Arizona republican. [volume], May 23, 1915, SALT RIVER VALLEY, Page PAGE SIX, Image 28

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THE ARIZONA KEPUBLTCAN SALT 1HVEK VALLEY EDIT TON.
Every Effort Brings Success In Any Line When It Is Well Directed
The Canned Ripe Olive Is . J
Developmen t Of Late Years
Beans Pay In
Crops Maturing
In Hundred Days
PAGE SIX
I'ntil very recent years, the sub- t a factor of much greater weight than
j.i-i of olive growing ami the use those not immediately connected with
ot the olive commercially, was al- its growth arid handling, can appreci
ways associated with olive oil and ate. We should take advantage of
pickled green olives. what California has proven to he a
About five ears iigo the canned successful industry. The conditions
lit olive first begun to attain popu- here have shown that the olive ehal
larity because of its nutrituous food lenges all other crops as a revenue
alue. and now instead of being con- I producer.
sidcred a. relish or a delicacy, it has- The price paid for olives depend
become a part of the daiiy menu in upon the variety, quality, care and
li.any homes. condition of the grove: For oil olives
In former ye:irs the entire olive crop from $20.00 to $30.00 per ton on the
.f the Salt Kiver Valh-y was used tree; for ripe ohves from $00.00 to
i.-r pickled green olives and olive $!ni.00 pir ton on the trees.
il. X..w the demand for ripe olives As a proof of the possibilities for
t,u s. increased, that only the vari- profit in olive culture, a grove of
ties not adapted to canning and 12 year old Missions yielded an aver
the imperfect fruit are used in the asc of Ho pounds of fruit to the
making of olive til, and the pickling tree, or $5.C0 per acre of 4S trees.
f sr. en olives has been discontin- A return of $2tiS.80.
utd. From a small beginning, run as a
Practically all of the Salt River Val- side issue to other ranching, the olive
1. v is suitable to the Tlanting of earning industry has made enor- '
.ii. s. and with the bright future moils strides. Starting with a criule '
of the ri!e olive and possible acre I outfit consisting of two tubs made!
returns to the growers, thousands of of tilting a barrel in halves. Manger j
r. s should be p'anted. In the past ! Frot hers company now have a fully j
two years between five anil six nun- I equipped canning plant. As the I
'r-d a res have hern planted, for the j olive canning season is of only a few j
rancher is still learning to depend months duration, beginning in Oc-j
i h.ii .dives Tor continual success, be- toner nmi closing in f eoruary, mo
a use they never fail with proper plant is capable of combining the
pruning, irrigation ami cultivation. canning of fruits and vegetables with
Al the present moment of the val- that of the olive, thereby making a
lev's industrial progress, the olive is ' continuous season.
Citms Seedlings Potatoes Are
'Thrive Betiveen
Matured Trees
May ? 1915.
K-'itoi- Republican:
My place, consisting of ten acres
f land, is located on the Glendale
letric car line, one mile west of
"enter street.
1 purchased this place two and a
1 alf y.ars ago, have built a four
room -louse, also a small barn, chick
en corrals. tc.
I set the entire place to Marsh
Planted To Big
Valley Acreage
There were grown in the valley
last year about 250 acres of Irish
potatoes, averaging 50 sacks of 125
pounds each to the acre, which sold
at an average of $1.75 per hundred
rounds. This season's crop is about
"25 aires, and the yield is proving
to be about 05 sacks to the acre.
The large yield is due to the very
favcrable weather conditions this
sprin?.
Seedless Grape Fruit trees last year, j "
trees are set 20x20 feet, making 10S j setabies for my own use, also grow
trees to the acre. or. loot) trees on milo maize enough to feed 50 chick -i
he ten acres, after taking out space I ens and one horse, and use stoeus
tvo'yi:ak old sitltaxa KKDEKSS CSlf apk
Among the varieties of grapes tHnt fioufish hero are the Sultana, the Muscat, the Mission, the Chamberlain,
nnmcd variety, several carloads a-e ship ped each spring to eastern
and the Thompson Seedless.
markets.
Of the
I
last
f r hi'ti-ie and oiiier buildings.
I-ast year I planted 20,0u0 citrus
'edlins between rows of orchard
trees, of which I budded 5.0im) this
spring. These budded trees will
bring in a revenue of at least $3000
next spring. The other 15,000 seed
lings wil be budded this fall, and
Mill f marketed in 1917 and should
1 ring at least $9,00il. Also have
re.Oiiii oung olive trees which were
planted last year, and will be readv
for the market next spring that wil!
sell for at ieast$9.ooo. and have 20,
! ..live trees that were planted
ll.is spring that will be marketed in
l:lt". for at leapt $7,000. Resides
this I have plenty of room for ve-
f maize to wrap around orchard
trees to protect them from frost.
I paid $200 per acre for the rough
land in 19F5, and with orchard trees
rlanttd onlv two years ago, has
increased value to $600 per acre,
vhich price I refused for the place.
This place is one that I am proud
to say has not a sign of foul gras.-
or weeds on the entire place fca
lamity howlers take notice). One
horse is all that is required to do
the cultivating, and one hours work
a weas with a good hoe keeps weeds
discouraged.
Ti. W. PITTS.
Box. 391.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Shows 652 Tons Successful Crops
Of Alfalfa From Reward Of Labor
110 Acres In 1914
May
Editor Republican:
litre are result.1-"
111! acres of alfalfa
ranch last year, (1914.)
First cutting
Second cutting
Third cutting
Fourth (luting .......
Fifth cutting
12th, 1315.
I obtained from
on my 140 acre
At Arbor Lodge
v.n:
some
10."
..140
. . .17
. .113
. .107
tons
tons
to;is
tons
tons
052 tons
The sixth crop I sold for cattle
pasture at five dollars per a Tu, mak
ing $550 for this sixth crop.
At times when I had no mar:
I piled hay and
1-et, but e:.h
I
h Id for better mar- linen here for
May 11,
Kditor nepubcan:
j It you want to know
successful tilings about this i !
I will tell you. In the month
I April, we got 1!0.S0 clear of of
!: ns.. We hav
i Leghorns tnostlv.
j we have
J provides us with all the fruit we
J want for the house and family, .and
we have cows from whk'h to get all
the butter and milk we want. I have
the
u-e.
of
550
white ail 1 huff
In addition to this
mill fruit patch that
what we don't use we feed to the
' poultry, and it is excellent green
feed. I have always thought that
3. splendid market could be brought
up for turkeys raised in this valley,
because it is so cheap to raise them.
MRS. JOF. I.OYKl.L.
Snow banks in the mountains fore- J
tell the onstant supplying o the j
Sal! River Keservoir, now holding i
nairr eP,,i:gh to supply the Salt River
Valley for three years.
! April 15. 1915. The day on which
I the i;ooseelt Reservoir filled and the
wattcr toppe' the spillway. Water
j enough on tap to supply the Salt
j-River Valley for three years. Sounds
1 ".ike prosperity. Over five hundred
j automobiles journeyed From Salt Riv
j er Valley points and nila county
towns to attend the big celebration.
The wages of farm laborers have in
creased more than those of city work
men in the past 20 years.
May 14th, 1915.
Kditor Republican:
During the past year beans have
bet n grown on a commercial scale
with success in this valley when tho
proper soii was selected and the right
ore given. The principal soil special
ly adapted for bean growing is the
sandy river loam in the west end
of Salt River Valley.
The average crop from fairly good
land iias bi en about twelve hundred
pounds, which has brought an aver
age price of $4. oil per hundred.
The threshing costs 25e per sack of
S3 pounds. The sack costs 912 cents.
Last vear there wt re grown in the
I alley 250 acres of beans, mostly on
'the rich sandy river boltom loum.
j This year there will be a greater
acreage.
I onslder beans, with the proper
"oil ar.; (arc, to be one of the best
paying cropa in the valley. The crop
can be grown in one hundrtd days,
giving opportunity for other crops on
the same land during the year. I
laised polati.es on the same ground
Jin the same season, that I have beans.
I believe that the amount of profit in
j bean growing depends largely upon
j the cost of production, which can
be decreased with the proper tools.
