Arizona republican. [volume], May 23, 1915, SALT RIVER VALLEY, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7

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TIIE 'ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SALT RIVER VALLEY EDITION. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1915
PAGE SEVEN
Hogs And Goats Revel And Thrive In The Valley Of The Sunshine
Alfalfa Fed Hog Is Big
Mortgage Lifter In Arizona
I inoculate against
is not a .sickly
j neither Iwl.i there
1 sickness since wi
cholera, an.l there
jii.lj on the plai-c,
lin'ti a il-ath from
lii-can oporat :i;i.
(By CHARLES H. McARTHUR.)
It is tpi.tc n iiii ill to a carei'lll
I'Krvi r that tin- SU River Valley
is .Ic-iin..! lo he a t r. ai. n. ions pro-
'"' "1" pork. At present great in
t :; is l(-iii taken iii tin- raisin:
f .Mr. Hot-. ai:l no v. lu re can this
it oi a
hy
that In
timity el
icy ;!.!
-.n- a j.! i
f ilc .lor.
rly .'17:
I i a:
!:
ieicj o
t'.ot-iirt
ifi
per at re.
-.:s".- It t-i:M set in
rli-iks tin- oppor
i.c Silt Kiv.r Vai
ls, Imjrs, is miss
bet. He i not on
V- have si i
will cnntiir.-i
the cxccllenc
forwaril to
lil same
to ,Io s.
e of the
shipping
faiu-y pijrs :! a 1
i or. account of
str-i'n, luit loo';
five htmtlrctl
Iiojtk at I. as
market. The
here to stay,
to tin- future
to tne
Valley 1
an.l v.
viih a
I.os A ni
Ranch
loo!; f .;-,
; vi at ileal
I
of
- -
Ik
r A.
Thcs?
MAKING
pigs, on the
HOGS OF THEMSELVES
McArthur ranch, were to3 busy to pose for the
Camera Mar.
pleasurable antit i aii. n. In
lesi.lonee in Arizona. r
come cnl husiasi ;e boosters
section because w t- believe
lots of inoi-ry to L.c niailo
tin- busini'ss '.ii:-h ue lia
tr.k n.
Yours truly.
r. Tt. r.RAMiirj.
1
i nil" sltoi-t !
:-vc tio- I
r..r t:,i-:i
tilt-!-!- is '
l-,-:-'- in i
uniU-r- '
Kttif Itina n tlirivt!
win it- tin' alfalfa
!- f.ir 'louml.
As a nioitKa-!iftt
i-iaKir tin- hof; li:sim-s
:.n.l. l-st of all. till-
ii' ill to start thi- bii
more than
pa stu;vs art-
hero,
green
r or money -l:as
no e I'jal
riinai invest
iness may lie
iniie sin. iii. A few aeres. a few pens,
a lew l-roml sows and you're off
uitli a "flyinsr start." Some iiKa of
i
tiie i-ossibiiies of the h--; as a money- i Kilitor
maker an lie iiiineil fioin the folliw- i Tl:e
it's: Suppose the future hoj? raiser ! in the
makes Lis start with twenty aeres i r.i a ly
f alfilla in the Salt Uiver Valley. I ri reei.
fti r lie has propi rly fein t -I his laivl i pi opt rty
la- l-uil'ts ten pens at small eost anil I ram-
ll-el-lJ puis tell Ti t i I liroou sows. In liini- ay.
less ih. iii four months th.-.e sevs will for no .
T.iiri.v. an av. rae el six pips, Jialt , pt
-f whieli are sn-.s. In eit;ht fn.m.hs i. m
w ith pro: er fee.lin:; he will luivt? ; tmns
Ample Water Is
Aid To Success
In Hog Culture
May II, 11."..
Ilepuhlie.m:
'a!!-y Holj Company npera'ps
S.i II Itiver Valley on the old
( r.N":l ranch on North Seventh
V.'e hn e lit ell operating this
for ahei'.t a year an.l a half,
to this country ahout th.-.i
an.l opene.l this liiis ranch
th.-r reason tlian tlnre is a
petua! sup)
no! possihl
'a 1 If. rn i
of water h- re vhicn
in the irrisalnl sec-
ha v"
wh,
I
for-
i a
nn rly ii
cessfu!
r.'ita'.i!-.- i,
i any si i:l
!- r--.It
I
li iitv l arr.cvs v -i-,-!.:nf; two hn::!reil ,
It-uii.is. f .r w f : iv ti he will receive !
JIJKi n. lie :-!sn lias thirl y new sows!
-r fiuty sows in all. In the mean-'
tune his original ten sows will have ; fo
ar;ovi-:I asrain hriiM"n'C him sixty ih
raw p'.iis, whi.h t this time wiil he ' p. riranc:
il-r.-e la -nths oM. Now lie has forty . 1 oeause
l.i-ot.il .-..iws and sixty t l-.ree-nionths" il;s:;-il-ii :
I'.y the time tl,e sixty piu's p.;.,,.
niaiket where they will,,,,, t).,. j
the forty .;.vswill luivr I uisti rt d .
While
rai.- ir
Mo.Vsto.
has a. r
I Isiv,
ho--s
i n. u.
-'iter
n.
.-Id ,:-::.
;. ! i a.iy ft.
J-M.ii; sia.in.
-;:lh-y hoc;
the v.att-r
o.iiiitnlile
heen s.ic-
e!si v.'hei e.
our lom
lill I look
success iu
use of i'ii
supply an.l
moans '-.
Over 15000 Head
Of Dairy Fed Cows
In This Valley
(By C. T. HIRST.)
Tin-re are at the ,.r.-sc .: i.nii- ahout
15.iH!.i lit. ail of daily mas f d in aj
f.'lfa pastuii.-; in the Sa't liiver Val
ley. A larr,'e proportion of the.--.;
tows are oracle 1 It.lsti ins, which secia
to he the favorite breed iimim; the
dairymen of the valley. However,
there are also several ts'ooil sized
herds of pure Molsteiiis, also sonic
puie lired 1 uerrsevr.. nrewn Svviss.
. i e: hii Unit Ii 1'eited a-id Jersey
The comaion method of feediiii;
these dairy h-r.ls is to pasture ih.-iii
en alfilfa. 1-owever there are otlv-i'
uietiioiis heir'-c use.l to le-Uer a. i
vantage. Tiiere are sc.-:m1 sia.s m
the valley wh.ieh ere being used very
successful, also a considerable num
ber of the dairymen are following
tiie plan of ciiillim the ajfalfa and
feediner it in rv-cks. 'n this manner,
much less feed is waited, malinrr it
JS
r t 'i -
; if, '
t-1 -
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I
BIG LUTE US ARK THE KULK
Clay Hockett of Gilbe-t furnished this convincing illustration of our
statement.
n ore economical and it is also more
profitaoh.- in the end, for altho Hie
dairy cow may do better Jit certain
limes whin running on alfalfa pas-
tare, when the pasture is fresh and.
c,ie-. n, she will fcive a more steady:
flow of milk instead of Ruin. up arid '
down acc-ording: to whether the feed
is ;ood or bad, if fed from the rack '
thus KettiiiK uniform feed all the i
time. There are a number of dairy--men
in the valley who have tried
this plan of feeding and say it is i
unsuccessful, but l think Kern-rally :
p.-a knar, if their methods were in-
estimated, it would be found that
they failed to fzive their cows all
t'.icy could i at all of the time.
There have bc-n some very inter-of-tingr
experiments of feedintr eotlon
sed meal in connection with al
falfa, during th last year, and the
.
f..rrove.l two hirii'.re-l ar.-l forty i ius.
He iio.v has his rin-'h: forty sow-;,
sixty fat hois. two h.!ndred and
f. rty pi"s an I he h is only been pro
in: for six riionllis! .Vt this time
tt-rty i state
In- had liest si-;i five of his
l-K.ot! sons which will brir.K
about $li'i.'.". lie will have thirty- j
fie sows that will brin'-r him annual
ly about four hundred ami twenty '
hoes f--r the marktt. This number
i.in b-- raised on twenty acres of
srt-otl alfalfa, if proper care is exer-
ised. At seven cents per pound, i
tin -e markt t hosts will be worth !
Jli eii p. r h.ea.l. Kivinsr tiie owner a I
frross income of S.".s'ii.nO per year.
The i-ost of raisins fat hoirs here
amounts to approximately three and
lie-half cents per ound. including
J.ibor. makins? the four hundred and
twenty h-.s eost $ J'.l4n.0i, the net
profit 1 inn t'l'J '.'':'. This result can
l-e att iimtl the si-coml yar and who
tan 'iope to make more than JHT.O'J
h i- a- r-- annually?
The ilit.ve figures are the result
of tin- writer's own experience and
the s. n-e result can be obtained by
anv careful farmer in this va!ley.
Why this valley? Hecause it is only
ben- that t h- fit ids are frreen for
It", lve months in the year find the
t lunate is mild er.ot'tth to nJiov the
ln- raiser to do away with the e'nho-r.-tt"
etpiipment necessary for the
protection of hoirs in cold weather.
'hi- market conditions in this sec
tion itre pood for Ii!.;'.-, T'hoenix b-ii-
within easy r.-ach of the Pacific
'oast and Texas stock yards where
the demand for fat hods has never
Itet n sui.plitd. There is never a time
when there are no hoi; buyers in
the al!.v who pay Kood pri-es and
l.uy in lirrte quantities.
I.iki any other business, that of
raising hoss r-'piirts ear. intelligent
ar.' ami this wonderful district of
fers extreme success to anyone with
a little capital w ho w ill sive the
raising of hoRs the proper attention.
The writer started raising hoss
tl-re years asii and this year wiil
market about one thousand head from
ft.rtv ai-rfs of jilfalfi. and at a pf of -
..ne hundred brood so-.v.;
i. e. ail Puree Jerseys, re-
capabie of h in reff.sie;--
Uil upon payment of t!ie fee, an..
; there is no jne of the :-ix hundred
i pias r.o-v runnins around which is
not as .-.ire t.red as its ni'.ll:r. They
are nmstly of the Uilt strain. At ih-
l-'air last year one of these
took the rran'l championship
prixe, weighing 3Tu pounds at spy." n
months of ape. Her sister, weiiioj
412 pounds at the same aesv.
We are raising hoss scientifically,
have n- wet ho wallows, keen the
pens ciea.ii and Cry antl c-ov ie.l.
provide plenty of shade and alternate
the lastures. We dip for lice and
1 i fit- s?; .-V j - Cl y few-
if
THE I?OSS OF THE lJAXGH.
There are many imported as well as Valley-bred registered stallions
1 1 t
r
t
r
4a
it.
i- K
very Koorl.
care is sriven to
herd and proper
the feeding ami
selection, the re-
! 1 esults have been
J When reasonable
j the selection of a
1 -.tt' ntion iven to
'care of them after
i turns will average from J1.0O to $i!.!tn
r.er i-ow -er month for the entire
1 yp;'r. This a little more than pays
i for the feel and care of the cow
'and leaves Ihe increase as a profit
(to the farmer.
i From a herd of 2." cows, one can
j feasoi.ably fi-uie on raising 0
leaives; la heifer calves at a year
old would be worth from $T,o to
' ?f.O per head n-vl In steer calves
'worth from :;n to ..4a per head, thus
I 1-rinpiii in a fair net revenue to tilt
farmer. A herd ef this size can b."
handled on 4u acres of good alfalfa
if reasonable care is taken of the
J land and hay is put up durinx the
, sprine; and summer to be used dur-
iricr the winter i.nd srain is disced
'into the alfalfa in October, so that
i t he maximum amount of preen feed
can be produced.
I It is a srooil plan to raise a few
j Iimks to take care of the extra skim
I milk, this 1-einp a source of con-'
' si.lerable profit.
! r. t. mnsT. '
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ANOTHER DAIRY ANIMAL.
In the Valley are many herds of goats. The Swiss milk go.its do particu
larly well here. This fine ewe is owned by A. E. Mason. R. F. D. 2. Phoeni.
The largest statue in the world is
hoinjf carved, in a Japanese quarry.
The imafte will be 240 feet from
head to foot, and longer, than the
Sphinx in Ksypt.
v
a.
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f - U -ifi xA '-. ' T5-
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V.it-w
Sivitzerland Bested As
Home For The Milch Goat
i shine eacii
of a ! by a fioat ;
cla.ss ; for if there
e are that a goat
year can be appreciated
yes, even a "billy" goat.
Is any one thins on earth
enjoys more than every-
YOUNG ' ' WJTIT E-EA 0 ES ' ' ON TIIE "B-II"
Bartlctt-Hearo' HereforHs and Durhams are well known arrong Arizona
Cattlemen.
j (By A. E. MASON.)
j in deterininine; the fitness
j place for the breed in ir of any
I of live stock for profit, tin r
I three essential features which must 1 thing else, it is to have a clear sky
jl-c taken into consideration, for they j above him and the dry ground be
! .il! largely determine the success or j neath.
'failure of tiie enterprise. These es- j It is hardly necessary to dwell
jsentials in the order they present j upon the fora.se question, for it is
j themselves to me are. first, a suit- j universally known that "everythins
tilde ciirnate; second., an abundance under the sun" glows in the Salt
jof forage, and third, a rea iy anil I Uiver valley. We have found that
: remunerative market for the fin-j clean, sweet alfalfa hay with a Utile
i ished product. i jfi.iin, produces a lar-?e flow of the
! The climate of the Salt Finer val-jvcry finest flavored milk, and the
, iey has Ion?? been noted for ils in- supplementary feeds are without
j viiroratlng and beneficial effect upon I number,
the human family, and in no less a j Generous feediair, combined with
decree is tiie same good ffect noted j favorable climatic conditions, have
I upon t lie livestock. The dry, h:i hny ' p' uduced a marked effect upon our
.desert air that we enjoy the whole gnats. "Princess I-'rliu" '.'4?., a. pure
I year through is just as stimulating ! Swiss Saam-n doe raised in.the valley
jas the gentle breezes that float over j at a year old was as larse as her
'the highlands of Switzerland for a I dam. and at sixteen months of age
1 few months only each summer, and ! was producing: three and one-half
have gained for that country a (quarts of milk daily without ever
world -wide i
Our three
pu tat ion.
hundred
days of
Ih.ninir been bred.
As to the market
goat products, I will say that so far
as we have devoted most of our
time to raising young stock, not hav
ing been favorably located for dis
posing of the milk; hut since moving
to phoenix we expect in the near
future to establish a milk route and
we anticipate a good business in the
city as well as among the several
health camps nearby.
R. F. D. 2.
NEY
TO LOAN
oil
improved
property,
amounts
suit.
ranch
m
to
LA, MARSHALL
Mortal ire in vestments
antl Fire Insui-ancc
Lewis 'Ildp.
5 Adams
HE GREAT
ROOSEVELT
DAM IS FULL
AND RUNNING OVER
Lands under this project are assured a full
supply o!' water tor all time to come; there will
never atrain he an opportunity to huy ranch
hinds in the Salt River Valley at tin; prices of
todav.
Our list of ranch
hracps all parts oi
terms are ri"ht.
lands is complete
the vallev. The
and cm-
prices a no
E. J. Bennitt & Co.
KJ-18 X. Center. Phoenix. Ariz.
son
in
agents for a half section
nin-resident which will he
estate, and this piece of property
ahso-
of land
sold to
We aw
owned !
close up
i ii .I. ii
can he : mrenascu so rnar, vo-u wouui in
lutely ceitaJn to make a rofit of five thou
sand (loii.Ms inside or one vear. oi- it
wanted
one of
Yalle,
Sri ii ai;e
it to winter siieeii or
Ihe finest Ifu-a.tions in
rcttiu'r
artle
a person
on, it lias
Svst'.'m.
the Salt River
water f'l'om the Roosevelt
If interested please call or
Write
STATES LAND
TITLE & LEGACY CO.
Uv S. Henrv, President
TE
for goats and
Two Million Doll
cent
ast 12-3 years.
nas oeen loaneo. uv lis
Without Loss
of a dollar of either principal or interest.
afety First
our first iu making loans,
sold most of the hitrhest ciass ad-
ilas lieen, is ikav and always will h
J nrii:t;1 this time Ave have subdivided and
ditions in Phoenix, and its suburbs.
Five years ago Ve organized
Home Builders
and have built For Them
150 HOUSES
All high class residences. The assets of Home Rudders in this short time
have grown to over
500,000.00 Dollars
Our Ion:
accurate
experience enables us to give
information in regard to anv
intending purchasers reliable
investment contemplated in
and
the
River Valley
"Write Us for Information
Reference Anv Bank iu Phoenix.
Greene
Griffin
Co
127 Xorth Central Ave.
Phoenix, Arizona.