The Arizona sentinel., 1911-05-11

the average instance must be included & team, wagon. blow, harrow, having equip ment shovels hoes and other small tools.
 CROPS AND MARKETS.
 The crops selected for the season of 1906 were Early Rose potatoes, White Bermuda onions, ROckyfOrd cantaioupes, DWarf Cham pion and Burpee's Quarter Century tomatoes, and alfalfa, besides a few hills of watermelons and Sundry vegetables.
 The produce was marketed in Yuma with the exception of tomatoes, which, for the Bisbee. The following statements for the various crops are on thJbaSiS of net cash re- turns to the small farmer, who with an aver age family of five and team of horses is as- stunned to do the work required, as explained below. Items necessitating cash outlay as seed, irrigating water. and crates are deducted from gross returns. Water costs an average of 50 cents for irrigation per acre for the crops grown. The yields in certain instances are low, due to the unimproved condition of the soil W which, like desert soils in general. was low in nitrogen and organic matter. Some small salty areas also affected yields locally. White Bermuda onions; AT acres; Seed eep 6e Eco 91ng mSfpes Sn1ns about June l. Yield, 39l6 pounds of dry on- ions. Highest price received, 214c a pound; lowest price received, 1.Sc a pound. Entire crop marketed in Yuma.
 Cash Cash
 outlay. returns. Seed .................. ........ 6 2.SS Irrigations in seed bed and
 8irrigPtions in field, about $50 Sacks and sundry, about. 2.58 39l6 pounds of onions at 2,5-
 l8c. .................... ST3.24 Net cash returns, not de-
 duCt1ng labor. ............... 64.3O
 ss.A s78.N The amount of labor expended upon this crop was large for the area, especially at the transplanting time. One days team work in preparing the land and about 32 days, men s time, were required to bring it through, al- though the work was not heavy and could have been largely performed by boys. The yield was low owing to the desert and unfer- tiliZed character of the soil, onions requiring large amounts of organic matter in the soil to give good results.
 toes planted Feb. l6-l9, 1906. Beginning to bloom April l3. Crop all harvested June 13. Yield, 26l5 pounds. Highest price, May N, 3hc. Bulk Of crop, EXC. All marketed in Yuma.
 Cash Cash outlay. returns 25O pounds seed potatoes and
 freight on same. .......... sos IrTigating water for sesbania used as fertilizer. 29S irrigations for crop. .A Formaline for scab, includ- ing express. loo 26l5 pounds of potatoes at SM-2AC. $7U.UC Net cash returns, not de. ducting labor ..........,.... S15 s7O.W S70OO The amount of labor required for the crop itself was about Is working days, with team lH days. The sesbania used as green manur. ing on the west half of the potato ground was given Y irrigations. Bermuda grass, more over, flourished beneath the sesbania to such an extent as subsequently, to require 3 days labor for cleaning up the .45 acres so fertilized. Although the larger part of the crop came from the sesbania fertilized portion Of the po- tatoes, this method of enriching the soil proved very costly, 2 days mans time and days teamwork being required to put the ses- bania under and afterwards get rid of the Bermuda grass. Nevertheless, the labor en- tailed could easily have been managed by a careful farmer, as the Bermuda digging was done in January when other work was not urgent.