Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-23
nEuEI 0pMENT 9GtIGOf ulLsus IF SULPHUR
 SPRINGS VALLEY
The Douglas Chamber of Com merce and Mines Taxing Steps to Boom This Fertile District.

DOOdi<AO, May ZL."k0pecldl.l- The Douglas Chamber of Commerce and Mines Is getting busy on the de velopment of the agricultural resour' ces of Cochise county That the great Sulphur Springs valley Is the largest and richest in the southwest, goes without saying, and the fertile San simon on the east and the San Pedro on the west Is self substantiating evi- dence that Douglas is surrounded with developed, will prove one of the great est resources we have. It is worth millions to Douglas.
 Secretary Gerhart of the Chamber of Commerce has taken the matter of dry farming up with Mir. E. c. Chilcott agriculturist in charge of dry farming agriculture, U. s. Department of Agri, culture. Washington, D. C., asking to have the rich valleys of Cochise coun- ty investigated. Mir Chilcott advises that he has taken the matter up and asked Mir. c. S. Scofield who is in direct charge of this locality to make an investigation as soon as possible with view of establishing an exper- mental station at Douglas MT Scof- ield has not been heard from as yet but Secretary Gerhart has written him direct.
 The U. s. Aricultural Department has large fund for just this purpose and it is to be hoped that Douglas can get an experimental station establish ed or at least have the soil, rainfall, etc. investigated and get something started towards development. Other valleys far less favorable, in the great southwest have been developed and are today on the road to agricultural prosperity.
 The great arid plains of eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle are being rapidly developed and home seekers are Hooking in there on every train. However, their greatest assis- tance has been given to that section by the railroads entering that coun- try. In this respect the rich valleys of Coehise county, so far, have been left without any assistance whatever A clipping from the Fl Paso Herald under date of May goth, reads as fol-
 
 lows:
 F. S. White, agricultural and norti- cultural commissioner of the Rock Is land-Frisco lines, is in Fl Paso today and will go out this evening to Ala magordo, where he will deliver a lee ture tomorrow night on agricultural and horticultural subjects. ~
 Mir. White is conducting a campaign of education along the Rock Island road, encouraging the people to take an interest in the products of the farm and orchard, and instructing them how to obtain the best results.
 The section from Alamogordo east is particularly adapted to the produc- ton of melons, fruits, sugar beets and certain grasses, he says, and in his lectures he will advise the people what crops they should give the greatest attention to, the kind of seeds best adapted to their soils and conditions, the time for planting, etc.
 MT. White says experiments are being made by several farmers about Alamogordo this year with sugar beets and he expects to see them get good results from this crop which he thinks can be made highly profitable in this section He will also advise them to plant a cross between the regular su- gar beet and the mangelwurzel stock, but which makes fine feed for hogs, and he feels certain 1t will do well about Alamogordo. It contains from eight to twelve per cent saccharfne matter. and often yields as high as forty tons per acre. Barley, macaroni wheat, alfalfa, kaffir corn, mililatos clover and Johnson grass are other crops which he will urge the Alamo gordo farmers to raise, and he will encourage the production of canta Ioupes and watermelons, both of which do exceedingly weel there.
 After a stop of a couple of days al Alamogordo, MT. White will go to Tucumcari, where he will lecture next Friday night.
 This clipping would indicate thai the E. P. & s. ". railroad Is making an effort to develop their eastern div ision but, to-date, have taken no steps whatever to develop their western end which Is by far the most fertile ter ritory. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has written to V. R Stiles, general passenger agent as fol lows:
 Beg to attach hereto clipping from the Fl Paso Herald of May goth stating that Mir. F. s. White, agricul tural and horticultural commissioner of the Rock Island system is making lectures to the farmers and orchardistS on the eastern division of the E. P & s. W.
 On the part of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce and Mines which is keen lv interested in the development ot inc agricultural and horticultural re sources of Cochise county,-the grea' Sulphur Springs, San Simon, and Sar Pedro valleys, the largest and richest valleys in the southwest-I beg tC ask if it is not possible for the E. P & s. W. to take this matter in hand and assist in the development of tho western division of its system. We certainly feel that we are entitled to consideration. The possibilities 1oi development in the valleys on youi we-:.--- diyisicn are far greater thar