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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SALT 1MVEU VALIiEY EDITION.
Co-operation And Organization Is The Keynote Of Farmers' Success
liability, Growth And Progress
Attadoed By Ariooa. Farmen
BY
RUDOLPH KUCHLER, PRESIDENT.
FARMERS' EDUCATIONAL AND
CO-OPERATIVE UNION
The subject of this article suggests
the three rai'st potent factors In the
.lability, growth and progress of the
.: ion. The Farmers' Co-operation
rel organization. The farmer is the
worlds greatest benefactor. It is he
h builds the foundation of any
Mnte. It is he who feeds the world.
!ti.l it is he who makes the world
livable The farmer drains the
u.mps. waters the deserts, and lev
els tl.e hills that all may he culti-.t.-l.
It is he who makes our com-iir.iiniir-s
permanent. It is he whose
r-is and daughters are industrious
iirtd reliable citizens. Had the men
who l.inded at I'lymouth Rock been
vi!;rr than farmers, the history of
;ir crcat Fnited States might have
r -n f.ir different. Had not the men
of the Thirteen Colonies been for the
pirt farmers, whose homes, be-
f having been wrested through
hardships from the wilds, were
!o;ir to them, the great fight for
and fire-side might not have
made. Having nothing to lose
might have spared themselves
I'ips and privations, and moved
jcrc.tt
rrv
Verne
1en
th. v
L.ir.is
to an.-thcr land,
tcets Wfore the
The farmer seldom
foot-lights, but he
I ! ivs and ever behind the scenes,
f ithfiTllv working season after season,
Th.it the great drama of life may be
w. IT st e d anil well played.
It is natural for farmers to co-op-nii-.
living as many of them do in
w ti 'ii where they must depend upon
llmsilves or their neighbors for
-er thirp they have in life yes. even
In death. This spirit of co-operation
jmni'rrtiil itself in early times and
a the num1er of farmers increased
it l imo the custom for the men and
Witiih of the neighborhood to meet
rt the school house to talk things
or ard from this modest beginning
vrrw that mighty organization known
s the Farmers' Kducational and Co
i .Ml.(f Union of America, that has
Mi-uliiv crown until it reaches from
----t to coast and from Canada to
This is r fraternal
Kviitimi of farmers
Tpi.rroes: First, to
beneficiary as-
having for its
secure equity;
apply the gold-
staMili justice, and
"n rule. Second, to
rxclil.,anil mortgage
discourage the
system. Third.
t, assist our members in buyint? nnd
-iii-ip. Fourth, to educate, our mem
Twrsi in scientific farming. Fifth, to
teath farmers the classification of
crops, domestic economy, and the pro
ves of marketing. Sixth, to system
'i7v methods of production and dis
tri". "Hon. Seventh. to eliminate
Ksmblinc in farm products by boards
f trade. ..tt. .11 exchanees and other
Heci!l..tfir. Fighth, to bring farm
ing up to the standard of other in
1'istriil nnd business enterprises.
Ninth, to secure and maintain profit
able and uniform prices for cotton,
hay. nain. livestock and other prod
uct .f the farm. Tenth, to strive
for harmony and Rood will among all
Tnan-kind. and brotherly love among
eur.wlvps Fnions have lieen organized
In the following state: California,
Al.iKim, Arkansas, Florida, Arizona,
OiTcia. Illinois. Indiana. Kentucky,
Sleuth Carolina. Oklahoma. Oregon,
"Tennessee. Texas. Washington, Vir
ginia and Idaho.
Statistics of crop reports show that
the states having the Farmers Fnion
"have prospered during the last ten
Vesrs since it was organized, and
th.it non-union states have suffered
I'-issi-s. The Farmers' Fnion already
Thas many laws on the statute hooks
-T ten states, and its effect is being
felt n national legislation. "The
National Meld.' the newspaper of the
tinion. is accomplishing a wonderful
mount of good. Here in our own
tTate this organization last year
handled several hundreds of cars of
". era in nnd hogs for the members.
