Arizona republican., 1907-12-06

! informs The Republican that he had been reading his newspaper for about three years before coming here and
 that he has found things more prom ! ising even than he expected. This may be regarded also as little tes- 1 timony in behalf of The Republican and it's missionary work.
 But. returning 10 the subject. Mr.Hale
 acquired farm home near Tempe and has been tilling the soil since last Au- gust only matter of three or four ! months. He says that in his short experience he has found the soil to re- spond far better than he expected and he believes he can do far better than he did iy Washington. If he does II will be d fine success for he was by no means a failure in Washington. In proof of it he has furnished The Re publican q copy of the Elma Chronicle of July %. 1904. which contains an article written by the editor who was chance visitor at his place and who secured facts and figures correctly and without solicitation ar inducement for , publication.
 This article is herewith reproduced as an object lesson in intensive farm i ing which will eventually make this valley as rich an agricultural section
 as can be found on earth. MT. Hale, who says he can do better here. did < this in Washington:
 i- Mir. J. II. Hale. the celery specialist. produces JS.00p pounds of vegetables Der acre. About three miles west of Elma Chchalis county. Washington. Is 1 the home of the expert celery grower and gardener. MT. J. H. Hale While owning considerable land, his garden ! ing operations are confined to about 3 acres of black. alluvial, deep soil such as may be found in numerous locali- 1 ties in this state Included on this is
 his dwelling. barn. q small greenhouse
 and poultry house. also some fruit trees. Last year the sales from the produce
 of this three acre farm aggregated the sum of S23S5 The work was done by himself and son and perhaps did not leverage over Q hours a day. The main
 crop is celery of the Kalamazoo varie- ty grown by such intensive methods as to reach a yield of over 53,0o0 pounds per acre. Last year from a measured acre 10000 pounds of celery
 was sold at prices ranging from Soc to
 Sl.25 Der dozen. delivered at Eima sta tion. with orders for much more than
 was grown. The soil is what is known as a mixture of muck and beaver dam with substrata of sand and clay. IL | is Underdraincd with silt laid about 1
 feet deep and 70 feet apart and there
 is water from nearby springs for ir-
 rigating. Fertilizers consisting of iC
 loads COW manure and commercial fer
 tilizer. composed largely of potash and some nitrogen, mixed by himself
 at the rate of two tons per acre. are
 the dressings with which the soil is
 made spongy and rich in the plant
 foods required by the celery. The ma nure is applied early in the spring
 plowed under deeply and the commer-
 Cial fertilizer applied just before set ting out the plants. Mir. Hale has
 found after considerable experimenting
 that Kaninit applied at the rate of a
 half ton per acre is an excellent pre- Ventatiye for fungus diseases. The celery seed k Sown in cold frames in ! February, then once d month Iu May for succession of crops. The first plants are large enough to set in the
 garden rows about the last of May. rows are about feet apart with plants six inches apart in the row. and as one crop hears maturity the second crop