The Arizona sentinel., 1911-06-01

Tomatoes, Dwarf Champion and Burpee's Quarter Century; 52 acresi Seed planted in cold-frame, Feb. l. 1906. Transplanted to field March l2-l5. First ripe tomatoes, June 10. Last of marketable crop. Sept. $. Yield, hrst, class. 1l2S2 pounds; second class, salable, Z249 pounds; waste most of which could have been canned, 1910 pounds. Total crop of 33G vines, 1534l pounds or 4.6 pounds, gross, to the vine. Highest price received, S0c for a single pound on June 10. Bulk of trst-Class crop sold during July in Tucson and Bisbee markets, at e@ to 4!9c f. O. b. YGma.3econd class crop sold locally down to 2c.
 outlay, returns Seed. ..........................S s l.72 IS irrigations, # acre 4.50 i9S crates for shipments to
 Tucson and Bishee. e6.5o l353l pounds of tomatoes at 3ec to 2C......s... S6Z4.GUT Net cash returns, not de-
 ducting labor. r............... 51l.SS
 s62l6O s6246O *Not including sl4.GO, failed to collect. Until the last Of June this crop req quired but little labor. During the shipping season, however, four persOus were employed on about half time in picking, packing and ship fog the crop. The entire labor requirements inr the crop were, mems time, 8 days; women and boys, 38 days; and team 10 days, the heaviest demand upon labor being during irlv Dwarf Champion and BurDee's Quarter Century yielded about equal well, both be- ing of the dwarf bushy sorts best adapted to this climate. Bamyard manure was used un- der the double rows, otherwise the ground was unfertilized cave by the muddy irrigating water used.
 Rock yfcrd cantaloupes; acre: Seed planted March 7-9 l906 Cold, backward saasop re- Sultlng in thin stand equal to about three fouTtbS of an acre. Crop picked July ts Sopt.7. Yield 760 dozen, sold locally at from 3Jc to l5c dozen.
 Cash Cash
 outlay. returns. pound seed... ...............:. I.O0 IS irTigatiOnS 500 7G0 dozen cantalOupes at Soc
 to l5c. ...................... $l41.tU Net cash returns, moi de-
 ductiDg labor. l35.fO
 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; and days team, not other wise included.
 The crop was fertiliYed with barnyard man. ure in about three-fourths Of the hills. and, as stated above the stand was poor. The results of this acre are therefore conservative.
 WatermelOns and sundTy small items of produce were sold locally to the amount of. ........................ $l5.65 seed and irrigating wafer about 2.00 Leaving a cash return of about. l3.65 sl5.65 sl5.65 Alfalfa; ]. 70 acres: This was sow May IS 1905, yielding three cuttings of about five tons of clear 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 Al for rrigating water. The labor re- quired was, mans time, 14 days and team nine days. which is rather high labor require neift for this alfalfa on account of the small size of the field under consideration, and lim- ited use of machinery. This crop at 8 % to 5000 a ton, loose, which has been the price this season, represents a cash return of not less than $l2o.0O for the crop; but this hay was used to feed lhe team employed on the place, proving to be 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, being free from Bermuda grass seed, was especially valuable for fertil- iZing part Of the crops grown