual
money returns, but that the entire
object of the work is to bring larger
money returns as soon as 1T is pos
sible to demonstrate an actual in
crease in the quality of the product
through the work. There are many
obstacles to be overcome, he said,
but that is merely a matter OF time
to work them out. Mr.. Tenny will
take the matter UP with both his de-
partment and the bureau OF plant IN
dustry, whose men will probably be
the actual men used in field mspec-
ton, as soon as he gets back TO
Washington.
The reason for variation in bale
of cotton is variation in the soil, the
cultivation. the irrigation, in a given
field of cotton, followed by the prac-
tice of picking straight through.
spot that does not irrigate well, or
that gets wetter than the rest. a
spot of alkali or of callche, many
times makes a difference in the
length of the staple of the cotton i'll
that spot. If the field is picked
straight through the logical result is
a bale of mixed staples.
Experts to Mark Fields
To remedy this condition it is pro-
posed to classify the cotton in the
field during the growing and picking
season, by having experts TO go over
the fields and mark off for separate
picking the areas with different sta
pie. then have the good areas picked
separately. and ginned separately,
with careful inspection throughout.
The result will be bales of cotton that
can be certified as being of absolutely
uniform staple, the same as is now
produced in Egyptian cotton, by sim
liar methods
To put the plan into effect, after
the details and methods are exactly
worked out, will require the whole
hearted support Of large number OF
cotton growers in the valley, men
who believe in their industry and are
willing to go to some pains to i'm
prove their product.
No attempt will be made the first
year to cover the entire valley, but
an earnest effort will be made to Sc
cure the careful inspection and fol-
lowing through of enough cotton to
produce from 1000 to 5000 bales of
certified cotton" and this will be
marketed in a special way to try If
possible to secure a premium over
and above the best price that can be
secured for the same grade of ordi-
nary run or non-certified Pima. 1t
was the consensus of opinion of the
meeting that the plan is entirely
practical. but that 1t should be start
ed to cover only part of the best
cotton in the valley, and then ex-
panded as fast as possible later.