The Pecos Enterprise and Pecos Times (Pecos, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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THE PECOS ENTERPRISE AND TIMES; FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1923
COTTON BELT MOVES UP
NORTH; MANY STATES
TO TRY NEW CROP
j’ .
By Robert Fuller
Washington, D. C., AprU B.—With
.ot.on selting at more than 81 cents
a pound; and wi.h steadily increas-
boll weevil damage to Southern
cotton, Northern f.rmers within ier-
r.tory having a frost-free period of
not less than 180 days will try their
hand at cotton-growing th s year.
Cotton takes about 130 to 140
days frcm time of planting to mature
bolls under favorable conditions.
Some cotton opens 120 days after
planting. -Eariy maturing varieties
r.ave been perfected which may play
a Urge rois in extending the cotton
belt northward and westward.
Cotton already is grown in new
Western territory, where it is free
from mjurious cotton pests and
most of it is under irrigation. How
ever, there is a large field for drouth-
withstanding cotton varieties, which
mature with‘20 to 25 inches of rain-
fall and which can be grown in'isemi-
aiid regions having & fertile soil.
Vast Region In U. S. With 'Froet-
free Period.
There s a vast region in the
United States immediately north of
the present cotton belt which has
an average frost-free growing period
oi not less than 100 to 190 days ex-
tending irom the Panhandle of Tex-
as through Southern Kansas into
Cental M ssouri, Southeastern Ill-
inois, Southern Indiana and* Oh o and
eastward to the Alleghenies. From
Northern Virginia this same line runs
through Southern Maryland, all of
Delaware Southern New Jersey,, low-
er Pennsylvania, Southern Mass-
achusetts and even Long Island.
New cotton gins have been erected
in parts of Missouri this year in
preparation fer the coming crop.
Southern Illinois around Cairo has a
magnitude and so has Southern Ohio
along the Ohio and Dcioto Rivers.
World Shortage Or Cotton Makes
Crop Very Valuable.
* There is a world shortage of cot-
ton of more t.ian 1,500,000 bales,
due largely to the increasing damage
from the cotton boll weevil which
can not be controlled successfully
with present methods. *
It is becoming more hazardous
to raise cotton in the Old South and
farmers aKng the edges of the pre-
sent cotton be;t, Whs re at present
there are no weevils and where the
wint.rs Kgs told enough to kill them
and keep them from getting estab-
lished are going to venture raising
cotton.
In 1921 the wsevil did $609,000,
000 damage to the cotton crop
The country wdl watch cotton
growing in new territory with much
interest, and it is not at all itmpos-
sitle that coticn will not form a part
of regu'^r farm practice in many
states which never before grew the
staple.
DEPARTMENT WARNS COT-
TON PLANTEfLS AGAINST
FAKE WEEVIL “REMEDIES*
The present, interest in the boll
weevil problem m trie Lodilieasttrn
1 tales has resulted in a large num^
be? of patented preparations ana
machines which are being vigorously
exploited, says the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. This is a
r. petit on of what has occurred in
every ’region invadird by the boll
weevil. During fcho first few years
the farmeis are exported and many
useless or practically useless devices
are sold to them. In a few years,
however, history shows that such or-
ganisations go out of business,
'i'i.eir operations ate especially im-
portant at the present time since the
losses caused by the boll weev.l will
be increased by the expense of buy-
ing nostrums of various kinds.
The claims for these preparations
are not based on scientific tests al-
though in many caseei the persons
exploiting them are undoubtedly
sincere in their belief that they will
yield good results, Generally speak-
ing ti.ey are based on misinterpreta-
tions of what occurs in the field. To
determine whether a remedy is ef-
fect ve, it is necessary to have eon-
tr. 1 areas and to consider the effects
of numerous cultural practices. It
,s very easy for an untrained ob-
server to attribute to some prepara-
tion he has applied, the beneficial
results of some variation in climatic
or cuLural factors.
The Department, of Agriculture
and many of the Rotate experiment
otaiicns have tested the ne& boil
weevil remedies vrh eh have been
Prepared For The Enterprise By
The First National Bank In
St. Louis. *
The volume of leather boots and
shoes exported by the United States
during January of this year bo tale a
477,610 pairs and shows an en-
coma^ing increase as compared with
shipments of 322,317 pairs in Jan-
uary, 1922. This increase applies to
all classes, men's shoes showing an
increase of 54,311 pairs; women's
68,242 pairs, and children's 42,840
pairs.
The January, 1923, statistics show
experts of 202,897 pairs of men's
leather boots and shoes, a quantity
which exceeded the exportation of
similar goods in any month of 1922.
The shipment of men's shoes during
January, 1923, to Canada and the
United Kingdom were much greater
than those of the corresponding
month of 1922.
