Arizona republican. [volume], May 23, 1915, SALT RIVER VALLEY, Page PAGE NINE, Image 31

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Cane And Beet Sugar Are Among The Newer Crops Of Arizona
THE AT7TZOXA"TiEPUTTiTCAX S ALT T?TYET? , VALLEY EDITION.
No Crop So Peculiarly Adapted
To Arizona Lands As Cotton
There is no croji grown in Arizona
so ix-cu'.Kii ly adapted to its climate
a" KgPtian cotton. Southern Ari
zona and iMirtiniis of Southern Cali
fornia are about the only regions in
America suited to the culture of this
tc of cotton, and this fact of a
restricted iinuitic area, together witn
tile superiority of this staple, places i;
above coniiKtitn.il with the I'pland
t-ottuua of the South. Should the
ienmiiil for I'pl iixl cotton justify a
large production of this staple, the
southern states are aiahlc of pro
ducing double the present output.
Arizona can hardly afford to prow
tn to twelve cut cotton on land
valued at from one to three hundred
dollars per acre in competition with,
the vast cotton belt of the South
when she call produce non-compcti-tively
a staple of twice that value.'
The field cost of producing of the
two types in Arizona is about equal.
The cost of picking anil ginning of
lishnunt of the industry means th.i
inflow every year of millions of ilol- j
iars from Kaslern United States and
iCurope. '
A represent:! live of one of the larg- I
fi t con aiiiers of Kuyplian cotton- in j
the I'liiteJ Slates wrote the United
States Deparmcnt of Agriculture :
stating that the 1!:H crop from Kgyp- !
tian cotton was decidedly uusutis- i
factory, especially in the longer I
staples, and it was his opinion that
American spinners were turning to
Southwestern United States as a I
promising source of supply for thi- j
staple. The deMiiie in quality of, the j
longer staples from Kgypt i;i due to
toe 1.11k of systematic breeding and
seed si lection, whicli is extremely!
difficult to carry on under present j
conditions. A:ude from being able to
maintain the present variety grown
in Arizona without deterioration the'
Department of Agriculture, by its
method.-; of breeding and selection, id
able to develop and maintain better :
than wire now be-
ions staple is about double the price
of short staple, but this more than ! s'rn'ns of cotton
compensated for in the superior price ii'K grown,
commanded by the longer stapled audi Why should Arizona
altogether finer product. t er grades of cotton in
Some farmers condemn Egyptian J
"H"ii b'ause they have produced I
onlv Iwn bundled to three hundred j
I oun.ls of lint per acre. Two hundred I
to three" hundred munds per acre j
) s not pay; neither does one-j
lomth to one-half crop of grain or!
rule
.u-yU';U'... Ear"' sfFsft - Tw Ji Efl
alfalfa pay. This same
to every industry why should cot
Ion le an exception? Five hundred
to seven hundred and fifty pounds
of Kpyptian cotton is a full crop, and
any industrious Salt Itiver Valley
farmer with good land can secure
this yield.
The cotton culture in Arizona will
in ver tie to the grower the hand to
mouth proposition that It is in some
secions of he southern states. There
is a tendency to go into the cotton
growing business at the exclusion of
othr crops. This is a mistake and
if persisted in would prove a detri
ment, but grown in conjunction with
other crops in a carefully worked
out rotation will form one of the
'most remunerative products of the
state.
Cotton combines two cash exlMirt
rops. the lint and the oil from the
f-eed and by-product of the seed cake
which is a valuable and welcome ad
ditional ration for the cattle feeding
industry so important to this valley.
The lint, strictly a cash crop, is
sought by other sections of the world
and consequently brings new money
; into the state. In fact, Kgyptian I
cotton culture has done more to I
focus the attention of eastern capi
tal on Southern Arizona than any
ether crop, i.nd the permanent estab-
row cheap-competition
with the great cotton belt of the
South v.-hen it can grow the World's
best cotton with the certainty of dis
tancing all competitors?
