Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-16
ARIZONA HAS
 GREAT FUTURE
 IN FARMING
Department Figures Show The
 Farm Products of Territory
 During 1907 Were Worth ]. Almost S9, ,000,OOO.
(By L. E. Kaufman. Statistical Agent for United States Department of Agriculture.l

(By L. E Kaufman. Statistical Agent
 for United States Department of
 Agrieulture,)
 The 1907 showing by Arizona in the production of minerals is a most re markable one. in which every resident of the territory should take consider able pride.
 No less remarkable is the showing made by the territory along agricul. turaI lines, although the total value of the products of the soil is so much below the value of the mineral pro ducts that their importance is lost sight of by the average persons.
 Man as well as the state is much | inclined to take account of and give recognition to the big things of life when in reality it is some of the small things, seemingly of the most insig- nificance, that tend to bring the most honor to the individual or state. The mineral record of Arizona for the year just passed is of the utmost importance and no man would hardly be rash enough to volunteer a predic- tion as to the production of future years when the many undeYeloped prospects have become realities and from the bowels of the earth are brought forth the vast quantities of minerals that have suddenly brought fame to the territory.
 Agriculturally Arizona can not lay claim to being a large producer and vet sthe year just closed presents some startling figures to those cognizant of the fact that but 160.000 acres of land are under cultivation and paTticu- larly to those who think nothing but cactus and Indians grow in the terri tory.
 The annual report of the Bureau of Statistics, U. s. Department of Agri- culture issued December 20. 1907. shows that Arizona produced of corn 100000 bushels, valued at S270,000; of wheat, 3SS, 900 bushels, valued at s40S ,00o; of oats, 116,00O bushels, val ued at S70,0O0; of barley. 923, 900, ] valued at $720,0O0: and 261 1000 tons of hay, valued at s3.654 coo, or a total | valuation of s5,122,0O0, on 143. .000 l acres. which is approximately s37 per i acre.
 No state or territory in the Union !. can show a production Of such high | average value per acre from the five l crops enumerated as Arizona and the l beauty, of it all is that such produc- ton can be maintained and increased l for years and years.
 A careful estimate of other crops | and fruits of Arizona would indicate | an acreage of 1000 acres. Oranges alone will reach a valuation of $780, | 900. Melons, fruits and gardens | make up the balance and easily reach | a valuation of s3,500,000. making g farm products grown on 160. 900 acres of land, making approximately s55 per acre.
 Nearly nine millions from the soil when few holes in the ground turned out more than seven times as much seems rather insignificant, and yet | the "holes in the ground yielded the nine millions the same amount and I more can be taken for generations, while the other "holesn give up their dollars and are no more.
 Within the next three years 200 ,00D acres will be added to the farms of the territory by the completion of the Salt River Valley and the Yuma irri- gation projects, and in the space of ten years it is quite likely that the total of farm lands will reach 700, 900 acres. With a climate adapted to the growing of fruits. vegetables and al falfa the returns per acre should and will be s100 per acre. and the value of the mineral products in 1907 be surpassed by the value of the products from the farm.
 Of course that is anticipating and should have no place in summing up of the per cent. but neYerthless is in- iicatiye of the future.
 Arizona needs more farmers right now that the land may be farmed more intensively and 1t would seem to be the part of wisdom to talk just as ong and just as loud regarding her performance agTiculturally as miner ally. That is being done in some quarters. notably the Phoenix Board 1f Trade. but from the difficulty of facts and figures the writer believes the territory is rot given the redit from an agricultural standpoint hat the variety an dvalue of it's pro iucts merit.
 Let the residents of the territory earn these facts or better ones if Ivailabie. make them known at all ines and on all occasions and the fu- uTe production outlined above will {