The success attending the handling
eT these larger crops encouraged the
organization of the United States
irowcr" Association of Arizona,
hKh hops to market all the prod- j
Hots or the valley, such as lettuce,
cantaloui-es and other produce. Had
tlw lettuce, crop of the valley this
j-e.tr be-n successfully marketed, it
would have amounted to from sixty to
ecr.ty thousand dollars to the pro
3 uers.
Th success of this new organiza
tion is practically assured as Its
twmbfrship includes the progressive
farmers of this valley, and it is re
ceiving the loyal support of the mer
chants and bankers of I'hoenix. most
cf whom are members. "Patronize
-Arion.i First." is their watch-word
nd great mutual benefits will be re
'"'i. We lelieve that the man, who
fry paving the taxes, make our cities,
CULTIVATING ALFALFA NEAR GLEN DALE
A Phoenix man, E. T. Collings, has patented a special tooth for alfalfa cultivators. His invention is
now in satisfactory use in many alfalfa growing sections. Even as "alfalfa makes poor land
good, and good land better," so coes proper cultivation make good alfalfa better
y Team-Play And
Well Selected Seed Secret
Of Increased Crop Yields
Marshal Humphrey, Mgr.
Phoenix Seed and Feed Company
The government of the United
States has plainly shown the great
superiority of American over that of
European and Asiatic alfalfa seed.
On this account together with the
demonstrated superiority of the alfal
fa seed grown in this section more
than forty carloads of prime seed or
1.250,000 pounds were shipped from
I'hoenix and vicinity last year to
eastern markets. Iast year's yield
in bulk was only an average year's
yield and by no means the greatest
of which the valley, is capable.
There are numberless advantages
for the farmer of this valley in
growing alfalfa seed. It must not be
overlooked, and I think this is a most
important feature, that the market
for alfalfa seed is not by any means
as radical or subject to such startling
changes as the market for many
other kinds of produce.
Seed is gathered from the farmer
already threshed anil sacked and he
is then either given an advance on
his crop or paid in full. This seed
is taken to the cleaning plants and
subjected to an additional fanning
and screening for the purpose of
disposing of all the foreign or in
jurious matter which would sub
tract from the value of the seed
as well as add to its weight. The
sacked seed is then shipped to the
market in carload lots.
The average yield for the crop
ear in the Salt River Valley run-i
about r.ftO pounds to the acre, and as
rear as I can figure the average
1 rice paid is in cents a p.ind. The
hay from which th seed has been
threshed has a high value for feed
and brings a good rate for feeding
beef cattle, so that in addition to the
i"10 aveiage per acre, the farmer ob
tains from his seed he still has his
hay as a profitable by-product.
A N!AV-COME!?"S HOME
Where "it's knee-deep in June" nine months in the year
Mesa Is The Gateway
To The Roosevelt Dam
Mesa, the gateway to the great
Roosevelt dam, and the nucleus of the
thousands of acres of farming land on
the south side of the Salt River, has
presented a marvelous growth during
the past five years. The opening
of new land to the east and south,
made possible by the great Roosevelt
irrigation project, has meant prosper
ity for the Com City. From the aver
age country town that it was a few
years ago it has sprung into one of
Arizona's .ive anil thoroughly progres
sive communities. Ranching is the
one great occupation that has made
Mrea what it is today.
On everv side, from the very city
limits to within a radius of a half
score miles, small ranches, truck gar
dens, grape vineyards, and a host of
other equally productive tracts border
the town. Intensive farming is found
to excellent advantage within he
counties and state possible should all
w;ork in harmony and toward the tiest
interests of each other. With united
action, success is only a matter of
time, and it will not be so hard
to succeed in this wonderful land we
live in. We have the finest soil, a
wonderful climate and an abundance
of water, and above all a faithful and
earnest people. Surely with all of
these the future of the youngest statue
in the union is bright and alluring.
Conditions for seed raising in this
j section are unsurpassed. Two seed
j crops can be cut from an averaged
j aged planting each year, and in ad
dition to tins -other cuttings of prime
hay are possible. The seed grown
here is of exceptionally high grade.
Where precaution is uscvl in keeping
the fields clean. There is nono bet
ter an v where and it commands the
best price on the market.
