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Published every Friday at McCrorv. Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
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Entered as second-class mat
ter August 26, 1915, at the post
office at McCrory, Ark., under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1918
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E. Dupree
R. K. Crail
J. E. Sullivan
WEEKLY LETTER
Little Rock, Sept. 15—I am
able to announce to the farm
ers and public generally that
we have perfected arange
ments with the U. S. Bureau
of Markets for making a state
wide service in cotton classing
this season, and that the ser
vice is now in force. Under
the gin law the ginners are re
quired to take two samples
and put them in official sealed
wrappers. This season the
ginners are required to send
by mail daily one of the sam
ples to the U. S. Bureau of
lviarKets in tms department,
where Mr. John B. Beers, a
Government Cotton Classer, is
in charge, and who will class
the samples as they are receiv
ed and send to the owner of the
cotton a card informing him of
the grade and staple of the
bale of cotton from which the
sample was taken. The gin
ners are under bond to take a
fair sample. The cotton is
classed by government stand
ards that have been adopted
by every cotton exchange of
any importance in the United
States. Cotton classification
under this plan is the most re
liable that can be had, and
the farmers can depend upon
the accuracy. Mr. Beers is
not only an expert in cotton
classing, having had years of
experience as a cotton classer
and buyer before going with
the government, but his work
is done with & set govern
ment standards right before
insure the accuracy
of his work. Cotton buyers go
entirely by their individual
judgement. We shall endeav
or to give the cotton quotations
of the LittleRock, Memphis and
New Orleans exchanges on the
day the cotton is graded, this
information accompanying the
card.
Requests have been sent to
all public ginners to send in
the gin sample. They come
through the mail free, under
government frank as govern
ment business. Postage free
tags are furnished ginners, and
all they have to do is to tie
them in bundles at the end of
each day’s ginning, tag and
put them in the postoffice. We
do the rest. The service is free
and -costs neither the ginner
nor the farmers anything. We
want the farmers to have the
full benefit of this service. In
order to get the full benefit,
the cotton should not be sold
until the grade card is receiv
ed. The daily papers will give
the daily quotations on the
different grades. The farmers
snoma warcn ana reaa tne cot
ton quotations and keep post
ed by talking freely with each
other about the price Received
for different grades and1 staple
there are fixed differences in
price between the different
grades. Remember the grade
of cotton is determined by how
clean and free from dirt,
leaves and trash it is. The sta
ple is another matter altogeth
er. Any staple over one inch
is entitled to a premium, unless
the cotton is a very low grade.
Cotton of 1 3-16 staple, mid
dling grade sold at as high as
10 cents a pound above one
inch cotton part of the time
lasthseason. The premium on
staple cotton varies according
to demand. The longer the
s+aple the higher the premium
if the cotton grades middling
or better. Our report for Oc
tober of last season showed
the average price for middling
one inch staple cotton to be
27.72; 1 lr16 was 29.02; 1 1-8
was 32.44 and i 7-16 was 49.64
These average prices are not
a fair index to the premium
value, for our report shows
that most of the staple sales
reported were below the mar
! ket values. The highest prices
I no n vin nr OPf nPf
were as follows:
One inch, 29.87; 1 1-16, 36;
1 1-8 37.14; 1 3-16, 44.64;
1 7-16, 49.44.
There is only a small per
centage of the cotton that runs
over 1 1-16, and most of it
comes from the bottom lands.
The greatest amount of staple
cotton is that of 1 1-8 and 1
3-16. Only a small amount
is 1 1-4 and better. On the
other hand a great deal of the
hill cotton runs 1 1-16. How
ever, it will be seen from the
above figures that cotton of
1 1-16 staple was worth from
$16.65 to $30.65 per bale more
than one inch cotton last Oc
: tober, middling basis. I might
add that our records of grad
: ing last year showed that
about three out of every four
i bales graded middling or bet
ter up until January 1st. The
prices reported indicated that
the farmers sold their cotton
on average of middling and
lower.
The method for the farmers
to pursue to get the best price
for their cotton is to first keep
posted on the col’op. market
by getting a daily paper that
g ves the New Orleans, New
York, Memphis and Little
Rock quotations. The Little
Rock papers usually give them 1
but if they do not the Memphis
Commercial does. Notice the
difference in price on different
grades. Keep you * cotton unO!
you get your grade card. Talk
freely with your neighbors
about the prices they get for
their cotton, and always learn
what grade and staple they
had. No matter where you are !
located you should get about;
: the same price as Little Rock
| or Memphis quotations, and
| within about one cent a pound
of the New York market.
I Wheh you sell your cotton re
| port the sale on your grade
| By following these instruc
tions the farmers will get the
full benefit of the best market
ing service ever given to the
people of any state. We were
not able to give this complete
I service to the people lrist year
because we* did not have the
j advantage of. free >use of the!
! mails. If vour ginner does not i
take and send-in.gin samples!
report him to me at once and i
take your cotton to another gin |
until he does. The ginners are
charging the farmers (enough
to give them full service.
JOHN H. PAGE,
Commissioner of Agriculture.,
-Buy W.S.S.
Mr. H. Arnof and son,
Nudy spent Monday in Wynne.
HEADING BOLTS WANTED
We will pay the following
prices for bolts:
White Oak and specie, $17.
per cord.
Red Oak and specie, $15.
per cord.
All bolts must be barked and
loaded on car and prices are
f. o. b. McCrory, Morton, Jelks
or Fair Oaks.
ECKHARDT & LENNON CO.
adv. 8-23-6t Paragould, Ark.
-Buy WSS
Mr. Lester Lewis is now one
of the sales force at his fath
er’s store.
-Buy W.S.S.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Thomp
son and Mr.and Mrs.Raymond
Buford of near Levesque were
pleasant guests at the home
ofMr. and Mrs. R. C Thompson
Friday , Saturday and Sunday.
-Buy W.S.S.
Mr. Davd Arnof has passed
the physical examination be
fore the local board at Au
gusta and will leave Sept. 29
for Fayette vile to enter the
State University under the
direction of Uncle Sam.
• - - Buy W.S.S.
Mr. and Mrs!”* D. O. Harton,
Jr., and Messrs Balfour and
John Harton, of Conway, re
turned hqme overland in their
car Tuesday after a pleasant
visit here, guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J.H. Crossett and familv.
--Bijy W.S.S.
Mi*. Earle “Chic” Winfree
returned hdme Sunday from
Washington City, New York
and .other eastern cities where
he spent the summer working
for the government in the
secret service department.
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