The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1926 Page: 2 of 8
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+&L lUMLLULA MUtf
Published Every Thursday
R. H. Carraway, Manager
Entered at Posktffice. Mineola
Texas, as second-class mail matter
RECORD-BREAKING IE XAS
COTTON YIELD MADE HA
FIVE HIGHEST ENTRANTS
(By Victor 11. Srhoifelmayer)
Agricultural Editor of The New*-
With five contestants in the
1925 "More Cotton on Fewer
Acres" Contest producing from
slightly below three bales an
acre to considerably above three
bales, new records tor cotton
growing on unirrigated land in
Texas have been established. It
these records had been made 01
irrigated land they would have
attracted attention anywhere,
but having been made without
irrigation during a year of great
drouth they may be considered
as epoch-making. They show
what Texas acres properly farm
ed can be made to produce.
These high yields will prov<
ad fertilizer, G. Mont Adams of | engineering department of Te:
Smith County made the highest j as A. & M. College, Prof. J. B
per acre yield in The News cot- j Bagley in charge. The grade wa;
ton contest during 1925, defeat
ing John W. McFarlane's high
record of 1924 (5,081 pounds of
lint) by approximately five 500
pound bales.
Here is his own record:
First of all, Mr. Adams flat
broke his land Nov. 10. instead
of waiting until the following
spring, as so many farmers do
In that way his land was read}
to store fail and winter moisture
Also, he "got the jump" on the
Bermuda grass which infested
the land.
He followed this operation
with the harrow to break up
the clods on Nov. 14 and then
bedded the land on . .ev. 17
On Jan. 5 he rebedded and left
the land till April 1, when it was
Tweleve hundred
strict middling and the charat
er was uniformaly good.
Mr. Adams, in all, had eiprh
teen acres in cotton, the othei
thirteen acres producing tei
bales, or a total of twenty-five
bales on eighteen acres, oi
nearly a bale and a half per acre
for the whole farm.
McFarlanes High Yield
John W. McFarlane, 1924
"Cotton King of Texas", and
winner of last year's $1,000
prize, who raised 5,081 pound*
of lint on five acres of unirrigat
ed land and set a new record
proved again in 1925 that he is
a real farmer who knows how
to make consistently high yield^
through intensive farming. H(
surpassed his record of 1924 b.
more than five bales. He be
an inspiration tothousands ot ! stalks were chopped to a stano
Texas farmers and others thru-1 of two to three to the hill with
out the Southwest, who will bej hills six to ten inches apart
stimulated to improve theii ; Following the chopping, the
farming methods, to release land ! cotton was plowed five times
from cotton by increasing the; .avh cultivation approximate!}
per acre yield on fewer acics. ; eight days apart, until June is
This will lead to asystem of | when it wa< hoed again. ine
self-sustaining favmin- by which | cultivator was used or
those farmers practicing these ! June 23 and 29 and the middle-
methods will be infinitely betetr swept on July 6. No more ctut'
off than thev are now. These! vation was given.
harrowed. , —
pounds of home-mixed fertilizer j Jieves that his largo yield wa
consisting of 700 pounds acid due to thick spacing of his cot
phosphate, 400 pounds nitrate
of soda, 100 pounds muriate of
potash were distributee! and the
land again bedded on April 6.
Five pecks per acre of Me-
bane Triumph cotton seed were
planted on April 20 in rows of
three feet apart. The land was
harrowed on April 30 and cult)
vated on May 4. On May 11 the
ton, which prevented surplu:
growth of stalk and made tin
plants fruit.
Using a sandy, alluvial bot-
tom land, drained with a ditch
on which ribbon cane had beer
raised the preceeding year, he
began the year's operations or
big htat the branches hpped in
the middle, making it impossible ,
to cultivate any more.
Side Application.
So for most of the growth j
had been to stalk and the plants ;
were falling over in the row j
A side dressing of 400 pc .nd:' j
per acre of 12.0-0 3 6 fertilise) j
was put down on July 9. This
combination vhs used with th j
thought that 7,h<; phosphate j
would cause a heavy fruiting j
'.vh.ch would sett)-, the growth oi j
the plant, an! the potash voult j
strengthen the plant already i
grewn and prever.c its fallin. I
o.tr. The close spacing als< j
.it. ped to pre'^iit further f.dii: . •
o the plants That the side j
dressing and close spacing were j
effective is indicated by the j
fact that in many cases the ,
bolls grew on a short stem dir-,
ectly from the base of the fctalk
Boll weevils appeared June j
14 and the field was sprayed j
with Bool-wee-Fx. a eombina :
tion of calcium arsenate, sodium j
cyanide and glue, on June 29 j
at which time about 5 per cent j
of the fruit was found to be in
fested. A second spray of the
same solution was made on July
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* . . . . \ 14, when 2 per cent of the fruit
Jan. 17 by flat breaking, eigh. i wa'g found to ba ;nfested. A
records show farmers how to
make the land produce large cot
ton crops, and, no doubt, the
same methods applied to the in
tensive raising of feed crops will
result in greater prospericv all
over Texas.
