Arizona republican., 1911-09-18

 AND A FARM How One is Interested in
 the Other EXPERIMENTS IN CACTUS
Arizona Eastern Southern Pacific Officials Cast an Anchor to WindWard" and Gather Statistics of Common Benefit.

If the farmers of the Salt River Val
 ley want to know where they are at
 about any line of farm production.
 they should apply to the Southern Pa cific- Arizona Eastern railway offices
 in this city. Superintendent C. NJ.
 Scotts offices are a mine of informa-
 ton. So far as the Salt River valley
 is concerned. # is doubtful if there is
 anything to compare with them in the governments archives More, they are
 up to date. while those of the general government, collected at long intervals.
 in the main the ten years intervals of
 the census. are badly belated. Hence
 they are now practical, more useful if
 not usable. T. is a poor week. with a
 sense of something gone out of its
 work, when Superintendent Scott does
 not have to fill out and send in to the
 central offices of the company a blank
 of agricultural horticultural and other
 business information that. taking both
 sides of the sheet, is literally as long
 as your arm" When the people get ready to take over" the ownership and
 management Of the railroads. if they ever shall, they will find ready made
 to their hand some statistics and a statistical department that will be good to sec' and as useful
 So strong is this condition of back to the farm." iH the railroad offices. that it is not only a part of their of ficial duty but it influences the private nf ir faT those of the freight but of the pas senger department. As an illustration of the truth oc this. one may point out the cactus garden of Geo. Gam. tray cling freight and passenger agent of the Arizona Eastern in Phoen.X, and his cactus garden. at his homo at 624 North Fourth avenue. which it requires a special permit. however to visit. since the varieties are the choisest that can be obtained both from Luther Bur bank and the agricultural department of the United States government. and are being grown and cultivated for the purpose of demonstrating what may be done in Arizona with them as a source Df income to both the horticulturist and the railroad. if the industry shall get big enough to require tranSporta- ton: for be it known that from a busi- ness standpoint if not otherwise, the railroad is most intimately concerned m al! sorts of production. hence these reports which Superinten- lent Scot is compelled to make out md the additional statistics which he | keeps because he wants to.
 MT. Cams experimental garden con ainS fifteen varieties The ones from Burbank are the only ones which are | ook sol, as The Republican reporter | 'ound out the other day by rubbing | lis hand along both those and the ones | rom the government, though the Bur 'anks look less smooth than the gov | ones. The Burbank varieties | Ire the Robusta forage and fruit for | ecd), the Eldorado GruiD, Titania | forage and fruiD. The ones from | he general government were planted | py Mir. Cam four months ago and | ire close to three feet high now. and | hose from MT Burbank, planted about
 "o months, are nearly two feet one If the government slips died. but all low standing look healthy. Indeed. SD strong is the vitality of the plant, that | leaf which MT. Gam cut off from me of them some weeks ago and care essly threw down upon the ground ust naturally took root from the side md is now a strongly growing scion. Ie is going to leave it where it is. ie thinks it deserves that considcra- ion.
 In writing to Mir Gam in relation |