Of course there are some farmers
who have exceptionally good fortune
with their alfalfa seed and suc
ceed in raising a great deal more
seed to the acre than the amount I
have mentioned above. I know of
several instances in this and the
l!ucke e valley where the. crop year
total has been in the neighborhood of
1000 pounds i-r acre. In this con
ntction. it is inteiesting also to note
that the general average of seed
crop per acre in the Buckeye valley
is itbout 7"0 pounds. This docs not
' mean howe -.-r that the seed sections
in th- Salt River Valley cannot
aise a high an average if the right
sort of attention is given to the
crop. Hut the farmers in that sec
tion have been raising seed a number
! of years.
1 The market for alfalfa seed in the
east is regular because the alfalfa
stand on Kastern farms, by reasons
of climatic disadvantage, does not
last as long as it does down in this
country. Severe winters are hard on
alfalfa stands back there. The Ku
ropean war affecting as it does those
i particular sections of Asia where
alfalfa seed lias been grown would
indicate a great falling off from those
sections this season. This will work
to the advantage of the Salt River
Valley because it will increase the
i market, and I look for a better al
falfa seed market for our seed this
vear than anv before.
Mesa section and makes postdble near
ly every variety of farming that is
known to the valley. The many hun
dred small ranches, composed of five
to twenty acres, represent the most
profitable industries and the small
tracts are made to produce their lim
it. Mesa has an enterprising Com
mercial Club end under its direction
a salaried secretary is constantly on
duty dispatching literature, caring for
the vast amount of correspondence
and attending generally to the hun
dreds of odds and ends of benefit to
the town.
Mesa hr.s four splendid school build
ings. Two of the buildings are de
voted to lie grammer grades, a third
is devoted to the students of the fifth
to the eighth egrade, and the fourth
is devoted to several hundred high
school students. At Alma and Lehi,
two more splendid grammar grade
schools are conducted.
The town has its own water sys
tem. Kleitricity from the Roosevelt
nrojoet lights the residences, business
houses and streets. Plans for a sewer
system are underway; bonds were
voted recently and active construction
work will be started within a very
short while.
Olendale, Kalt River Valley, is build
ig a $30.i.(i() water system.
CUTTING ALl-WLFA DKCKMliKIJ lsTIT
The sixth crop, often pastured, in this case was made into hay when a growth of 40 inches had been made.
PREDICTION OF PRODUCTIVENESS
COMES TRUE AFTER SEVENTY YEARS
(By COLONEL J. H. McCLINTOCK.)
The Salt Rjver Valley first was
seen by Europeans about ltift, prob
ably by Padre Kino at the C.ila con
fluence, where the Rio Salado then
so was named by him. There was
little reason for the zealous mis
sionary to pass north of the Oila
for the valley to the northward was
debatable ground between the Pimas
and Apaches and nrobahlv had no
Indian settlement, after the passage j
of the ancient Pueblo dwellers, till
the very modern Pima reserve was !
established above Tcnipe. In ISL'l j
the younger pattie undouhtcdly-trap- !
ped heaver along the Salt and in
the following score of years several '
trapping parties trailed up the Verde.
In 1 S4 1. Commissioner Rartlett of
the Houndary Survey expressed his
j opinion that the valley of the Salado
yet would feed the Southwest.
The first white settlement came
early in ISG.X when the Swilling
party dug the Salt River Valley can
al. In the following year was built
the first flouring mill, that of Y.
R. Hellings. three miles east of the
present I'hoenix. The site of Phoe- j
nix was selected in 1S7i. after aj
contest with the llcllings-S willing
neighborhood, nnd to the new town
was transferred the name of Phoenix I
which, assumed to have been chosen I
b.v imrrel Duppa, seems theretofore j
to have been applied to the upper
agricultural settlement.
Tempe, at first known as Hay-'
den's Ferry, was established in S7t
by Chas. Trumbull Hayilen. I.ehi I
was settled in 1X77 by a Mormon j
Tarty from T'tah, led by I. W. Jones.
Mesa was the location of another
Mormon settlement. in February, j
1S7S. Kvery settlement named had j
its own ditch from a separate head- i
ing : the river.
Maricopa county
1 ST I. In January,
MeClintock started
was created ir.