The winning acr« s show that
the State's winning yield can be
made without resorting to the
planting of extremely short
staple cotton. Tor: alon<
an inceii]
The cotton flea appeared or
July 9 and was poisoned l>y dusi
iii'j- eight pounds of flowers ot
sulphur on the stalks. Leaf-
worm also appeared on July 18
and thev were combated wit!
inches deep, with a Kelly turn-
plow. This was followed by .
section harrow on Jan. 19, a dis<
harrow on Feb. 25, a section
harrow again on Feb. 27, and
disc harrow on March 10. Tin
rows were laid off three fee
apart on March 19 with a mid
die buster and 1.000 pounds o
11.5-4-2 fertilizer per acre dis-
tributed in the bottom of th-
middle buster furrow. The fei
tilizer was mixed with the soi
with a six-inch shovel to preven
injuring the seed a nd impal ing
germination.
The land was bedded back
with a ten-inch Kelly turnplow
on the same day and the bed
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hand spray pump was used.
! It is estimated that the yiele
! -was cut down at least two bales
i by the drouth, for although the
! cotton was plowed nine time -.
j and the land flat broken once
; harrowed twice, disked twK- j account of the fall
j bedded and rebedded, and im
j rows harrowed again, at the end j
I of the season there were? cioel.- ,
i as large as an ordinary sized |
hat remaining in the field, oik ,
to the fact that there had iter
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Address
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dry. In a rainy season the
worms would have been bene
ficial. No poison vas used.
Mr. Nash had five and one
half acres of other cotton
being very | In the District Court of the Uni-
ted States for the Eastern
District of Texas
in the
, , same bottom which produced ten
been enough rain to me it them j j)a]eS( 01. nUf;ier 1wo bales
iglit pounds of Paris green j harrowed down on April 12 Tin , * xhe^finaf yield was 17,032
■ or soften them enough for cu
| tivation to break them up.
S total of 1.3 inches ra:n was r«
| ceived on the contest plot durin
the growing season.
In the matter of Mrs. Zelda
Shook Bankrupt In Bankruptcy
to the creditors of said bank-
—- --- j rupt of Alba in the countv of
acre. The cultivation was practi: Wood and District aforesaid. a
callv the same, the record states bankrupt.
an
TO THE VOTERS OF
WOOD COUNTY
bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that
011 the 15th day of January.
1926 the said Mrs. Zelda Shook
J he d; ma<:
which these pest
did was negligible. No boll
weevil or grasshopper damage
was obsej
top was opened shallow oi
April 14 with a four-inch bull
tounge and 22-inch h ">el sweep
Deration made it possiblt
iust two inc.hc
j pounds of seejel cotton an<; 7,-t
I pounds of lint. This year's yu:
shows a giii turn-om of some
thing better than 42 per cent
int was classed by th..
strict
was duly adjudged a bankrupt
Knowing as I do how well the | an(; ^ ^ .
Two Term principal—a Dem
era tic Principal, almost—is es
jtablished in the hearts and mm.'
of the people of this County. J
the first meeting of
creditors will be held at Tyler.
Texas Federal Buildinc on Jan
uary 26th, 1926 2:30 o'clock u
the_fort
Pile raising
of bet£eT^Japte all over Texas.
Mr. Adams planted Mebane
Triumph cotton.
Every one wanes to know
how these high men made theii
big cotton yields. Ihtir meth-
ods are set forth herewith in a
running story t: k v. from the
eiop recovds kept ov ihe con
testants.
What G. M. Aducn . Did
On a rai m which was con-
ydcred "wcrn o-.u" Uii ^
ago, a.nd which he had restore^'
to fertility with crop re>tatioi
and intelligent use of common-1
: iuk," _
t opnt the s^ _
above the fertilizer, which fia^
FeV>vuarv and March and show j been put down almost fowl T
ers during the growing season j weeks previously. Fou' -fifths e
...... • ■ 1 - • ' - rottor
"\Tery Little Rain
Light rains through Jauns r;-
furnished all thex moisture f°
the crop. There was some hai1
on June 12. but it did no con
siderable damage.
Mr. Adams' total yield was
20.116 pounds of seed cotton an<' | ■
7,54:! pounds of lint off 4.4' j to
teres, which scaled up to a h '
acre basis, gives him 8,081
pounds of nte lint, after tar.
on fourteen bales (330 pound-•
has been deducted. His lint stai
led one and one-sixteenth inch-
es in length when classed by th
Georgia half-and-ha If
seed was planted the elav the
beds were opened. The plants
were cultivated on May 5 with
a Guise hart" w and < hopped '
.-land ol tl*i -.e to iour staik:
e hill, xv.th .hills twelve in
apart, on Mar 21.
tween . 22 and July
last cultivation) the field
was cultivated eight lim.js with
bulltongue and heel sweeps
and hoed once. By the second
week in July the stalks were se
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i 16
dling, middling and good mid
dling, with a staple of 7-8 u
15-16 inch, and fair cnarac.ci
Mr. McFarlane on sixty acre
of other cotton land on his fair:
raised 46,165 pounds of seed eo_
ton and 19,071 pounds of lint
equivalent to a little more than
thirtyeiiiht bales. Mr. MeFrrlrne
reduced his cotton acreage dur-
ing 1925 about 30 per cent.
