The Lexington advertiser., 1935-07-18
State Cotton Acreage
Up $4,000 Acres

me tCltdBt VI IObIpii III
in the United States on July l is estl-
mated by the Crop Reporting Board to
be 29166000 acres, which is 46 per cent
more than the acreage on July l, 1851
but 28.6 per cent less than the average
acreage for the 5-year period l929-l935'
in spite of the increase over the 1884
acreage, with the exception of last
wears acreage it is the smallest since
1905.
increases are shown for all major
states except Oklahoma, ranging from
per cent in North Carolina to 10 per
cent in louisiana A decrease of 7 per
cent is estimated for Oklahoma due
partly to unfavorable weather condi-
tions for planting and-partly to rela-
lively high percentage of acreage under
contract with the Agricultural ADJUST
ment Administration for the first time.
In all states increases permitted pro-
ducers who signed two-year acreage re-
duction contracts last year are partly
offset by reductions made by producers
offering contracts this year for the
first time.
The acreage of cotton in cultivation
in Mississippi on July is estimated to
be 3, 661 900 acres, which is per cent
more than the acreage on July l, 1884,
but 33.5 per cent less than the average
Weld bv growing burr clover on his plan
tation each year, allowing one-third to
remain until the seed is ripe. When
crop of burr clover seed is allowed to
ripcn, they will re-seed the land for
e. 1prc Il q
rented an acre each from this one farmer
and each will save the seed for planting.
Richard Halliburton, that famous
| Globe trotter, tells us that in Ethiopia
| when two people cannot agree over a
lawsuit they are simply chained together
and left to their own devices until they
come to some agreement.
| They may be chained together for
DAYS or even months, he continues. They
/ must eat. sleep, walk together. The
wonder of it is, he says they appeared
| always to be the best of pals, and smiled
and ioked over their forced companion
ship.
Now if there were only some way to
! fasten the Ethiopian king to the Italian
leader until they could settle their dis
agreement what conflict might be
averted. 1t is true that the King OF
Ethiopia. better known as Abyssinia,- is
: as black as the ace Of spades, but he
claims descent in an unbroken line from
the son of King Solomon and the Queen
of Sheeba and royalty is royalty still
| Students everywhere are now making
| their plans for at least another year IN
| college Too many, however, consider
their plans complete when they have
decided which college they are to attend
and prepared their wardrobe, giving
little or no thought to the course OF
study they should pursue.
| a few years ago a senior in one OF
the Eastern colleges lamented loud anc
long the fact that he had been permitted
| to finish four years of college without
any thought of what he was to dc
afterward. Apparently he had been tolt
to go bring in another B.A. degree tc
add to the family collection. He obeyec
and began to wonder what it was al
about at "a very late hour.
If a student has not decided what pro
fesson he is best fitted for and which
one is most likely to have an opening
for him when he is ready for it is greatly
handicapped begins to plan his course
of study.
DR.. Baine, professor of chemistry al
| Southwestern, in an article entitled
l"Chemistry in the Detection of Crime,
gives some idea of the opportunities the
field of chemistry offers in that line
That is only little corner lot compared
to the whole, however. Especially dc
we need more research work in our OWL
Southern farm products. The posi-
bilities of cotton in the manufacture OF
food and shelter and clothing have just
been discovered. and there is much te
be done yet