1S7S, Chas K. I
the valley's first
newspaper. The Herald,
in
Inter j
Five to Seven
Alfalfa Crops
Not Unusual
Peoria, May G, 1H15.
Kditor Republican:
The possibilities of the Salt River
Valley ;ts I see them are from 5 to
7 crops alfalfa per year, yielding
7 to 1(1 ton, income from $40 to
I'iO per year, for the real farmer,
cutting first crop last of March,
and the last crop in December. Tho
best results are obtained by allowing
the fields to go without water from
the middle of June-until the first of
September, by cutting the fourth cut
by July 10th. A good field will yield
a fair crop of seed to be taken off
as soon as the first water is :ip
clied in September.
Wheat, oats and barley ail yield
well, to the proper tillage and can
he followed witii summer crop of
corn or milo. Wheat should yield
from fifty to sixty bushel per
corn forty to fifty bushel, and
S tons per acre. Corn and
should be planted between the
acre,
milo
milo
10th
and last of July. Sweet potatoes
yield as much as 100 pounds per
rod to the row and are early grown.
Potatoes do fine o nthe light soil,
and can be followed with pink beans.
The potatoes t" he planted February
first and the beens August first.
The Arizona Kverbearing Straw
berry yield for four months and will
net an income of $500 to $1,000 to
to the acre. With proper care will
yield profitably for four years with
out resetting. I do not grow weeds.
We have but few scientific farmers.
We quit growing weeds nnd wasting
water on them. Farm properly; get
a sane and honest system of dis
tribution for our product, and the
Salt River Valley will be fine to live
:n.
I have lived here 22 years, have ac
complished what I claim for the val
ley and expect to learn much in
the future.
J W. FORXEV.
Peoria.
The assessed valuation of Maricopa
county for 1914, was $75,Sfi2. 907.37 :
for 1915 it only reached 1 0.638,420.30.
A Farm Adviser is now established
in Maricopa county, and has an of
fice at the Water Users' Building
in Phoenix.
Last registration in Maricopa coun
ty reached a total of 19.1 4S of which
8.796 are registered in Phoenix. Total
registration for State 71.167.
The Reservoir of the Salt River
Irrigation Project now holds over a
million acre feet of water. Farming
with a crop guaranteed in the Sail
River valley.
years absorbed by the Arizona lie- ridge, w ho hail been sent out by the
publican. Work on excavation of thejioiinty ; upei visors on suggestion of
Arizona canal was begun in 1SS3 by ! the chamber of commerce, then about
a company headed by W. J. Murphy,
thereafter following the settlements
at Glondal", Peoria and Scottsdale.
July 4, 1VS7, came the first iailroad,
from the Southern Pacific, and in
Man h. IS'.O, was secured u con
nection with the Santa F system.
The capital of Arizona came to I'hoe
nix in 18S!t and in the fall of the
same
siU- w
County
y
ar the Torito
selected and
Surveyor V-".
Rasin i
surveyed
M. Ureal
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by
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TWO HOOD CROPS
Kids and Corn, like most everything else that's worth raising, do well in this
Valley. Year round out-door playing weather is great for the Babies.
Alfalfa Fifty Inches Tall
.Reported By School Teacher
May 7th, RM5.
Janitor Republican:
My roost profitable experience in
farming in this valley is connected
altogether with the raising of alfalfa.
I have been here about six years,
and a few years ago I located on
forty acres three miles west of Ulen
dale. Twenty acres of this 1 sowed
in alfalfa, putting it in late, as kite
in April the filth. I'.'ll. In April,
! 1IH5, r,3 weeks after it had been sown,
J 1 cut a ton and a quarter to the
j aero from this patch, much of the
! crop being fifty inches tall standing.
In tho 53 weeks referred to the
j field had been cut twice and pas
tured all winter. It is my intention
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CUPS AVON BY SALT lilYER VALLEY EXHIBITS
Our comprehensive clispliys of fruit, gmin and vegetables have won many interstate and :nterr.itional prizes and
sweepstakes. For quality as well as variety the Salt River Valley excels.
