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YUMA. ARIZONA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1909.
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A Lesson In Intensive Farming by
R H. Forbes, Director and
Chemist of Agricultural
Experiment Station
University of Arizona
January 15, 11K17.
Just west, of Yuma, Arizona, in the alluvial
flood-plain of the Colorado, lies a little farm
of 7-2 acres which oil .May I, 11X15, was virgin
bottomland, covered with saltweed, arrow
brush and creosote bushes. The original
purpose of the tract, was for planting selected
varieties of date palms imported by tlie U. S.
Departuspnt of Agriculture from the Old
World. The Experiment station, May 2, be
gan preparing the ground, and on May 20 the
work, of levelling, bordering and Irrigating
the tract and the planting of 152 palms, was
completed.
the plan ov Work.
Recognizing, however, that tt farmer with
his living to make meantime, cannot afford
to wait for an orchard to come Into bearing,
it was planned to plant crops for quick re
turns between the tree-rows, thus putting the
work on a feasible basis from the small farm
er's point of view. In order to economize
ground the irrigating borders were so placed
as to coincide with the rows of palms, thus
utilizing space otherwise usually wasted.
The tract was divided by the borders into
lands, for the most part one-half an acre In
size. Irrigating water from the Colorado
Valley P. & I. Canal was obtained in the cus
tomary manner, and K. L. Crane, himself a
Yuma Valley farmer, undertook the care of
what was nicknamed our "play farm."
In size, as well as In the Intensive character
of the work planned, this "farm" is the op
posite of the average holdings of this locality.
The prevailing crops of the region are alfalfa,
corn, barley, and forages in general, compara
tively little attention being given to vege
tables and fruits. Withal, the cost of levelling
land in this region is high, .tarcly falling be
low twenty dollars an acre at current prices
for labor and teams. .Moreover, the cost, ex
clusive of maintenance, of the Government
irrigating system now under construction
will be about 83.50 an acre annually for ten
years. To meet these and other heavy Items
of expense In connection with the establish
ment of a farm in this region, intensive crops
of a more remunerative character than those
now in vogue, are essential. It was partly,
therefore, as an object lesson' bearing upon
these financial aspects of the general situa
tion, that this cultural work was planned.
RECLAMATION OK THE GROUND-
The soil of our tract, a warm, sandy loam
well adapted to gardening operations, was
levelled, ditched imd boidered at a contract
price of 517.20 an acre, considerably less than
the average for the locality, reckoning, the
labor of men and teams at current rates. Jn
addition, barbed wire and posts for fencing
costSli0.ll); lumber for headgates cost $39.57;
a drive well point and pipe, a pltchcr-spout
pump and :t barrel, S13.I5; a small lumber
iwo-room house, including live and one-half
davs carpenter hire, S152.75; and a brush-roof
shelter for horses, about 85.00. Only skilled
labor employed in levelling, bordering and
ditching the ground, and for part construc
tion of the house, Is included -in the above
estimates, as the common labor required or
dinarily would be, and in this ease was, fur
nished by the farmer himself-
To bring this ground under cultivation and
make it habitable for a small farmer and his
family, a.s stated above, therefore required a
cash outlay of about 100.00. In addition. In
the average Instance must be included a
team, wagon, plow, harrow, haying equip
ment shovels hoes and other small tools.
CROPS AND MARKETS.
The crops selected for the season of 1900
were Early Hose potatoes, White Bermuda
onions. Ilockyford cantaloupes, Dwarf Cham
pion and Burpee's Quarter Century tomatoes,
and alfalfa, besides a few hills of watermelons
and sundry vegetables.
The produce was marketed in Yuma with
the exception of tomatoes, which, for the
largest part, were expressed to Tucson and
Bisbeu. The following statements for the
various crops are on the basis of net cash re
turns to the small farmer, who with ar. aver
age family of live and a tealn of horses Is as
sumed to do the woik required, as explained
below. Items necessitating cash outlay, as
seed, irrigating water, and crates are deducted
from gross returns. Water costs an average
of 50 cents for irrigation per acre for the crops
grown. The yields In certain Instances arc
low. due to the unimproved condition of the
soil, which, like desert, soils in general, was
low in nitrogen and organic matter. Some
small salty areas also affected yleldS'locally.