Shipments of leather belting from
the United States during January,
1923, totaling 66,496 pounds, repre-
sent an increase of over 20,000
pounds, as compared with figures for
the corresponding month 1922. This
is due largely to the expansion of
trade with Canada, Cuba and South
America.
The exports of leather belting by
the United States during the seven
months ended January 31, 1923,
totaled 706,244 pounds, valued at
$1,060,416; similar exports during
the corresponding period of last year
amounted to only 449,540 pounds,
valued at $667,820.
JNO. BROCAT, Prop.
In business at same stand for
^ 35 years
Tub and Shower Baths
Say “Bayer'! and In
says a report of the American
Society for Utunicipal Improvements.
Property damage resulting from the
same ^ause is put at $54,000,000 a
year, whereas the entire country’s
bill for street lighting is but $50,-
000,000 a year,
Urging the need for higher stand-
eras of lighting as a preventive both
of accidents and of crime, the Society
quotes municipal statistics showing
that modern street lighting has re-
duced crime on certain streetjjjjgj^
much as 41 per cent, as compared
with other r streets in the same
citie8‘
ATTA GIRL
Impossible One: “Aw, Miss Peach,
is the pleasure of this dance to be
mine? ■ ijh" V. -.
Miss Peach—“Yes. All of it."
First-Class Workmen
, Unless yon see the name “Bayer"
on package or on tablets you are
not getting the gennitp Bayer pro-
duct prescribed by physicians over
twenty-two years and proved safe
by mfilie&s for
Colds Headache
Toothache Lumbago M
Earache Itheomattsm
Neuralgia Jain, Pain
Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspir^
in" only. Each unbroken package
contains proper directions Handy
boxes of twelve tablets cost ;f few
cents. Druggists also sell bottles of
24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade
mark of Bayer Mjinttfaeiure of
Monoacetieacidester of SaJicylieaeid.
J| N. LUSK, M. D.
OFFICE OVER CITY PHARMACY
OFFICE TELEPHONE NO. 40
Fights White Man
A0 Alone
*** Successor to Hubbs i Pahaer
TAILOR AND CLEANER
Pared Post Business Cbrm Pis
ATTORNEY AT LAW
First national bank building
4S PECOS, TEXAS
P. PRUNE, THE PROF.
He came out of his house saying:
“Deni it. I've forgotten my watch.”
then taking out his watch and look-
ing at it, “and I haven’t got time
to go back and get it." ^
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
qvsji Pacos Viusv Stats Bams
PECOS, TEXAS
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VOU can depend
I onthenewGood-
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the beveled All-
Weather Tread to
give you greater
mileage, better serv-
ice, and longer wear.
These advantages
are due to the semi -
fiat tread, a new im-
proved rubber com-
pound , heavier side*
walls and therein*
forced blocks of the
new beveled tread.
It is the best tire
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Doctors mm omit and recom-
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| G. MURRAY
* FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND
FMRALMRR
PECOS MERCANTILE COMPANY
Phases: Day 18; Night 78
xvjr a wide area that warranted
further consideration, and it there-
fore recommended thorough and im-
mediate tests of thiis method by
State and Federal agencies.
The State and Government institu-
tions are anxious -it® help the fymers
tnrough the agency of any new meth-
ods ot concrolting the boll weevil
which may be discovered. As promp-
tly as possible eai*eful tests are con-
ducted. The department strongly re-
commends that farmers exercise due
caution in spending money for new
bo I weevil remedies. . In all cases
farmers should demand evidence of
communicate with
UFT OFF <
TWAS EVER THUS
Did you ever go to a movie show
Just in time to see it start.
You and your girl prim and proper
quite, >. ':V>_ . '■ : .’* ‘
You sit th »......................far apart.
But, oh, when the hero woos the star,
And they clinch for a kiss;
»Chief ‘Old Posey." of the Pluto
Indiana, ta making his last stand
all alone against the white man in
the hills of Utah. His small band
of twenty-seven warriors was cap-
tured. but he escaped J Ray Ward,
shown below, is In charge of Uncle
Sam’s men who captured the fol-
lowers and will bring In the old
warrior
Then you find whe% with the lights
. turned on
You’re sittin’ closeuplikethis.
official tests and
their experiment stations for detail-
ed information regarding any of the
new remedies. If anything of value
is d scoveied by the State experi-
ment stations or by the Federal De-
partment, prompt and widespread
We do the very best of Printing.
Beautiful Model
Slain and Robbed
TRANSFER
Coal, Wood. Kindling and
Hay
PIANOS MOVED
Without g Scratch
Baggage Hauled Iky or Night
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Hibdon, John. The Pecos Enterprise and Pecos Times (Pecos, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1923, newspaper, April 6, 1923; Pecos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth801221/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .