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COTTON IN IMPERL-iL VALLEY, CALIF0RNL4. 



EL CENTRO, January 25. — The cotton acreage of Imperial 

 Valley for 1909-10, which was the first year that cotton was 

 planted to any extent, was 350 acres, from which 175 bales were 

 produced and sold at 14 cents a pound, or a total valuation of the 

 crop excluding seed of $12,250. 



This satisfactory out-turn consequently led to an acreage the 

 following season of 15,000 and a production of 6500 bales. This 

 was also a high-priced year and the cotton was disposed of at 13.5 

 cents to 14 cents per pound, or a total valuation of $446,875. 



Not over 10,000 acres was harvested. In 1911-12, 12,000 acres 

 were planted to cotton and 9600 bales produced and sold at an 

 average price of 10.5 cents per pound, or a gross profit to the 

 farmer of $504,000. 



On account of low prices only 8000 acres were planted in 

 1912-13, of v/hich 1000 acres were abandoned which would leave 

 actually 7000 acres, and to date 6200 bales have been ginned and 

 a crop of 7000 bales is not an impossibility. The gross valuation 

 for the season is $437,500, with the average selling price at 12.5 

 cents. 



So confident were planters over the returns of this season that 

 Daly Bros, and Gage, the cotton buyers of the valley, estimate 

 that 15,000 acres will be planted in Imperial Valley and 5000 

 acres in Lower California, which is under the same irrigation sys- 

 tem as Imperial Valley. 



There is a possibility that an acreage of over 100,000 could be 

 planted both here and Mexico should the staple sell at anything 

 over 12 cents during the coming year. There are over 500,000 

 acres suitable for cotton growing both in Imperial Valley and 

 Lower Califcrnia* which is under the same irrigation system. 



THE BUDDING OF THE MANGO IN ST. LUCIA. 



In a recent issue of the Agricultural Nczcs an account was given 

 of recent work on the budding of the avocado in Dominica. 



Information has been lately received through the Agricultural 

 Superintendent, St. Lucia, of similar investigations carried out by 

 Mr. Archibald Brooks, Assistant Agricultural Superintendent, on 

 the budding of the mango. 



It appears that Mr. Niles, the Junior Instructor and Overseer 

 at the Experiment Station, Union, was the first to achieve com- 

 plete succes.s in mango-budding ; but a more general investigation 

 of the subject on a larger scale, extending over the last eighteen 

 months, is described by Mr. Brooks in his notes, which constitute 

 the basis of the present article. 