White Bermuda onions; .7 acres; Heed
plasit-.d Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 1905. Young onions
transplanted, Feb. 5-9..190f. Crop matured
about June 1. Yield, 3916 pounds of drj' onions-
Highest price received, 2'c a pound;
lowest price receded, l.&j a pound. Entire
irop marketed In Yuma.
Cash Cash
outlay, returns.
Seed 8 2.88
9 Irrigations In seed bed and
8 irrigations in field, about 3.50
Sacks and sundry, about---- 2.WI
3910 pounds of onions at 2Sr
l.Sc-.. 573.21
Net cash returns, not de
ducting labor.- (M.30
S73.21
873.21
The amount of-labor expended upon this
crop was large for the area, especially at the
transplanting time. One day's team work in
preparing the land and alKnit 82 days, men's
time, were required to bring it through, al
though the work was not heavy and could
have been largely performed by boys. The !
yield was low owing to the desert- and unfer
tilized character or the soli, onions requiring
large amounts of organic matter in the soil to
give good results.
Early Rose potatoes; .SI acres: Seed pota
toes planted Feb. 16-19, 190(5. Beginning to
bloom April 13. Crop all harvested June 13.
Yield, 2015 pound. Highest price, May 21,
3Hc Bulk of crop, 2?ic. All marketed in
Yuma.
Cash Cash
outlay, returns
250 pounds seed-potatoes and
freight on same $ S.03
Irrigating waterforsesbania
used as fertilizer.. ..... .... 2.08
2 Irrigations for crop .84
Formaline for scab, includ
ing express '... 1.00
2ilo pounds of potatoes at
3H-2iic 570.00
Net cash returns, not de- -ducting
labor... 57.15
- 570.00 $70-09
The amount of labor required for the crop
Itself was about 15 working days, with team
Yi days. The sesbania used as green manur-ing-on
the west half of the potato ground was
given 17 irrigations. Bermuda grass, more
over, flourished beneath the sesbania to such
an extent as subsequently to require 23 days
labor Tor-cleaning up the .45 acres so fertilized.
Although the larger part of the crop came
from the sesbania fertilized portion of the po
tatoes, this method of enriching the soil
proved very costly, 27 days liiantf time and 3
days team-work being required to put the ses
bania under and afterwards gel rid of the
Bermuda grass. Nevertheless, the labor eng
tailed could easily have been managed by a
careful farmer, as the Bermuda digging was
done in January When other work wua not
urgent.
Tomatoes, Dwarf Champion and Burpee's
Quarter Century; ,6(1 acrt-s: Seed planted in
cold-frame, Feb. 1. 1900. Transplanted to field,
March 12-15. First ripe tomatoes, June 10
last of marketable crop, Sept. 8. Yield, first
class, 11282 pounds; second class, salable, 2219
pounds; waste, most of which could have
been canned, 1810 pounds. Total crop of 3300
vines, 15:541 pounds or 4.6 pounds, grosa, to the
vine. Highest price received, 30c for a single
pound on June 10. Bulk of first-class crop sold
during July in Tucson and Bisbee markets, at
0J4 to 4V4c f. o. b- Yuma. Second class crop
Bold locally down to.2c.
Cash
outlay,
Seed 8 1.72
18 irrigations, y acre 4.50
438 crate3 for shipments to
Tucson and Bisbee. 66.50
13531 pounds of tomatoes at
30c to 2c
Net cash returns, not de
ducting labor 551.68
Cash
returns.
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Pen Picture of the Life found in
its Latitudes
Times Sunday Magazine.
