The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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FACTS ABOUT THE
COTTON CROP
By the Commercial Secretaries.
Texas Cotton in Splendid Condition.
New York, N. V., Auk- 12.
The splendid condition of the
Texas cotton crop and the heavy
acreage planted is one of the
most important factors in the
cotton market, and the optimistic
reports from the Lone Star State
have had largely to do with send-
ing the price of cotton down
three and a half cents lower than
this date last year.
Texas is a world factor in price
making of agricultural products
and the rapid settlement and in-
creasing yield of its rich agricul-
tural lands keep the bulls and
bears guessing. Texas planted
10,927.000 acres of land in cotton
this year and the condition of the
crop, taking the state as a whole,
is four points better than last
year.
Marketing Cotton.
The announcement that the
financial interests of Texas would
lend the farmers $40,000,000 at
six per cent to take care of dis-
tress cotton is by far the_ great-
est event that has transpired in
Texas in 1912. The plan is that
of the Farmers' Union, and the
Texas Commercial Secretaries
and Business Men's Association
has approved it and recommended
it to the bankers who are provid-
ing the funds.
The bulls and bears have set
many a trap for the farmer and
the politicians with the flare of
trumpets have issued proclama-
tions in his behalf but this is
perhaps the first instance on rec-
ord where the business interests
have come to his assistance by
laying down the coin of the realm
and it means starvation to the
bears and the elimination of the
politician and prosperity to the
farmer. Business problems must
be solved in a business way.
SELECT YOUR COT-
TON SEED NUW
The average farmer picks his
cotton as it opens, gins it, sells
lint and seed, and then about the
last of the season, hauls home
seed enough for next year's
planting. In this way, as a rule,
he saves the latest'and the poor-
est seed.
If. when the cotton begins to
open, the farmer, with as much
intelligent help as the size of the
crop will warrant, would go thru
the field and select the early big
bolls that are grown on short-
jointed. vigorous, well-formed
stalks, until he has saved enough
to furnish seed for next year's
planting, and would have this
seed ginned to itself, and care-
fully store it where it will not
heat, it is safe to say that the
next season's crop would ripen
ten or fifteen days earlier than
the average of this year's crop,
and that the yield would be prac-
tically doubled.
It would be just as reasonable
to shake down the apples pro-
miscuously from a tree and take
them to the Fair, hoping to win
a premium in competition with a
man who had selected only the
choicest specimens, or to turn all
of your stock loose to breed in-
discriminately, instead of forcing
the survival of the fittest by the
most rigid selection, and expect
to improve your stock, as it is to
plant seed of any kind without
selecting with the greatest care
the most vigorous and the best,
and hope for good results.
It is fair to say that ten per
cent of the cotton seed selected
as above suggested, is infinitely
superior to the average of the
other ninety per cent; therefore,
if you plant only the average of
the whole you invite deteriora-
tion at nine to one.
Every cotton grower, from the
man who raises one bale to the
man who raises one hundred
bales, can very greatly increase
his yield and his profit by this
simple and inexpensive method.
This is something that you can
do in your own field; try it.
Henry Exall,
President Texas Industrial
Congress.
Department of Agriculture Reports on
Cotton Condition.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 11.—
The Federal Department of Ag-
riculture today issued its report
showing the condition of cotton
in the United States by states.
The Texas crop is shown to be in
better condition than any other
state in the Union, being 89 per
cent normal. The condition in
the United States as a whole is
only 80 per cent normal.
Texas Has 32 Per Cent of the United
States Cotton Acreage.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 12.—
Texas has made the eagie scream
again and Uncle Sam is becom-
ing so proud of his border pos-
sessions that every time he talks
on agriculture, he extends an in-
vitation to go to Texas.
The latest outburst of enthu-
siasm is shown in the July Crop
Reporter. Texas has 32 per cent
of the cotton acreage of the Uni-
ted States, and the crop is in bet-
ter condition than that of any
other state in the Union and five
per cent above the average in
the United States.
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Severe Rheumatism.
(Jrove Hill, Ala; Hunt's Light-
ning Oil cured my wife of a se-
vere case of Rheumatism and my
friend of toothache. I surely be-
lieve it is good for all you claim
for it.—A. R. Stringer. 25c and
50c bottles. All dealers.
Sweet pickets in the barrel at
Sedwick & Cook's.
Notice.
The delegates to the Republi-
can County Convention held at
Albany, Texas, Aug. 3rd, 1912,
are hereby called to reassemble
in county convention at Albany,
on Aug. 22nd, 1912, for the pur-
pose of transacting such busi-
ness as may lawfully be present-
ed. H. A. Baker, Chairman,
C. A. Wilson,Secretary.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given, that
the Commissioner's Court of
Shackelford County, Texas, will
receive sealed bids for piping and
equipping the Court House for
natural gas, for lighting and
heating, or for either, on the
second Monday of September,
1912, same being the ninth day
thereof, at 2 o'clock p. m. on
said date. Plans and specifica-
tions to be furnished by each
bidder for said work, at his or
their own expense. The Court
reserves the right to reject any
arid all bids, plans and specifica-
tions for said work.
Done by order of the Com-
missioner's Court, Aug. 15th,
1912. J. A. King,
County Judge.
No Calomel Necessary.
The injurious effect and un-
pleasantness of taking calomel is
done away with by Simmons'
Liver Purifier, the mildest known
liver medicine, yet the most thor-
ough in action. Put up in yellow
tin boxes only. Price 25c. Tried
once, used always.
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The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1912, newspaper, August 16, 1912; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393856/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.