Arizona republican., 1907-09-15

ranch obtained many of the table ne-
 cessities. in the way of garden truck. leggs. milk and cream, butter and
 chickens. He further has the figures
 to show thst he has not gone behind
 any year that he has farmed in the Glendale country. He has kept close account of what the farm has produc-
 ed and how much it has cost him to
 bring forth that produce. What he
 states is not guess work but is based
 on actual figures, that he can swear
 by.
 That part of his 20 acre ranch in alfalfa has in one year produced 165
 tons and he has harvested six crops in the year The average per acre was about SA tons. This hay has av- eraged him all the way from s10 up and this year he expects to receive at least SIS per ton. Figuring at this price his income the present year would amount to s2,475 from alfalfa alone and a net profit of over s1,500.
 This is a gross sum of SPA on the acre. Besides this he has kept a few fine blooded Jersey cows more for milk and butter for the family use than for sale. The incidental sales of these products not used by the fam fly amounts on an average to S10 per month. In addition to this the in crease on the stock amounts to con siderable. He raises every year a few fine Jersey calves which bring from Si5 to $50 apiece, and one colt that in few years will bring him s1o0.
 Mir Forney and family also devote some attention to poultry. There are on the ranch 250 hens from which is realizes an average of $50 a month for eggs. The smallest month that MT Forney's books show is August of this year. when the total from this source was s22. He receives about 20 cents a dozen for the ranch egas. Last year he cleared net s249 from the sale of eggs alone and besides sells few of the older hens. bringing in an average of $50 net every year.
 Nr. Forney says that his land has produced him for fifteen years an in- terest on better than $200 per acre and that under conditions which were not the most favorable. He believes that he will be able to do much better when the dam is finished and the water supply is adequate and irriga- tion can be regularly supplied.
 MT. Forney has raised a family of seven children. now ranging from to 21 years of age and is giving them a good education. His expenses have therefore not been as small as many but he has nevertheless by scientific farming and industry obtained results that some may at first be disposed to doubt. The fact remains however that any farmer in the valley can do just as well under the same conditions if he farms. as does this Glendale ranch CT who has the figures and can pro- duce the goods to the doubting Thom- ases.
 Mir. Forney is not seeking publicity and has nothing in particular to gain by it he says. But he is willing to contribute what he can to the fund>cf testimonials on the advantages of the Salt River valley for the farmer. He has been here through the best and the worst conditions and has never found cause for complaint While others seemed to find things to grum- ble about he has gone quietly along on his 20 acres. doing his own work and now has a family growing up who can take many of the duties off of his shoulders. He has toiled through the driest years. but even then always came out ahead Of the game. Now he sees the better day coming when all the troublesome water problems will be settled and efery one can. if he will. make comfortable little for tune. He thinks that a farmer to sue ceed must not devote his energies to a very large ranch. More than forty acres is entirely too much for. one man to handle successfully. and he can make much more per acre on a lesser sized ranch.
 These results give more light on the future. When people thoroughly realize that a good comfortable living can be made on ten to fifteen acre tracts if properly cultivated. the day of the big farm will pass. for the land will be far too valuable to pay an in terest on the investment, unless it is farmed for all that can be made out of it. Thousands of small homeaIwHl dot the valley. which is capable of supporting the largest population per acre of any section in the world. With the growth of the territory and the opening of new markets all the pro ducts from these tracts will be in de- mand at good paying prices. Prices are already advancing, because the demand is far out running the sup ply of necessities. This paper will be glad to publish other successful expe- riences of valley farmers in order to awake people to a realization of what vast opportunities lie at their door.