An investment of $300.00 in special
cultivators and tools givs an op
portunity for covering more ground
by one man than is ordinarily done,
and to Illustrate I will give here
the mode I use ill growing a crop.
The land being level and of uni
form grade, is plowed, bordered and
given one or two deep irrigations,
then disced and harrowed ready for
planting. I plant forty pounds of
beans to the acre. Ten to twelve ir
rigations are necessary, each followed
by close cultivation until the vines
arc too large. In the, cultivation and
planting with the tools I mention,
four rows can be cultivated at a time,
one man covering twenty acres a
da:'.
The market for local grown beans
has been rather difficult since the
claim is made that our beans do not
grade up with tlose of California.
With better handling and (leaning
of the beans our beans will grade up
well, and the consumer well knows
that the quality of the Arizona bean
is far superior to the California bean.
JOHN SCHL.AR.OS.
crop was
1 nave
The
Phoenix Railway
Company of Arizona
Serves the Public with better Street Car Service than any City,
situated as Phoenix is, of its size in the United States, with
perhaps a half dozen exceptions.
our Cars on Schedule from 6:00 a. m. to 12:00
We Operate
Midnight.
We Operate our Cars "Rain or Shine."
We Pay our share of City, County and State Taxes.
We Pave practically one-third of the Street where Double
Tracks are laid.
We Help
Streets.
to pave and maintain a large portion of the Paved
We Have sufficient property holdings
for all legitimate claims for Accidents.
to make us responsible
the value of your property in the Service
We Help to increase
that we render.
We spend $50,000 annually in Payroll, which in turn is largely
distributed among the local 'Merchants by our Employes.
We Purchase about $25,000 annually of Roosevelt Power, which
helps to reduce the cost of the Roosevelt Dam to the Salt
River Ranch Owners.
Wo Know it takes just One Million Five Hundred Thousand
(1,500,000) Passengers at Five Cents each to pay for the Pay
Roll and Power Accounts mentioned above.
aim ttie field, saving cost of piling
and siwinkage frequently amountin.
to one dollar ner ton.
I own my own baling equipment
ready to do our own baling at thjj the
ayeti
su.'nrrit r ap.i
much. Wo came
i.inson, Kansas
activities that
about seven years ami
through ntarlv every
have enjoyed it very
originally from !
In addition o
I have mi nlioned
proper .temperature of has
an average of $9.25
ha leu hay. Therefore:
The total average from
of alfalfa during 1914, was
052 tons of hay at $9.25.
110 acres of grain feed
$5.00
I receive j above Arbor Loiipe
ton for the j orange?, and we 1:
! olives hut 1
110 acres I specializes in
.$i'.'i31.00
1 15.00
i noted for its
we laised considerable
t somebody else who
marketing oranges am!
olives tell
I lowever.
far as i
a re very
you more about that. !
it has been a success as '
are concern' d. and w j
well satisfied with it. The j
$0,581.00
An income of $05.00 per acre.
This hay cost f. o. b. cars $5.5r
per ton, and everything on the place.
v.as hired done from the manager
down, including all help. j
I have been paid a nice interest ;
invested on my ranch and equip- j
ment. I
The value of my 140 acre tract is j
$24,000.(10.
E. C DF.FISLF.R, !
R. F. L. 4, Phoenix. j
-o-
Receipts to justify the
We Do not receive annually sufficient
above heavy Expenditures.
We Believe many of our good Citizens think we make big
Profits They are Mistaken.
We Have always operated at a heavy loss.
You Are interested in OUR SUCCESS and we are in YOURS.
Improved Service is sure to follow improved Business.
MR. CITIZEN Do you not think that we are entitled to the
business that legitimately belongs to us, and for which we have
waited twenty-five years?
BOOST for the
and SUBURBAN
IF SO
PHOENIX STREET
LINES.
BOOSTING is good Business.
BOOST the Company.
BOOST the fellow next to you.
BOOST Yoursefl.
BOOSTERS naturally flock together.
RAILWAY, its LOCAL
Bright Future
For Growers Of
Egyptian Cotton
May 4, 1915.
