Arizona republican., 1907-11-28
THE FIGURES ON A 9.
 VALLEY CORN CROP
A Tract of Land Which is This Year Producing 40 Bushels Per Acre and Then Some.

Jake Miller yesterday brought into town several ears of the finest corn had gathered from a small tract on his eighty, being farmed by $. G. Rog- CTS. In the opinion of those wno grew up in corn country. the ears com pared favorably with any that the so- called corn states can produce. The ears were well matured. about twelve inches in length on the average, large in circumference and the grain filled out even to the tip of the tassel end Of the cob.
 Mir. Rogers. who cultivated the crop. was requested to state some further particulars about his success in raising corn in this valley. The specimens which Mir Miller had were of two kinds, Dent and an Arizona corn. He put in this year on the Miller ranch. about Is acres. part in Dent variety both white and yellow. and some in an Arizona kind, the came of which he could not state. Sometime ago he brought specimen stalks to the city of the latter variety. This Arizona corn
 
 growing too tall. and becoming top heavy. fell on the ground. the rats fin ishing the work of destruction of the ears.
 The results of his experiments this year prove this. for he lost many bush els, approximately one fourth on the Arizona corn tract. But for this. the crop would have averaged fully 50 bushels to the acre. The Dent stalk. he says, grows thicker and not so tall. by two or three feet; the ears bend down from the stalk. and it never be- comes top heavy. Now that the crop Is ready to gather he finds that it is averaging at least 40 to 50 bushels to the acre.
 At the price obtainable for shelled corn, about to 3 1-2 cents per pound. Mir. Rogers figures his corn crop at something over sl.5O per bushel, and netting Kim near $40 per acre. Are not these results proof positive that corn can be, and is being successfully grown in the Salt River Valley and will it not pay a conservative number to use a little ground for the crop? There seems 10 be but one answer and that in the affirmative.
 MT. Rogers is not a tenderfoot in the corn raising business in this valley. This is the thirteenth year which he has planted some ground to corn and his experience has led him to firmly believe in corn as paying investment However. it must be properly culti- vated or the crop will he a failure. Asked regarding his methods. he said he followed exactly the same plan as used in the east He blows a deep fur TOW. plants tn seed. gives ii d small run of irrigation water. later turns the earth over in the furrow from the ridges. covering up the moist ground, which retains the water for q long time. The corn grows several inches before more attention is neered Two or three irrigations are all that are necessary. too much being a bad thing. The field should be cultivated two or three times just as the eastern farmer blows his land.
 MT. Rogers is also getting some re- turns from the fodder. which he Is feeding 70 the stock. But that is not all. This same piece of ground which has produced $40 per acre in the corn crop. he will now sow to barley This crop should by ordinary records. bring from s25 to s30 per acre. bringing the total for this piece of land to about s70 per acre for the year By the time the barley is harvested the season will be right for another planting of corn.
 The statements are based. not on theory. but practical experience. and