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>uter sitting:; g room anijil easier, researcieri New books are really old i nt ba i I aliun Page 9 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1977 Two unique publications have i u j ■ jen Stained by the Texas A&M nave a t / n jversity Libraries with income iom the Bonner H. Barnes fund. The items, published by Basilisk ress of London, are “The [elmscott Chaucer” and “The Red s > nas nigl p 00 ks of Humphry Repton.” Selection of the Basilisk Press terns was made because of their ap- ilication in English and landscape irchitecture programs at Texas A&M. The London publisher, de voted to fine bookmaking and de sign, publishes only three titles an nually. Each is limited to 500 copies, according to Evelyn King, issistant director for special collec tions. Examined in Dr. R. W. Barzak’s ienior level Chaucer course, the (elmscott Chaucer is an exact re- reation of William Morris’ 19th entury collection of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. It was published Morris’ Kelmscott Press in Ham mersmith in 1894. The volume in cluding Sir Edward Burne-Jones’ il lustrations was hailed as the noblest et male lb book then achieved by an English reverse tie printer. Morris died shortly after its literacy Ik publication. “The Kelmscott Chaucer tells us much about Morris’ 19th century as well as Chaucer’s 14th century,” ob served Don Dyal, head of the li brary’s special collections. The acquisition includes a volume of 100 Burne-Jones preliminary sketches and pencil drawings from which illustrations and woodcuts for the Kelmscott Chaucer were made. The Basilisk volumes, as with the original, are printed on hand-made rag paper. They are bound in boards covered with specially printed Bel gian linen. The “Red Books,” published by Basilisk Press last year, consist of three Red Books and an explanatory volume in a' specially designed case. They were chosen from 150 Red thor ofsevenl kofthebif aid recently, be personil in some'! lents in am- >e convulsiii among usen, ^rcommiuA rherewillk it we can get messy end ically and when, when more knmf it —andalot >e that access ids nds assistance rational Ar louncemenl bools wuld om fed EW - eparate civil ocedings, ified scW ters tl II be i its, and ad- nt proceed it could lei deral aid, fatricts ait federal aid ■hool year, (now itional e name*; ”, is thepi- merchant No Where Else In The World.... Vermeil *12.50 An exact replica of William Morris’ 1894- printed “Collected Works of Geoffrey Chau cer” undergoes scrutiny in an English class at Texas A&M. Dr. Bill Barzak (left) explains a point to Leslie Denton, Diedra Goulding, Jerry Kiker, Bob Shield and Valerie Tamble. The Chaucer set is one of two Basilisk Press items acquired by the University Library through the Bonner H. Barnes endowment fund. Books prepared by Repton, a well known English landscape gardener of the late 18th and early 19th cen turies. The exact reproductions in clude overlays Repton used to give patrons a before-and-after view of their property. No Red Book has ever been pub lished before due to problems in re producing the watercolor paintings and sepia handwritten text, and re producing the intricate hand-cut overlays and fitting them to the v paintings. King noted. The Red Books were prepared originally for Antony House, Cornwall; Attingham Park, Shrop shire; and Sheringham Hall, Nor folk. Retired and a Bryan resident, Bonner H. Barnes, who donated funds for the books, is a Texas A&M alumnus. He received a degree in chemical engineering in 1921. Can You Buy this Aggie Necklace TlJuth's ^fa shions ^ f 3616 £. 2 I. 29f(i qtl(ie/ie 'tTasfiion ^Begins Texas farmers are happy; big cotton crop is expected United Press International LUBBOCK — Drive in any di rection across this dusty flatland and you’ll see plenty of what farmers are bragging about this year — cotton. As farmers amble along the high ways to the local gins with the cotton-laden trailers in tow, experts are predicting this year’s crop will nudge among the biggest in recent years. “I don’t think it will be a record, ” said Vern Highley, director of communications for the Plains Cot ton Co-Operative Association in Lubbock. “I think it will be one of the better crops in the last three years.” The estimated cotton production in Texas is 4.8 million bales, com pared to 3.3 million bales harvested last year. In the 25 counties of the High Plains alone, farmers will grow about 3 million bales. The High Plains record was 2.8 million bales in 1973. One factor accounting for the large number of bales is a greater yield per acre stimulated by favor able weather. Statewide, in 1976, the average yield was 353 pounds of cotton per acre. This year the aver age yield is estimated at 391 pounds. But farmers, encouraged by the 67 cents per pound the fiber brought in the spring, also planted more cotton. In 1976, Texas farmers planted 8 million acres. This year they planted 6.2 million acres. What happened, however, is that the enthusiastic farmers responding to a demand in the market planted so much cotton they drove the high prices down to the current 42-45 cents range. “In reference to other years, we’ve had some better prices,” said Clyde Day, executive vice president of the Lubbock Cotton Exchange. “It’s not as good as other prices we’ve had. It’s still a real good price.” Although some farmers sold their crop on the futures market when the prices paid well, many on the High Plains gambled that the prices would climb higher. They lost up to $100 a bale. “Because of the projected low carryover, a lot of cotton was planted,” said Bob Poteet, execu tive vice president of the Texas Cot ton Association in Dallas. “We were looking at the lowest carryover we’ve had since the early 50s. “The high prices of last spring started moving downward because our prospective supply was going up due to heavy planting and consum ers were not consuming because of the high price. “When the price goes up that tells the consumer to consume less and the producers to produce more,” said Poteet. Conversely, he said, when the price drops, the consumer buys more and the producer plants less. What helped drive the prices up — and the supplies down — last year was a demand for cotton prod ucts. The 27 percent jump in cotton prices in 1976 caused textile mills to reduce cotton usage. But Cotton Incorporated, a Raleigh, N.C., producers’ organiza tion, said retail sales of cotton ap parel and home furnishings the first half of 1977 were 4 percent above the same period in 1976. The apparent discrepancy be tween the decline of mill use of cot ton and the increase in consumer demand is explained partially by the fact that imported textile products are taking a larger share of the American market. The net import of cotton has shifted from about half cotton and half synthetics in 1972 to three- quarters cotton in 1976, according to Cotton Incorporated. This means that the American demand for cot ton products is being filled by foreign-made goods. Similarly, two-thirds to three- fourths of the cotton produced in Texas is exported, and much of it returns later to the Untied States in the form of textiles. 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