Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-27
Facts and Figures Given by Farm
Advisor to Emphasize Merits of
Acala Variety of Cotton for /. Y.

er varieties, accounts in a LARGO
measure for its increase in yield.
This crop was, grown in Block F
Of the experiment farm which is
hard land,
1850 Pounds Yield
Leslie Beatty, foreman, of the Uni
versity of Arizona, Yuma Expert
ment Station reports that in 1922
Acala cotton yielded 1850 pounds
per acre.
AT the 100 acre U. s. department
Of agricultural experiment farm at
Bard, Imperial county in tests start
ed In 1915, Aeala cotton outvielded
Pima, Durango, Lone Star, Mebane
Triumph and Rowden in 1916, 1920,
1921 and 1929 or four of the eight
years. Il was second in 1917 and
1918 and fourth in 1923. In 1919
IT had to be replanted and for that
reason produced only half the crop.
Acala outyielded the other va
rieties tested under government sup
ervlslen IN the San joaquin Valley
and in our neighboring Coachella
, Valley, which is the reason why the
San Joaquin is today 100 per cent
and Coachella % per cent Aca!a
cotton.
However, all of the above tests
were conducted in localities outside
OF Imperial Valley and are subject
to that objection. But TO mako the
evidence all the more strong a very
comprehensive experiment was con
Quoted by Mr.. s. Il. Adkins of
Brawley under my own observation
and that of W. B. Camp, cotton spe-
cialist of TIE L. S. department of
agriculture. In this test conducted
on hard land Aeala yielded 500
pounds of lint cotton per acre, Du.
rango 400 pounds and Lone Syar
$50.
These experiments all go to rIove |
that Acals vii! on the average, out !
yield other varieties of cotton. But |
there are many other advantages of |
this variety which make il the best |
kind TO grow here. Some growers
claim that it has small bolls and /
low ginning percentage.
In experiments in Texas il took I,
from 81 to 80 bolls to make pound !
Whereas, Lone Star bolls ran from (,
Il 70 l25, and Mebane 81 to 90. /
The lint percentage in these tests
was "a to 1874 for IAcala, and varied
from 34.l to 39.5 for Mebane, and
from az TO 36.7 for Lone Star. In
experiments m Mississippi it took
from 67 TO 7S Aeala bolls to make
pound, and il also took from 81 to
IS Lone Star bolls to make a
pound. Acala Inc percentages
varied from 36.5. to 3700 while
Lone Star ran from 31.5 to 34.2. At /,
the Yuma station Acala had lint !
per cent Of 34.j. Lone Star had 37.5 |
and Mebane 3I9 -.
Has Long Fiber
v %hi,e some MebaIe and Lone Star
enthusiasts claim very high lint per :
centages Tor those TWO eottons in !
Imperial Valley good Aeala will'run |
! "a rl!r 1sas lhig gh. have seen Aeala |
rim 3J*to 81 per cent. But average
Acala will run SO 1-3 per cent here
as it does in Coacnolla Valley. This
:-em Of lint per cent is Gnimportant
however, ~hen, as is shown above
Acala outyie!ds Mebane or Lone
Star in lint as we'll as seed cotton
per acre.
Acaia further has the advantage
OF having longer fiber than Lone
Star or Mebane, which brings a pre-
MUM when the price of cotton is
low. 1t is earlier, more storm proof.
and is easier 10 pick. And one of
the strongest arguments in favor of
Aeala is that 100 per cent of the
cotton in Baja California, Perris and
San Joaquin Valleys and more than
60 per cen: in Arizona.
But the most important reason OF
all is that the best and purest rot
ton seed available to Imperial Val
ley cotton growers is Aeala and
there is no pure seed of any other
variety of cotton available. So even
if Acala was not equal TO Lone Star
or Mebsne, which leading growers
and experts believe il is, growers
should plant Acsla because they
can get pure Acala seed.
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