The first stone of
under the direction
Service engineers,
Scptember ll'Ofi, and the last stone
February 1 I'lll. Dedication of the
noble sii'ticture, an event honotcd by
the pie.ser.ee of President Roosevelt,
was on .March IS, It'll. The Roose
velt r '.-:ei'oir was filled to overflow
ing Apii 14, lit 15. then being s'ssure.l
tht- i'elt'iliiii'-'iit of tiii. proithrrcy of
seei:ty yeai-s before.
'
to feed ajid fatten on my place
. because I believe that to be the most
: profitable method of farming here.
While speaking of crops I . think I
' (.tight to tell you of a corn crop
grown by my brother, C. K. Peck,
in 1913. Off fourteen acres he nel
I ted $1,050.00. some of it going as
high as three tons of shelled corn to
; the acre. I think this will bo hard
' to beat.
j I do not spend all my time on my
place, for I am a school teacher also
and teach school regularly durii,'
'the winter months. This year I am
at the Pendergast school, sometimes
1 called the west end school house.
; RALPH J. PECK.
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twu years old.
the ilam was laid
of Kcclam'-ition
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m- PRICES
FOR THE WINTER
GARDEN TRUCK
AVith A I iuicTj.:ico of W;iter
Always Available and
(Miniate Imminently Suit
ed, Jianelier l-'oices Crop
laturitv AVlien Market
Is JJestl
(W. S. Humbert)
Salt River Valley, with its abund
ant water supply ready to use just
when needed, its climate eminently
suited to the glowing of truck crops
and its soil of such wonderful fer
tility, has already come forward aa
a bis producer of truck crop. It is
i one thing to produce these crops,
j but quite a different matter to pro-
liuee them at a time when the mar
kets are at their highest, and this
the truck grower of the Salt River
Valley is enabled to do with a cer
tainty, owing to an unsurpassed win
ter climate.
The ouality of the truck crops
grown in the Salt Rivtr Valley ar '
superior to the average that when
once introduced in the markets of
the middle west their merit alone
gives them a tremendous advantage.
Just as soon as tho acreage given
over to truck crops is increased to
many times its present area, we shall
see a correpondimjly enlarged demand
for our product and a properity
nmone the grower little dreamed of
at the preent time.
This aliey seems to lie particularly
suited to the raising of the higher
priced truck crops such as cauli
flower, liermiahi onions, head let
tic e. egg plant, early potatoes, sweet
potatoes, cantaloupe, and water mel
ons. The cheaper early vegetables
may well be added with profit. Just
as soon aa regular supplies are as-.-'ti
rod to de;Uers in Chicago, Kansas
City. St. l,ouis and Denver most
advantageous contracts are ready for
the growers and mixed cat loads of
lettuce, cauliflower, beets, onions, po
tatoes, turnips and spinach can go
forward daily during the winter and
spring months, for which the high
est of fancy prices will be paid.
It is a well-known fact that this
condition exists today and some
'hipnirn! s made this year attest, the
soundness of the situation. Tho
Chamber of Commerce and a num
ber of individuals are now at work
to assist iu systematic marketing
of the truck grow'ers crops, and as
soon ns a sufficient regular supply
assured there will be no trouble
to secure the market.
' Canning factories are being tallied
of and one factory is now in course,
of erection at Chandler to take care
of the surplus of the tomato crop,
and it is said that before another
-oason a factory will
be in operation
in I'hoenix. Tomatoes
are now raised
in large qunntiti
ami the early
crop marketed locally
and in nearby
towns at n good price to the grower,
but after the early market demand is
over the tpiestion is what to do with
the surplus as the demand passes
noro is danger of loss of many
bushels of fine fruit which could be
well handled by the canning factories.
With the advent of the canning fac
ility this situation is entirely changed
and what was formerly a total loss
will be a very considerable source of
additional profit to the grower. This
is equally true of the crops 'if pons
and string beans for the canning fac
tory is a logical market for the sur
plus of these crops also. The time
is not far distant when truck grow
ing will . be the principal occupation
of a large percentage of our farming
population, and when that time
comes the prosperity of the Salt
River Valley will be greatly increased
and continue to increase year after
y ear.
Xeweomers' Day was celebrated in
Phoenix on February 15th with :i5
states represented in the huge dele
gation that visited the State house
and made the trip about the city.
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