Faint and visinary are tlie
ideas of those who have not trod
the desert's dreary waste of sand
and rocks, who have not seen its
sparse growth of fantastic veg
etation. It is a world in itself,
peculiar to itself, a world where
one must learn again the alpha
bet of nature. It is a-World that
holds its inhabitants in thrall
after they once have learned the
lesson oj its mystery.
To him whom time and experi
ence hiis taught its ways, its
dangers, its exactions and its
moods, to him who is its verita
ble son by adoption, its solitude
presents no terrors, but to the
son of "the sod country" it is an
enigma. To him it first teaches
its primary lesson on the value
of water. He will learn that
water is the most precious thing
known to the desert dweller. He
will come to many stopping
places in his journey where food
is given freely, but water must
be paid for. He will learn that
there are days and portions of
this desert where even water is
powerless to supply moisture to
his body as fast as it evaporates;
that is, unless it is possible for
him to immerse his whole body
in it. He will learn that rfothing
produces thirst so quickly as the
knowledge of the emptiness of
the canteen hanging at his side.
So long as he can hear the gen
tle swish of the life-saving fluid
there, he can withstand the -de
sire to drink, but as soon as the
last drop has been drawn, then
thirst comes in earnest with all
its suffering and hallucination.0.
Days of hungar do not begin to
equal the actual sufferings of one
hour of desert thirst.
A man goes tottering unstead
ily forward, his flannel-covered
canteen swings loosely at his
side; it is empty. Onward he
plods his wavering way across
l he plains and valleys with ever
recurring swirls of alkali-laden
dust fiercely lashing his rough
ened face and bringing scalding
tears of agony to his half-closed
eyes. His Hps are cracked and
swollen, his tongue thick, black
and protruding. The desert
thirst has him in its deadly em
brace. His whole being cries
for water, waterl Anything for
water! Just a little drop of
water! And then, just though
God had heard his cry and look
ed with compassion down upon
him, before him, such a little
way jast ahead lies a lake with
green trees about it whose sturdy
forms are mirrored in its clear
depths. Green verdure covers
its shores and cattle stand knee
deep iu its shallows. There is a
house beyond, about whose door
little children play; and orchards
of fruit-laden trees extend out
beyond in long, euen rows. It
is such a little way off, it may
be a mile, perhaps only half a
mile, or even not more than 100
yards. He gasps with joy; he
waves his stiffened arms and
totters into a-run. Oh, how de
licious the water will be when he
reaches it! How he will drink
and drink! How he will roll
himself in its embrace and drink
it in through each pore of his
poor, shrunken body, Nothing
will keep him from it; nothing
can. It will perhaps not be cool,
but oh! how sweet! how delic
ious! And then he stops and
gazes. Yes, it is still there, just
a little way ahead; not much
nearer than when it first, came
in sight: but while he gazes, it
slowly fades away! The fairy
landscape with its homely peace
and its life giving water is gone.
There is no water, there are no
trees, nor lake, nor homev nor
cattle, nor littlechildren playing
about! Nothing but burning
sand and bare, desolate moun
tains, looking blue and unreal in
the distance. The mirage!
It is then that the end comes
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and the buzzards which for hours
have been slowly circling above
him in wide arcs float in gradually-lessening
circles and gradu
ally glide nearer and nearer to
the waste of sand below them
where their banquet awaits.
Days, or fpossibly years, after
ward, some prospector may
stumble on a pile of bleached
bones and idly speculate and
pass on his way. The story of
the desert's tribute paid in human
life has not" been written and
never will be.
Seldom, however, comes this
fate to the true son of the des
ert. He has learned his lesson
well. The desert's mystery and
solitude present no terrors to
him. He is familiar with its
moods and passions. Above all
he has learned to estimate with
absolute certainty his own limit
ations, his own powers of endur
ance. Nor familiarity, nor
knowledge, nor utmost desire
can prevail upon him to start
on a trip that might be beyond
his -powers. - , s
One must learn that almost all
life on, the desert goes armed.
In the vegetation world of the
desert the cactus comes first,
with its numberless species.