A reputation for a highly special
ized product throughout the entire
area under the Roosevelt Reservoir
applies ! will do more to put the industry on
a permanent basis than any other
factor.
Tite question of labor to handle the
Besides this cottcn gin at Mesa, there
0 IN OF THE MESA EGYPTIAN (Y)TTOX CO.
are four others- in the vajley, trios c located at Chandler, Tempe, Glend
ale and Phoenix.
crop is largely solved by the large
Indian population of Arizona. The Wool prices are high.
Indians in Southwestern Arizona, by lion sheep ;ue being
virtue of their thrift, patience, and Salt. River valley points,
honesty, work admirably into Uim coi- live stock is splendid,
ton picking. bands- are - now being
That Kgv: tian cotton can be sin- pasture and grain and
cessfully grown and harvested in the' A new hotel with liiO rooms is
Salt Kiver Valley, that it can be about ready to open at Phoenix. The
sold easily and that it will l'ay even building permits for 1914 within the
under the unprecedented conditions city 'limits , $7R6,rdil.20. A residence
of 1914. has been demonstrated. a day built during l!t4.
Half a mil
sheared at
Demand for
.Many large
fattened on
alfalfa lands.
Even Dates Return Bountifully
For Time AndMoney Expended
(BY H. B. GRIFFEN JR)
The largest producing date orchard
in the United States is found in
'.lie Salt River Valley on a twenty
e.cre plot of land four miles soutii
of Tempe. During the fifteen
history of the orchard, one hundred I arui
and twenty-four varieties of the date!
have been experimented with, and
j five hundred trees are now annually
. yiciuing tile ueucious n uu mat JH i t;cven
Oistributed to all jiarts of the coun-1 v y.
I try, particularly over the states of i tv,P
j the Southwest. The Rhars, Deglet ! tween
j Niwr, ISirker and Khadvawi varieties I The
nave been lound to be ine" most ' joyed
suitabiy adapted to this climate. 1 short
yields annually seven of eight tons
of the lucious fruit.
Twelve acres of the present farm
are now yielding nourishment to the
producing trees, slightly over five
hundred in number. In an adjoining
years j plot of five acres, three hundred
fifteen seedlings were planted
IXOrAXS CULTJ VATrXG EGYPTIAN COTTOV .
One of the factors that 'has contributed to the success of the cotton industry has been he efficient ana
jenendahle labor of the I ndians in thinning end cultivating as well as in the picking.
last year and are now enjoying a
healthy growth. On the productive
trees there are as many as six or
hundred suckers' tiiat will like
cut this year and planted on
'V stte experimental farm be
Tempe and Mesa.
Tempe date orchard has en
many distinctions during its
history; il wa-s one f the
Hack
ground
by the
for the
in 1900
South of
the
was
plot of i lu st to ever lit; planted in the United
selected States, it is today the largest pro-
Department of Agriculture I ducing orc hard in Tiis country, and
site of the date orchard. it is by far the largest of the trio
when
Tempe,
the success of the venture
somewhat dubious. Trees of
varieties were imported from the old
countries, some from Asia along the
Arabian coast, the others from North
cm Africa. It was then that K. H.
Simmons, present superintendent of
the farm took charge, and during
the course of the succeeding eleven
years, he has watched the orchard
grow to a point where it now
seemed of farms in Arizona.
several j The advance the date culture has
made in this country is evidenced
by the new farms that are - now
springing into existence. In the Sal
ton Sea country, California, hun
dreds of acres were recently planted.
In. the 'Salt River Valley, small or
chards are seen growing here and
there, ten acres were last fall set
out in seedlings by L. E. Redden.
Mr. Redden has watched with inure
than a passing interest the growth
of the government orchard and In?
has realized the possibilities of tln
date culture as a practical industry.
Dates are ordinarily looked upon
as a rare fruit, and outside of tle
lmmediate vicinity where they are.
grown, they are truly that, and even
wholly unknown in many instances.
