The Arizona sentinel., 1910-06-09

been canned, 18lO pounds Total crop of 3300 ! vines, l53fl pounds or 4.6 pounds gross, to the vine. Highest price received, BOG for single | pound on June To- Bulk of first-caSs crop sold | during July in Tucson and Bisbee markets, at 6H to 4%c f. O. b. Yuma. Second class crop sold locally down to %. outlay, returns Seed...-.. .-....................... 1.72 IS irrigations, F acre 4.j0 43S crates for shipments to Tucson and Bsbee. e6-50 1851 pounds of tomatoes at
 BOG to 2c.... s62i.6U* Net cash returns, not de- ducting labor. 53l.SS
 s624Go s624.6o *Not including sl4.6O, failed to collect.
 Until the last Of June this crOn 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 inT the crop were, mems time, S0 days; women and boys, 3S days: and team 10 days, the heaviest demand upon labor being during irlv Dwarf Champion and Bnrpee'S Quarter Century yielded about equally well, both be- ing of the dwarfbushy sorts best adapted to this climate. Rarnyard manure was used un- der thS dOuble rows, otherwise the ground was unfertilized oave by the muddy irrigating water used.
 Kockyford cantaloupes; acre: Seed planted March "a, 1906. Cold, backward saason re- fourths of an acre. Crop picked July , Us Sept.T. Yield 7S0 dozen, sold locally at from 35c to l5c a dozen.
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 outlay; returns l pound seed d'-....'..'.'.''..' I'S 3
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 TS0 dozen cantaloupes at S5c
 to l5C. Sl1t.bu Net cash returns, not de-
 ducting tabor. l35.6e SIf46J sl44.60 The labor on this crop was light. but in this case time consuming, because eofinconVenient arrangements for marketing. There were em plOyed on the crop 3l days mems time; days women and boys; ana days team, not other wise included.
 The crop was fertiliZcd with barnyaId man. ure in about three-fcurths of the hills. and as stated above, the stand was poor The reSufts of this acre are therefore conservative. WatcrmelOnS and Sundry SfaaH items or produce were sold locally to the amount of .....---..-.............. Sl5.65 Seed and irrigating water, about 200 Lea wing a cash return of about. l3Go sl5.s5 sl5.65 Alfalfa; l.7O acres: This was sown May Is 1905, yielding three cuttings of about five toiS | 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 S22.4l for irrigatinG water. The labor re- Quired was, mans time, li days and team nine days, which Is rather high labor require | ment for this alfalfa on account of the small size of the field un der consideration, and linn | ited use of machinery. This crop at S5 OO to Sl0.00 ton, loose, which has been the price | this season, represents a cash return or not less thar Sl2D-G0 for the crop; but this hay was used to feed hn team employed on tie place, proving to bc more than sufficient for that | purnoSe, since a stack of about three tons re- mains at the end of the season. The manure | from this source, being free from Bermuda grass seed, was especially valuable for fertll- | izing part Of the crops grown