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EGYPTIAN 006N NOT SUITED TO TEXAS, DEPARTMENT fINDS Experiments Covering Many Years Shows Climatic Conditions Not Favorabe-Numiierous Plantings in 1920 Proved Disappointing Ginning Costs Excessive. The success of Pima Egyptian cot ton in the Salt River Valley in Arizona has led to the exploitation of the same variety in Texas under representa tions that it would give corresponding results and excel varieties now grown there. A carload of seed was shipped into Texas for 1920 planting, result ing in much disappointment, and the United States Department of Agricul ture finds it necessary to repeat a warning issued to Texas growers against the Egyptian variety in 1911. Returns Are Disappointing The Egyptian cotton is not well adapted to Texas conditions, depart ment specialists assert after careful "Purina" Made the EQUAL in laying ability. right was fed a common the other was fed Purina Chi Purina Hen Chow. Grains h for yoks, but far too little for can't lay yolks only, grain-fed 1 Purina Poutry Chows form a complete ration, contain ing material for an equal number of whites and yolhs. Thcy get the most out Ci yoarr hens, and cut thefeedingcost per dozen eggs. More-Eg-3 Guarantee You get your mcncyt.ch if Purina ChickenChowdnr and Purina lion Chow, fed as directed, don't pro duce more egga than any other ration. Why should you put ofT a trial when we, take the risk? Delivered prormptly by *EEEMEEEEEEEEEI I Our Stock < We are sho m ig styles: * Black and Br * BronTanda U * c and B -U G an OfodsHfor 'Un * MeTa a U and1 Souhildren.Sre UMMMMMMM experiments.' It is more susceptible to djseases and more exposed to wee vil injury. No teliance should be placed on, he report-that the Egyptian cotton is .1imiune to the boll weevil. It may be claimed that the weevil's cult have given "little or no trouble with Pima cotton," but this is because there have been no weevils in the ir rigated districts of Arizona and Cali fornia, where the Pima cotton is grown. Durango cotton, a long-stape Up land variety, flourishes in some parts of Texas ,and gives returns, often as .high as $25 an acre above the com mon short-staple cotton locally grown but this is entirely different from Egyptian cotton. Even if it should be found practicable to grow the Pina variety of Egyptian cotton in certain favored localities of Texas, it vould require a separate, exclusive culture to avoid deterioration by cross-pollina tion with other varieties. Experiments Cover Many Years Numerous experiments have been lade with Egyptian cotton in many localities in Texas, going back at Difference! But the hen on the grain ration while :ken Chowder and we lots of material whites. As they iens lair fewer eggs. Feed from Checkerboard Bags PURINA PURINA HEN (HOW (lKEN ICHN K(RBAftO >f Slippers is abot wing a big line ir own Satin, from $6.0 lack Suede at $8.50. own Kid and Calf,i i$3.50 to $10.00. s Strap Pumps and C 1d Black Kid and Cal White Canvas Keds f, t Our Prices on S siery before you b & McCi mntile Cot uuuuuuummummu== least as far as 1867, resumed from 1892 to 1897, and continue( (uring the last decades, in conparison with other varieties at Victoria, San An tonio, Falfurrias, Del Rio, Waco, Greenville, Clarksville, and maniy oth er places. Some of the early experi-. ments were. considered hopeful, and such cases continue to occur occasion ally, but the result as a whole do not I warrant the conclusion that Egyptian| Cotton is a promising crop for Texas. There is no basis for encouraging! -commercial planitings, or expecting that a regular commercial industry can be maintained. It is only with exceptional weather conditions and temporary absence or light infestation of weevils that even fair crops of Pinma cotton are likely to be obtained in Texas. If the mois ture supply is restricted, so that the plants are checked by drought, they become extremely susee"ible to the black-arm (lisease. 