Ciaude Nash's \ield.
^ % „ — „ men time th
in 11011 nee my candidacy tor rci saic] creditors may attend, prov
their claims, appoint a trustee^
examine the bankrupt, an
election to the office of Count
Clerk, not without some degrc
of hesitancy. But having bees' | transact such other business ..
| assured by so many of my : may properly come before th
friends over ihe county tha* th meeting.
1 people generally are satisfied 1
with the way I have conducted
! the office, that the ones who
are familiar with the complicat
ed and multiplicity of duties at-
tached to this office know that
.it is not best for the County to
Claude Nash, the high man Uij rotate an office .iust about
Rusk County, raised a total of i time he has really learned
7,617 pounds of lint cotton . wor]r • anfj that because of
011 4.65 acres, which seal- wav xve were handicapped du
Texarkana, Texas, Janua
15th, 1926.
SAM 11. SMELSER, Refer
in Bankruptcy. lt:
WOOD FOR SALE
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NATIONAL SHOW WEEK
JANUARY 9-16
Exhibiting the Improved Ford Cars and
Featuring the latest Ford Equipment
From January 9 to 16, all Ford Dealers will
hold a National Show—exhibiting the im-
proved Ford cars and featuring the latest
Ford equipment.
This will be the finest display of Ford pas-
senger cars the public has ever seen. It will
give you an entirely new conception of the
beauty and utility of the various Ford body
types. Even if you have already made a
careful inspection of the improved Ford
cars, you should see this Display—for it is
something entirely new-
The Show will begin Saturday morning Jan-
uary 9, and will last until Saturday night,
January 16. Be sure to see it!
Sponsored by
gross, on 4.00 acre
eel up gives him 7,835 pounds ot
net lint, or 1,567 pounds pe;
acre.
Mr. Nash is a tenant on the
u
th:
the
t .be-
ing the last year, the two terir
precident should not really ap-
ply, I have decided to ask tht
people of this good county
Four foet wood off the car at
v5 00 per cord. Delivered tor
?" 50 ] t-i cord. Phone 133
Stuck baker Suecial 6 motor
.. t in good condition for sale at a
t. 1 bargain, terms if desired. H.
IVim 01 Charles Arnold ol Hen j reelect me to this important of j O. Rogers.
derson and he co operated close- fjce< Knowing that I am much ; —....
ly with County Agent B. h. i better qualified and can serve
Martin. His field was in a sandy j you more efficiently and eon
loam branch bottom and had j scientiously feeling that 1 am
been in cotton the previous year j entitled to another term I here-
The land was flat broken nine by announce that "My hat's ir
inches deep Feb. 16 and ten the Ring." And if after an in
later it was' disked. The vestigation you find that I have
o XV ^ ^ liguiiuu VII HUM V11CII «. net*
field was bedded with a *ni\d--1 been looking after the affau
die burster" and on April 1j of the office as I should I hum!
500 pounds of a 10-3-3 commer ]v asj< your support in this racc
cia fertilizer was applied with a j and promise, God being my
distributor. The following day j helper, you shall not have eaus<
the field was rebedded with a ; to regret it.
twelve-inch walking plow and
planted at the rate of one bushel
an acre half-and-half cotton.
Mr. Nash states that the seed
had been improved and had been
grown on Mr. Arnold's farm foi
six or seven years.
Mr. Nash probably had the
thickest stand of cotton of any
of the ''high" men chopping
his cotton to an average of six
stalks to the hill with the hills
eight inches apart. His rows
were thirty-six inches apart,
i Other operations which followed
j are:
May 6 "scratched" land with a
I cultivator, May 11 chopped to a
! stand of an average of six stalks
; to i* hill with the hills about
eight to ten inches apart. May
j 13 he began to use "sweeps" on'
j a "Georgia stock", May 18 ran
out middles with a fourteen-in-
j ch sweep and a gain May 22.
June 6 he plowed with an eigh-
j teen-inch "heel sweep" and on
June 15 used a twenty-inch
|''sweep" and the same too1
1 again June 29. July 13 a twenty
two-inch "heel sweep" was used
; followed July 23 by the sam
'operation. The final "sweeping"
1 was done with the twenty-two
inch tool 011 July 29.
! No insects pests are reported
• except leafworms, which came
. Aug. 8 and did some damage on
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AUNEOLA, TEXAS
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1926, newspaper, January 21, 1926; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth285945/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.