The Arizona sentinel., 1910-07-21

been canned, 1910 pounds. Total crop Of 3S00 vines, l534l pounds or 4.6 pounds, gross, to the vine. Highest price received, 3Oc for a single pound on June 10. Bulk of first-ciass crop sold during July in Tucson and Bisbee markets, at 6H to 4Mc f. o. b. Yuma. Second class crop sold locally down to %.
 Cash Cash
 outlay, returns Seed ......................... $ l.H Is irrigations F acre 450 43S crates for shipments to Tucson and Bisbee. 66.50 l35Sl pounds of tomatoes al
 SOc to 2c. c.-........ x64.6UF Net cash returns, not de-
 ducting labor. 55l8S
 S6246O s624 GO *Not including SLIGO, failed to collect. Until the last of June this crOpreQuired but little labor. During the shipping season, however, four persons were employed on about half time in picking. packing and ship fog the crop. The entire labor requirements inr the crop were, mems time, S5 days; women and boys, SS days; and team 10 days, the heaviest demand upon labor being during Iulv Dwarf Champion and Rurpee's Quarter Century yielded about equally well, both be- ing Of the dwarf bushy sorts best adapted to this climate. Barnyard manure was used un- der the double rows. otherwise the ground was unfertlized oave by the muddy irrgating water used.
 Rockyford cantaloupes; acre. Seed planted March 70, l9U6. Cold, backward SaasOn re- suting in thin stand equal to about three fourths of an acre. Crop picked July , ts
 
 35c to l5c dozen.
 Cash Cash
 outlay. returns pound seed g 100 l6 irrigations .......-.-....... S.0O 7S0 dozen cantaloupes at S5c
 to l0C Sl1i.6U Net cash returns, not de-
 ducting labor. lS5.60
 sl44Ga slH6O The labor on this crop was light, but in this case time consuming. because of incOnve tent arrangements for marketing. There were em ployed on tile crop 3l days mems time; days women and boys; and days team, not other wise included.
 The crop was fertiIized with barnyald man. ure in about thrce-fcurths Of the hills. and, as stated above, the stand was poor. The results Of this acre are therefore conservative Watermeons and sundry small items of produce were sold locally to the amount of ......................... Sl56 Seed and irrigating water, about s 200 Leaving a cash return of about. l3.65 sl5.65 sf565 Alfalfa; l.7O acres: This was ssow :. May Is 1905, yielding three cuttings Of about five tons Of clra1 hay the first season. During the sec ond season, covered by this Timely Hint, there were seven cuttings with a total of about 20 tons of hay. The only cash outlay was S22.4 for irrigating water. The labor re- quired was, mans time, IA days and team nine days which is rather high labor require ment for this alfalfa on account of the small size of the field under consideration, and lim- ited use Of machinery. This crop at @ co to Sl000 a ton, loose, which has been the price this season, represents cash return of not less than slAn0O for the crop but this hay was used to feed hr team employed on the place, proving to bc more than sufficient for that purpose since a stack of about three tons re- mains at the end of the season. The manure | from this source, bepg free from Bermuda | grass seed, was especially valuable for fertil- | izing part of the crops grown