Arizona republican., 1912-07-26
CITY MARKET |S
 . CLEARING HOUSE
Where Demand and Supply Are Balanced as Is Pos sible by No Other Sys- tenn; Evidence of Sweet Tooth

AS hot summer days go by, there
 appear continually new business openings for the City Market and
 the Arizona Producers company As
 clearing house for valley produce
 lhefe IS no system to beat that of
 the central handling plant, where de-
 Ipands and supplies can be balanced ana made to neutralize each other
 Tor Keeping the production down to the profit point and herdlng together
 all chances to make and keep good
 customers, the market is certainly
 demonstrating it's success.
 The demand of a Colorado mcr- chant for honey, any old kind Of honey. just so it is sweet and sticky. was referred to the market. where the producers will have an oppor- tunity of getting together to compare crops, prices and methods of getting under one car roof a consignment to fill the order. A Utah firm has sent in several times the offer of five cents pound for honey. but the price nearest which the valley far WerS can agree is six cents The difference will undoubtedly be recon ciled soon and there will be a chance for handsome profit for some lucky posscssors of the pIacid-sometimes- bee
 Then there is the alfalfa seed proposition. Tons of the valuable pro duct are being threshed right now but at such widely separted points it is difficult to get the shipments all together. The rains have intcrfered c.,.,, rl,.,f threshing outfits and have retarded the gathering up of the crop. With continued fair weather, there should be d number of carloads of seed ready in a short time. All the orders so far received at the city market have been kept pending the time when a complete filling can be made Then quite a number of carloads will move out of Arizona to widely varied localities.
 A price of to cents a pound las been suggested for early orders, but in the case of fine German seed. the price will start as high as Is cents The German variety is quoted at II cents on the New York and New Orleans markets.
 The members of the producers company have been working on the farmers in an effort to get them to plant onions for the early spring market when the only competition will be with Denia, Spain and the Teneriffc islands. Those places sup ply practically all the American mar ket with Bermudas from February into April when the American far mers begin to get their crop into the markets. There is no reason why the Salt River valley with it's perfect early spring climate and favorable weather conditions throughout the winter should not share the profit with the foreign growers for they have to stand the expense of d long carriage as well as that of import duties. and the onion brings no more on the market than home grown tear fruit
 It is planned to get the farmers together. in the near future. have them contribute few dollars apiece, then send out for an expert to in struct the knowledge hungry agricul- turists in the planting and care of Bermuda onions.
 The onion should be planted about the last of August. either broadcast or in rows Then by the last of Sep ', tember the stalks are about as thick ! as lead pencil and ready for trans 1 planting One method of planting the | young onion is this.
 With a wheel stuck full of spikes 1 around the circumference make rows 1 of holes about four inches apart. In l these set out the shoots. and the 1 field is ready for cultivation, with nothing for the owner to do but see ] to irrigation and wait for the large i juicy leeks to arrive at that state of ! 5igness that makes it valuable on the market The wheel outfit can be made very cheaply and supplies tool for other forms of the work no ess handy than in the onion plant ing
 The rain had d mildly depressing effect on the markets activities yes erday morning. The employees are just a little glad at the let up in for there is no doubt hey have been some hustled in the asst two months.
 Egg plant and turnips are coming in, ]