Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-07
AGR|CUL7URECOMES 10 THE FRONT IN
 ARIZONA
SPECIAL FIELD AGENTS REPORT SHOWS THAT COUNTRY IS
 DEVELOPING.

TUCSON, January o.-E. A. kauf- man, special field agent for the United States department of agriculture for Arizona and New Mexico, has just given out his annual report in which it is shown that Arizona farms produced approximately $9,304,000 during the year 1908.
 Mir. Kaufman in his report says:
 "The Crop Reporter, issued Decem- Der 26, 1908, by the bureau of statis- ties, United States department of agri- culture, contains the annual report of the bureau relative to the acreage yield and value of farm crops that has much in it of value to the patriotic Arizonan.
 From this report we glean the fol lowing: In 1908 Arizona produced of corn 432,O00 bushles, valued at $454,- 900; of wheat, $400,000 bushels, valued at $4s0,0Oo; of oats, l44,0OO bushels, valued at $lO7 ,000; of barley, l.Io2,000 bushels, valued at s937 ,000; and of hay, 330,0O0 tons, valued at $4,026,0O0.
 ''The above was grown on l64,000 acres and the value of the alfalfa seed and the pasture grown on the same land equal to at least $500,000, should be added to the total valuation to de- termine the average value per acre.
 From the above figures it will be seen that the total value of these crops is s6,5o4 ,O00, grown on l64,o00 acres, or an average value of $39.60 per acre.
 "Again it should be noted that fully one-third of the corn is grown on land that has already produced a crop of wheat or barley, thus increasing the actual acreage by four or five thousand acres.
 While time would not permit of de termining the average value per acre of the above crops in all the states, the writer will hazard the statement that none of them can equal the showing made by Arizona.
 "The bureau does not make an es- innate of the value of orchard and garden products, so that must be left to the statistieians of the territory.
 ''ODe year ago the writer made such an estimate but owing to insufficient date he believes the acreage was placed too high, but the average valne per acre was too low. Seven thousand acres of orchard, vineyard and gardens with a gross valuation of $400 per acre. making a total value of $2,sO0,000, seems nearer right.
 .,tx auI faI nl, ( t.nt. Of s3,304 ,000, and deducting 1000 acres for duplication in the corn crop there is total acreage of 167.000 acres having an average value per acre of $55.70.
 ''The writer contends that this Is a magnificent showing for the territory, but when it is fact that many farm CTS are growing nearly twice as much grain and alfalfa per acre as the aver age yield noted in the report, some con ception can be gained of the immense possibilities of Arizona soils in the pro ducton of different crops.
 With statehood in the near future; the completion of the two great irrI- gation projects, now under construc tion; the great influx of population that is bound to result; better and more in tensiiied methods of cultivation; with good roads, good schools, rapid and improved methods of transportation; cooperation in marketing her farm products, and her magnificent climate, Arizona Is destined to rank high in the sisterhood of states and become the ideal commonwealth for the farmer and fruit grower