Arizona republican., 1908-07-29
THE OLD MANS FARM
 WHERE II Is lOCAIED
A Comprehensive Outline of What Can Be Accomplished On Ten Acres In the Salt River Valley.

On entering his sixtieth year the old man is forced to the conclusion that he must make steps fewer and shorter, that he can no longer successfully handle a farm of one hundred or more acres, and for his own peace of mind he must abandon the idea of over seeing the labor needed for so large a farm He remembers the days when he sat in a saddle from daylight till dark and sometimes all night, with never a thought of something to eat or refreshments of any kind save an occasional drink of water; the days that he kept the blow, mower or har- vester going till dark; the hot summer days that he showed grain through the thresher and endured the heat and dust from day to day; he distinctly re- members one winters work on a canal when he broke a crust of ice each morning and waded after a team and scraper from daylight till dark. He remembers when he gave the best of his manhood to others for $30 per month and there were none healthier nor happier than he. But ah! who would give him $50 now, or even give him his keep?
 If his mind has been as healthy as his body, he will by this time own a piece of land and have q place that he can call home" He finds that ten acres of this land, if 1t happens to be under a good irrigating ditch on the Mesa. will give him as many steps as he now cares to take. He plans his work so as to give him the most hours in the faVorite arm chair. Making a fortune by farming this ten acres on the intensive plan is not his aim at present.
 He finds he can grow q crop on half of it in the spring and crop on the other half in the fall, so he would really be cultivating and irrigating but five acres continuously. In this way he would have ample time to re- move the crop and prepare the land for the next crop, aiming to have the ground cleaned. plowed. and manured at least three months ahead of plant ing time. He finds that corn Is the best crop for this system, requiring the least labor for cultivation and ir- rigatiUn.
 His seed is the surest and best, be- ing selected from year to year for specific purpose, one variety best suit ed for a spring crop and another va riety best suited for a fall crop. His land is so prepared and fertilized that he can expect one or two good ears of corn to every five feet of land, or yield of 75 to 100 bushels of corn per acre. He finds that the best way to market a part of this corn would be to feed it to about 300 manorca hens, and market the eggs. He finds that one half of his land is always dry and with portable hen houses, the chickens can be moved to the dry half. With clean cultivation of the corn crop there would then be no loss of eggs or young chickens. and blowing the land alternately, would insure a fresh range and healthy chickens.
 Now. to sum up for the year: he does all the work needed on the place, there is no worry about this or that being sighted. he is able to do good turn now and then for his fellowmen and receives many friendly calls from his neighbors.
 The demand for his pedigreed seed corn comes from every direction. His beans and peas are known as sure croppers. His chickens are known as the healthiest. the most vigorous, the best layers, and the purest and best of selected strains. Dollars come by ev- cry mail for eggs and trios for breed ing. Scarcely d day passes that some