A professor in Tempe tells how h
once sent a box of the fruit home,
and how he received a most gra
cious letter telling how delicious the
plums were. Ijist year's yield at
the orchard, in the neighborhood of
seven tons, was put up ahno.st en
tirely in one young boxes. Cali
fornia and Arizona consumes praeti-
i c.illy the entire output from the locaS
I oi chard, and even then the supply
I to fill the market is but meager,
j The largest crop in the history of
jthe farm is predicted for this y;r.
j Thirty-five hundred blooms have been
; polonized this spring, three tinnu
j more than hist year when seven toiut
I of the fruit were picked, and one
j third more than any time in hhi
I lory.
I The Tempe oi chard is operated
j on a co-operative system by lie-
federal and state departments of ag-
ricultui'e under the direct head of
! the department at the University of
I Arizona.
o
Feeding Siock Is
Profitable Business
May 7. 1315.
Kditor Republican:
j I am living on 100 acres west of
Glendale. 1 have been on this place
but a few years, although I have;
lived in the valley a long time. At
present I am engaged in feeding
! nearly altogether. I have a number
of cows which I pasture on the al-
falfa fields, and 1 feed the milk to
jthe calves and my hogs, of which
j I ha ve more than three hundred.
I plan to sell the yearlfrigs from my
I bunch of cattle when the market is
more favorable. I believe trtis to
be the best method of making the
land pay good dividends in this val
ley. m
I have had some success in ro
'tating my crops on my place. I5y this
j I do not mean a great diversity of
I crops but I rotate alfalfa and grain
on the same land every year or so.
l have enough chickens around the
place to give us plenty of fresh eggs
and do not grow any more garden
truck than I need for the house.
So . far I and my family have gotten
along on our new place, and we look
forward with a great deal of pleas
ure to the future and the prosperity
that I feel iimst come from honest
effort under the conditions of elimat.j
and cropage possible in this valley.
A. S. BLOUNT,
Glendale.
Atten
tion,
Farmers
You owe it to yourself to read thi3 letter:
The Bhoenlx Cotton oil Co.,
Phoenix. Arizona.
Gentlemen : "
It given me very great pleasure to state that Mr. AV. I. McConne'.l has Just com -l
letcd a seven day test of twelve of my pure bred IKdstein-l'Viesian cows for the ad
vanced registry. They made under the rlrietosl regulations a phenomenal test. AVhile
we realize that the cow are very large producers I want to say that I give your cot
ton seed meal very large credit. They ate it generously and constantly increased their
milk flow. Three of fen cows gave over one hundred pounds of milk daily.
Mabel DeKoI Niko No. S7r,r0 gave during the seven day test 7:iOVi lbs. of milk
that made 30 and one-third pounds of butter. Two others gave one hundred and more
pounds and made 27 and 2') pounds of butter. Kvery one of the twelve cows easily
met the requirements of the Association.
While the volume of milk was exceedingly large, the fat content was high. I feel
more sanguine than ever before of the value of your cotton seed meal as a :ri!k pro
ducer. I shall hereafter fcred it more largely and commend it with every assurance
to my fellow dairymen, as I knew it brings excellent results. -
II1CXRY UKXAUD,
l'hoonix, Arizona.
Col ton Seed Meal ,
Added to feeding rations reduces the cost, increase!
he milk flow of dairy cattle, forces growth and de
velopment in all young, stock, and fattens quickly and
cheaply cattle, hogs, sheep and horses.
Jhe U. S. Cavalry
Is usii'j our meal on I'ncir ho-scs. Rorailts obtained
this year ir all parts of the State prove the value of
a bro.td use of Cotton Seed Mca! in feeding all farm
stock.
"YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO TRY IT"
Ask us for Information
Phoenix Cotton 0i
Seventh and Grant Streets,
Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona Egyptian
Cotton Co.
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA
otton Factors, Ginners
Millers
Oil
Liberal Advances
To Farmers On
Growing Crops
If you want to get results feed your stock Cold-Pressed
Cotton Seed Cake and Cotton Seed Meal. It is the best
milk 'producing food known. We sell it.