Arizona republican., 1907-09-08

mark of success in the profits obtained on small and fertile tracts and in the rate per cent of interest on the invest ment.
 r So unprecedented are these results under irrigation that the eastern far mer is disposed to be skeptical unless the claims are supported by the de- pendable testimony of those who know by actual and intimate personal knowl- edge. This article is to give some idea of and lead the reader to look into some of the advantages of farming pursuits under a system of irrigation over and above that in a country wholly dependent upon its annual rainfall. To secure the required data la Republican reporter called yesterday upon Eugene Brady O'Neill. who has made a success of the cultivation of twenty acres of land. situated one and three quarter miles north of the city on the Cave Creek road. Here Mir .O'NeiH has an ideal country home place. where he enjoys pleasant sur roundings, the fruits of his own in vestment. and more than this a great financial return which to some may hardly seem credible.
 The sum of sI,632.21 gross profit from a tract of twenty acres from September to September is not com mon return under the most favorable conditions in any country. outside of the Salt River valley. And while such a result may not in all cases have been attained here it only goes to show what can be done, when the proper methods are applied. MT O'Neill has kept a detailed account of what tht ranch has produced during this year It has been rather interesting to keep this memorandum and to see the net results of year of labor. Two and Ione-half acres of MT O'Neiil's ranch is devoted to an orchard. in which is grown a variety of fruit. pears. plums grapes, peaches, apricots, quinces and figs. One and one-half acres is talk
 en up by corrals. buildings and yard.
 The remaining land is devoted to alfalfa. Today the passerby will see for himself so he can not doubt the truth. upon this ranch 27 head of stock. for which the ranch has fur nished pasturage for the past year, in addition to some hay and alfalfa seed which have been marketed.i Mir. O'Neill received 121s cents per pound for 912
 pounds of this seed. The passerby will also observe several stacks of hay in the field which have this year been harvested from the ranch. Mir. O'Neill has cut already four crops and expects to add two more to the record by Jan. 1st. This hay will bring all the way from s11 to s13 per ton, and each acre has produced three tons to the cut ting.
 Another source of revenue often neg leeted and more often lost sight of altogether is that from turkeys, chick ems and eggs. At the O'Neill ranch this alone has been made to yield a handsome profit. and at the same time the table of the family has been pro vided with all the meat and fowl and eggs desired. which would run up the expense account in the city. These items never worry the hustling ranch CT. in fact there is little to worry him when the home is provided with the necessities and many of the luxuries from under his own vine and fig tree. On the O'Neill ranch are some 90 lay ing hens. about the same number of turkeys. and there was raised this year over 125 young chicks and a slightly less number of turkeys. some of which have been sold and others used for family consumption. Butter or the sale of butter fat it. self. can be made very profitable as MT O'NeiH has demonstrated. Forty dollars month is not an uncommon proceed from this source. April fig ures show it was a particularly good month and the gross receipts from all sources was over s129. For the but ter has been obtained from 30 to 8 cents per pound. Good fresh country butter, the necessity of the family ta- ble that goes along in the same class as the staff of life. always brings a fancy price in Phoenix where the de- mand is greater than the supply.
 A glance at Mir. O'Neilrs cellar