Arizona republican., 1909-08-13
.DR. TOSS, ALIEN|ST
 PROVES HIMSELF SANE
Land Values Demonstrated by What
 the Soil Will Produce.

| Dr Foss says a lot of people think
 he is crazy about land values in this
 valley. They laugh when he tells them i that the land will produce annually
 enough to pay interest on $500 per
 acre valuation Nevertheless says the
 doctor. the man laughs best who | laughs last. The doctor is one of those ] fellows who have nerve enough to take their own advice. or follow their own 1 judgment. and thus far he hasn't been | losing any money by it. The losses come only when he does something l he knows he hadn't ought to-
 In demonstration of the above facts l the doctor called attention yesterday
 to his own farming operations in the Glendale country. This was not to
 show how wickedly wealthy he is be- coming but to make good some former experiments. The doctor had in this
 year quite an acreage of cantaloupes.
 His special pride is a ten-acre patch
 which to date has produced 2300 crates
 of melons. and the. crop isn't over yet.
 These melons the doctor says will re-
 turn him an average of S1 per crate
 He will get a great deal more than
 that for some of them but that is the
 average return for the entire patch.
 approximately s23O per acre.
 It costs from $50 to $50 an acre to
 raise cantaloupes. Take the higher
 figure and the doctor has a net profit
 on his patch of S1S0 per acre. or eight
 per cent on a valuation of S225O per acre. as against his contention of $500 and eight per cent is lot more than
 Mir. Rockefeller is making on lot of his government bonds The doctor paid S117 per acre for this land and this year will get his investment and $63 per acre besides. Of course nobody can buy that particular land now for SLY but suppose it is valued at $500 per acre. The doctor will get back net the cost of the land. si17. and in addition 121z per cent on a valuation | of $500
 And in addition the doctor calls at ton to the fact that this was not an | ideal year for cantaloupes either The | dry weather pinched the growers lt- tie in the early summer and the jack l rabbits ate off a lot of the young vines | before he fenced them out The late rains did a little damage to the ma turing melons and the shippers did not always hit the market in the high spots Otherwise there would have been stin more coming in and if anything. less going out.
 This however is an exceptional case, m fact a very exceptional one: other wise the doctor would elevate his acreage figures about four times. But t.. ] ,n the $500 claim-and demonstrate lis sanity. which he thinks he has lone. He said the good results were lue partly to the soil but even more to he cultivation This ten-acre patch vas given better care than most land levoted tp cantaloupes. or anything lse It :was plowed twice. once in January and again before planting. nd the young vines were given all possible attention. the only drawbacks eing the water shortage which could ot be overcome or provided against | his season
 The doctor says he has an additional , creage planted to cantaloupes that !, iill not net him anything near like he results from this patch. solely for he reason that the ground was not ! Q well titled nor the crop so well car d for The years work demonstrates , lso that a farmer to be successful lust know his business just as well |, s a man in any other line of business he cantaloupe. or for that matter any 1, ther crop. will not raise itself and , lake a financial success of the game , he doctor says though that taking |, is cantalOupe acreage altogether. oth the good and the bad. he has lade money on them The big money , anne from the investment best looked , fter and offset some of the careless 'ork elsewhere
 It is no more possible for every