Kditor Republican:
I planted seventeen aires of Egyp
tian long staple cotton on my ranch
in the Kyrene district south of Tempo
Lust season, and harvested from it
exactly a bale to the acre. This
c not in itself, to be considered a
big yield, but when one considers
that I was unfortunate in getting
such a late start with my planting
and a no better than a sixty per
cent stand, it did all that might
be expected.
To nie, the future for Egyptian
cotton growers looks bright. The
district in Kyrene is peculiarly ad
apted to cotton srowlnB an1 over
a thounsand .acres was planted in
this vicinity last season. The grow
ers are industrious and thrifty, and
with the prices returning to their
normal average, prospects for a good
season this year are bright.
ALFRED 1 1. OELTJKW
Tempe, Aliz.
o
Phoenix Ker.nel Club is an organi
zation witn big membership, and non
making plns for big show in con
nection with Arizona State Fair, No
vember, 1915.
Vice-President Marshall of the Uni
ted State? returned to his winter 1 geese
home in the Salt River Valley. The
.lelightful winter climate is a great-attraction.
For the first quarter of 1914 the
postal receippts were $30,183.77. For
the first quarter of the year 1915 they
were $31,452.41. An increase of $4,-034.61.
work . in the ooen is the most health
fill I know of, and even if the sum- i 1
mer is hot the nights are compara- I
tively cool, and we have plenty of j
r.hade and then the canal is not too !
far away to keep us from going and i
taking a h"tder into the cool run- I
ning water inee in a while. j
GEORGE VINCENT,
Vincent Bros.. I
Arbor Lodge.
o
Incubates Turkeys
Makes Money At It
There has been a great deal sail
from time to time about poultry
1 eing so profitable in this valley.
"ly experience has been that rather
alone: that Iin. 1 have raised ulr-
keys, ducks and geese successfully
here for several years, and right
now I have about six hundred little j
turkeys corning along. In 1913, which
was one of the best years we had.
I - sold six hundred turkeys, at n
price close to 20c a pound on the
foot with an average of 14 lbs.
weight to each turkey. Tt costs
about $1.00 each to raise a. turkey.
The country around here is so dry
j that it is comparatively easy to do
this. Turkeys thrive better in dry
weather than in wet. and although
the weather this winter was very
. wet. we had no trouble with our
thirds. I incubate my turkey eggs
l the same as other eggs. and watch
i the growth of the little turkeys
' very carefully, feeding .them enre
j fully, also. As they '-et tarter T p-ie
them larger run until they are large
j enough to skirmish aronn.l for them-
yelves. T have not a sick bird on
the place.
Pucks and geese are easier to raise'
than turkeys, and a duck will brine
15e to ISc a. pound seven or eight
weeks from hatching. neese brin;?
about the same as ducks hut are
even easier to raiso than "-ducks,
p.oth ducks and geese do well in the
ditches and my experience they are
good home comers. 1 have some
now that I have not fed even.
t-'nee they were hatched and they 1
are great big healthy fellows, cap
able of ' fetching a good price.
f find one of the most successful
feeds for turkeys, as well as ducks
and gr-ese is the surplusage from
the truck garden. "We have a good
size truck garden . and raise on it
more vegetables than we need, so
ii (P
ELK. v
nomeseekeir
eves
tor
When you come to the Salt River Valley you will find a country,
an inspection of which is its best advertisement, and a people
who have an infinite faith in the country and who are glad to
welcome you to this land of prosperity and enterprise.
For seventeen years I - have made a specialty of locating home
seekers on farm lands in this valley, and am glad to say that
among the best friends of this. office are the men to whom I
have sold
I believe my list of selected farm lands is unequaled, and I am
fortunate in being able to assist land buyers in the financing of
their purchases on most favorable terms.
If you are interested in any particular industry or business, I
shall be pleased to furnish accurate information, as well as com
prehensive descriptions and prices of property suitable for
your purpose.
Heard
- City, Suburban and Country Real Estate.
Insurance, Investment Securities
A Free Map of the Salt River Valley
The seventh edition of our popular sectional map of the Salt River Valley,
illustrating the Roosevelt and Granite Reef Dams, and giving a carefully
prepared, condensed statement of the irrigation works and the agricultural
industries, is now in preparation. Write now for a copy of this interesting
map which will be ready for distribution about July 1st.
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