'L iie disease is known e in the Salt River Valley an" juier cotton-growing districts of Arizona and California, but usually does little (amage unless the plants have grown too rank aml becom crow(led or are badly checked by hick of water between irri'-ations. Even in such cases .the phlnts are not de foliated to any such extent as in Texas. Many Difficulties in Growing Egyp tian Cotton. Other difficulties in intiroducing the new crop should not be ignored. Roller gins have to be provided for l'gyptiai cotton instead of saw gins, and the ginnig cost is about three times as much as for Upland cotton. The pick ,ing cost per pounil of seed cotton is usually twice that of Upland, while tle cost per pound of lint is still high er on account of the lower '"outturn, the lint perceitage of Egvyption cot toni being about 27 under favorable conditions. LhO,Sshrdl tao shr taoin nu nun unuu The Egyptian bols are iostly 3 locked nld oilly half as large as those of anl ordinary Texas big-boll cotton, so that twice as mniy bolls must be produced as well as picked to yield the same weight of seed cottoni. Lack of the "storm-proof" character of the "big-boll" sorts is alnother disadvant age of the Egyptian cotton unler Tex as conditions. If picking is not done soon after 'the bolls open, im uch of the cotton may fall out and be lost., especially in dry, windy weather. The larger size and later maturity of the plants add to the difficulties of picking, as well as increase the danger of weevil ilnjury. The indicatiois of previous exper ience were confirmed by results of numierous plan0itngs; in 1920 in south Texag. Local interest was dlevelope(l in tlhe vicinity of Laredo to the point of bringing iore than a iarload of Pi ma seel from Arizoia, which wasa scattered widely over two adjoining counities. The vigorous growth of the plaits arousedl great expectationis, but anl examinlationl of mlanly fields inl August. anl September by, mn agenlt of the )epart ment of Agiiculture re sulted in finding only one tiell that would h '(ear. coiparisoni with good fields of Pimia cottoli inl tle Sat. River I Valley. In most of the felis the sis R S it complete. f 1 the follow- I U '0 to $10.00. n Straps, Pumps I xfords from $2.50 I f, frorn $4 to $10 ml r Women, Misses ilk uy U )1U SUMTER, S. C.* IEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Theyf yer nmde a cigarette li&is in my day The Camel idea wasn't born then. It was the exclusive expert Camel blend that revolutionized cigarette smoking. That Camel blend of choice Turkish and Domestic tobaccos hits just the right spot. It gives Camels such mellow mildness and fragrance! The first time I smoked Camels I knew they were made for me. I knew they were the smoothest, finest cigarette in the world, at any price. Nobody can tell me anything different. R. J. REYNOLDS Tobacco Co. Winston-Salem, N. C. veeptibility to the black-aim disease UNIVERSTY OF tnd like tho thiX iiti pit -Ave. was a striking tfeature. SOT[ CAROLINA (4) the pi'iiuct. 't'l Iurango Cotton Is More Proiising Scholaip and Entrance MV LAWvll i)v ie I titittStes D(. In conittIast with the I'gyptian ex- I',Xainialioiis. lutilet t Aticult ie: perimlenits ar-ounid Laredo are Ilhe re- .,1 N ~ l.tolfFtt'M .id0'VI .w -is:1(1)h aild w o . suilt-, of an organlized e-tlort with DI)ur- .itriltt.I-'iv ..ty fth n 20 ) i oc ld i, an1go cot-ton inl the lower Riio Grande.S~ hC1-1l~.Md fl dIls4ll Valley, around Harlingen. A carload n students will be held :it the ( t it 'Ult for 1(5 ilie iltiliV of 1uran1119 Seed waIs brough1t inl andII tifl~iittto s'et wtsbrogh ii at. Cv(ouit Hlouise, July 8th. 9t21 ai t 1-2 poundtis ot' stugar to 4 quats distributed aiolig tite farilmers of the I. -ants t i , e o f w t COmmun111ity, whose. reports at the( end talsxel er f a e td O 111te,( ih )t.h l of the season I showed ai average Value ich rsips are vacant ii tt S. it of t ill t at which hv i of $27.56 Inper acrv above thle return'ls wl ea ad dt h s 1,1ii.b iv . lilts ili .wt iu for short staples, ori a net gain of the iigliest aofel't t lit l d put t)t rutiierw hts hoet fot about $66,000 fromtihe whole product privided they titet t tue (ii , t iii itit is in t sitit mi e I 'front I of the earload of D~urango seed. ()r- evr ng tieAplctolsUb sol o Sda nd Iflr o ganized coll ill it y el'ort, to grow on1V e o' seltt i'ships sou l te o trit iing wate. ino e tip ft'oi yariety of long staple Uphuid tttoin ,:Olt (urr''l for scholarship aifltlI - X.tte' itl which it ioileu for 15 tittv' would give better prospelts oi sut'- tit lnts. 'llh-ese hhaiks i'uuperlv alii thti'i tlt Jar. Pti ly t at . eess ill Texas than further attempts Idled iit b t a siti I'( With glass til calt, put t( hail ill to grow I'1gypitiain cotton. I Large Clapacity-lamers on Ed-r. by S 11t ly t ith is (tit s (1f causeo of i Weevi ____________________________________:.tiI'ht itenace.'i slttll 'iXi' I~eonak,.lue, .-Atlrg penu Psthetitlingit5Il'plantiiti htwith X iitheily ittost'.1Imoid-'v r m aner wilr e cll, e illi til'tt hl tiit il dt i t e hndl t i yea.- r 'sTnln ri t of i ittltl i tti : tltti ~t VI uty I i 1tut~it Illit oeantis a ce uen a rk. 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