They are all armed with long or
short tough spines that can pen
etrate the thickest boot. The
solitary! and often grotesque
,:Joshua"or Yucca, the mesquite',
the catsclaw, and numberless
shrubs whose names have not
been written, are all armed in
one way or another. Some ex
ude poisonous sap, others nause
ating odors. The sagebrush is
about the only one that does not
seem to have anything with
which to protect itself.
In the animal kingdom most
are either armed with sharp
teeth, spines, odors or poison to
serve to keep their enemies at a
distance, while the others depend
upon their- fleetness or artful
skulking and hiding.
The spined ancT repulsive Gila
monster, the horned toad, the
sidewinder, with its two horns
and deadly fangs, and its cousin,
the desert rattlesnake; the ta
rantula, the scorpion and desert
bee, each of whose sting is ex
ceedingly painful, and some
times fatal, are among the des
ert's denizens. Then there are
many varieties of lizards, large
and small and of many colors,
who protect themselves by their
alone.' The prowling coyote,
bobcat, mountain lion, jack rab
bit, cotton tail, mountain sheep,
ibex, antelope, and an occasional
deer are there. Among the
smaller animals are the gopher,
kangaroo rat, trade rat, hydro
phobia skunk, ground squirrel
and innumerable mice. But the
traveler seldom sees any of
these. The prospector, however,
soon becomes acquainted with
them. The first or at the latest,
second night of his stay in any
one camp, he will be visited by a
trade rat, who will carry away
all that portion of his outfit that
is not too heavy for his ratship
to handle and ureligiously leave
some stick or stone in its place.
A hydrophobia sknnk will be apt;
to call and lunch from any bacon
rinds that may be lying about,
not disdaining a nip at Mr. Pros
pector's nose, if the opportunity
offers. It is said and lirmly be
lieved by the sons of the desert,
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that the bite of this little skunk
produces hydrophobia. TheGiht
monster is seldom seen, and the
writer, after having spent nearlj
a year on the borders of Death
Valley, has yet to see one of
them at large. Rattlesnakes an
also scarce except in some fav
orable locality.
The mouutain sheep and ibe
are gradually becoming tame,
and this summer they have coau
to springs where miners wern
camped as regularly as domestic
stock and with little more timid
ity. The mountain quail follows
the miner and his burro. In the
Avawatz Mountains they were
unknown until this year, but
they are abundant there now.
It is an unwritten law among
the miners on the desert that no
game animals or birds shall be
killed, or in any way disturbed,
unless one is in actual want, and.
he must make proof, convincing
of that fact, if he kills a quail or
sheep.
All life on the desert lives by
its power7"lX iesisK-tlrirst. Ail
desert plants are so constructed
that they are able to conserve
and store up moisture against
the time of drouth. This neces
sity has wrought peculiar forms
of both animals and plants, and
in time it also leaves its indelible
mark upon men who dwell amid
its wastes. The leaves of all
desert trees are small and thick
so that they expose as little sur
face as possible for evaporation
in the dra air. The great and
everpreserit evidence of the
struggle for water is noticeable
everywhere where men come to
gether on the desert. In this
struggle all who come to the'
desert must engage instantly.
Every wagon must have its wa
ter barrels, every burro his wa
ter bags, each, man his canteen.
There are times, however,
when the desert is not a desert.
That time comes . with the rain.
Nothiug, anywhere, can outrank
the glory of the desert when' the
rain finally comes. For months,
perhaps years, it has lain
scorched and dry, not a sprig" of
green anywhere in the gray dust.
No life appears; all is dead, dull,
gray; no seed, no blossom nor
promise of them; no spring. But
the rain comes, and in a few days
the whole desert is one field of
green and gorgeous blossom.
No other land can produce so
great a profusion and variety of
flowers or such exquisite colors.
Red, yellow and purple prevail.
Whole hillsides will be ' yellow
with poppies, acres will be cov
ered with sunflowers, white and
yellow daisies, red bells, Indian
pinks, wild verbenas, blue lupins
and hundreds of others that have
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