Arizona republican., 1907-12-06

of plants are set midway between the
 first rows. Thus two crops can be talk
 en from the same piece of ground at once. and well managed a second set
 of crops makes in reality 1 crops from
 one piece of ground in one season MT. Hale uses as much water as the plants will possibly absorb for inc realizes
 that over 90 per cent of the celery is water. and with this as all fruits, the profit margin lies largely in turning generous portion of our abundant Pa cific coast moisture into the finished crisp. delicious celery, strawberries. cherries. etc, so much relished by our city cousins and for which they are willing to pay good prices. Having an
 abundance of available plant food and moisture the celery grows rapidly on the approach of warm weather The blanching is done by means of boards ! ten feet long. convenient for handling. | in addition to the ground, which is banked up against them. When ready i for market the crisp punches are of uniform size. about 26 inches long and without any decaYed specs or blemish. MT. Hale's customers are merchants in ! Portland. Tacoma. Seattle and Olym- { pia. besides the Grays Harbor trade. whose orders are all booked ahead from year to year. Some people think 1 it does not pay to grow cabbage. but last season Mir. Hale raised cabbage
 at the rate of 1365O heads of pounds l each per acre. and sold them at S30 per ton. another form of Washington moisture turned into cash by the in | tensive method with handsome profit [ to the producer. on measured 1iS acre of ground 70 tons of produce was
 raised and sold last season. This in- ! cludes celery, cabbage and lettuce. Big Boston and Salamander are the princi- pal varieties of lettuce and some of the heads weigh 3la pounds. Another
 source of profit are 250 White Leg horn chickens laying at the rate of 90
 dozen eggs per week. or giving an in- | come of s2.5O q day. Such record of l course means that the chicken house is | kept clean, has plenty of light with 1 dust baths. and that walls are abso-
 lutely tight so as to allow no draft eX- lcept through well regulated ventiia-
 tors. No fertiliZing material is allowed | to be wasted. The SpitZenberg apple ! trees which are given liberal dressings ! of muriate of potash. bear good crops tevery year and are not affected with
 diseases nor injurious insects. though
 MT. Hale says he has not sprayed. | While being a celery specialist. MT. Hale is an intensive gardener of first
 rank. Two years ago he was without knowledge of farming. therefore had no preconceived prejudice and having met
 with disastrous logging operations fin Iancially. turned at once to q scientific study of gardening along the modern approved methods. His present sue cess and attachments have meant con- siderable experimenting. and while
 some of them have been costly he does
 not begrudge the price for he has mas tered the art of celery growing second ] to none in the land. the soil is made to produce according to his plans and markets are at his command. As is
 characteristic with others of skill and tenacity. Mir. Hale is generous and broad minded. ever willing to impart information which will help others to attain success along intensive methods
 and thus serve to increase comforts
 and general prosperity of modern farm ing. Mrs. Hale and daughter may de-
 serve credit for success with the poul- try. for this We cannot vouch. but they are hOspitable entertainers.-North- west Horticulturist