Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-07-26
HARLlNCEN HAS
3295BALESOU7;
THIRDOF CROP
Rains Early in Week Delayed
Picking to Some Extent,
But Staple Again Rolling
Into City

HAkLINGEN. Texas. July .G.-After
n slight letup in the cotton movement
Monday. due 70 the scattered showers
throughout the district ON Sunday. the
movement again came into it, own
Tuesday and wagons came pouring into
town from every direction. The Sunday
showers were 80 scattered that farm
er with an S0-acre field OF cotton was
enabled TO pick on one part Of IL while
the other part was dripping wet. The
section west Of Harlingen. in the vicinity
Of Stuart Place. was the hardest hit.
as rains estimated at between 4 and .
inches. fell in some parts of this COM
munity.
The condition of the cotton crop in
the Harlingen area shows up better
as the season develops. Some instances
where the farmer thought he would do
cell TO get in the neighborhood Of
third Of a bale TO the acre, has. on the
first picking. made from one third TO
one half bale to the acre. A general
average throughout the district is esti
mated AZ n good half bale per acre on
the present crop. There will be several
hundred acres watcred and prepared for
n top crop just a soon ss the present
crop II removed
A slight drop in the price received for
cotton was registered Tuesday and
farmers were receiving in the neighbor
hood Of 22c per pound for the staple.
This makes n drop Of about $500 per
bale from the opening OF the season.
Monday the market i'm some Of the big
cotton centers broke heavily and at one
place the fun allowance Of 200 points
was registered. The price received In
Ilarlingen was not affected to any no
ticeable degree Monday on account Of
the rains of Sunday. doing damage 10
the cotton in the field.
Cotton pickers in the Harlingcn sec
ton are receiving S1.OO per hundred and
the staple II rolling into the three gins
ut the rate of there TO four hundred
bales daily. All gins are working the
full twenty -four hours and this condition
| will exist In the Harlingen district
for thee next two or three weeks. The
negro cotton pickers, imported into the
Valley from Houston. are doing their bit
towards getting the fleecy staple to the
gins in record time. Many Of these ne
groes are picking between a third and a
half a bale day and some even beat
this average. One big stropping buck
stepped into the bank Monday upon be-
ing questioned as TO how much cotton
eh could pick in n day said that Monday
he picked I26 pounds but that he did
not get TO work all day.
That Harlingen's gins were in good
condition at the opening Of the season
for the handling Of the crop IL evidenced
by the fact that very few shut downs.
only for minor adjustments OF belts. etc.
have been necessary. There has been
two or three slight fires discovered
which were very easily extinguished.
Only one fire Of any consequence has
occurred and at that time about half
bale was destroyed before il could be
brought under control.
Up until Thursday morning there had
been total cf 3295 biles ginned in
Hsrlingen. This total Is expected 20 be
about one third Of the total number
Of bales for the season that will be
ginned here. The gins or the city are
dividing teh work about evenly. although
the Henderson Garrett Gin n leading
the Peoples and the Valley Gin BY a
slight margin.