The Arizona sentinel., 1910-06-23

been canned, lSIO pounds. Total crop of 33(0 vines, l534l pounds or 4.6 pounds, gross, to the vine. Highest price received, 30c for a single pound on June 10. Bulk of first-class crop sold during July in Tucson and Bisbee markets, at 6@ to 4%c f. O. b. Yuma. Second class crop sold locally down to Pc.
 outlay, returns. Seed. ......................... 1.12 Is irrigations, R acre 450 I3S crates for shipments 10
 Tucson and BiSbee. 66.JO lS53l pounds of tomatoes at
 3Uc 10 2c..-. ..'.......'. SoA.Oo' Net cash returns, not de-
 ducting labor. 55lSS
 s6246O s62I6O *NOt including el4.60, failed to collect. Until the last of June this crop required 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 nr the crop were, mems time, S5 days; women and hOys, 3S days: and team 10 days, the heaviest demand upon labor being during Iulv nwerf Champion and Rurpee's Quarter Century yielded about equally well, both be- ing of the warfbushy sorts best adapted to this climate. BarnYard manure was used un- der the double rows. otherwise the ground was unfertilized oave by the muddy irrigating water used.
 Eockyford cantaloupes; acre: Seed planted March 7-3, I3C6. Cold backward saason re- suiting in thin stand equal to about three fourths of an acre. Crop picked July ts Sept.T. Yield 7S0 dozen, sold locally at from 30c to I5c dozen.
 Cash Cash
 outlay. returns. pound seed. l.W l6 IrrigatiOnS .........--.--... S.00 7S0 dozen cantaloupes at 55c
 to l0c. SIff.Ui Net cash returns, not de-
 ducting tabor. ............... B3.D
 Sl446O Sl4L6O The labor on this crop was light but in this case time consuming. because seOfinconvenienf Of arrangements for marketing. There were em plOyed on the crop 3l days mems time; days women and boys; and days team, not other wise included.
 The crop was fertilized with barnya,d 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. Watermelons and sundry small items of produce were sold locally to the amount of ........................ Sl5.G5 Seed and irrgating wafer, about 200 Leaving a cash return of about. lS.65
 sl5.e5 sl5.65 Alfalfa; l.70 acres: This was sown May Is 1905, yielding three cuttings of about five toI,s of clean 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. for irrigsting water. The labor re- quired was, mars time. "A 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 or machinery. This crop at So O0 to 5000 a ton, loose which has been the price | this season, represents a cash return or not | less than $l20C0 for the crop; but this hay was | used to feed hn team employed on the place, ! proving to be more than sufficient for that purpose, since stack of about three tons re- | mains at the end Of the season. The manure ! from this source, being free from Bermuda 1 grass seed, was especially valuable for fertil- | izng part of the crops grown