Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-06-01
CONDUCTING FARM
EXPERIMENTS IN A
WORTH WHILE WAY

promise 10 be unusually busy seasons
in the Sulphur Springs valley. Bet
ter results 3rei looked forward 10
by she farmers than isver before
chiefly as the result Of the sinking
Of numerous new wells and estab-
lishments of the facts that there is
ample underflow TO fit their require
ments. CHIEF in interest among the
new flows is that brought in at the
forty acre farm OF the Applewhite
syndicate. a company comprised OF
local business men. headed by Sam
uel p. Applewhite, who acted on the
suggestion OF the chamber O. COM
merce. OF which he is a member, that
land he purchased, a well sunk
and the underfiow of the valley be
established in such a way that adver-
/ Using can be had along strictly
legitimate lines. The first part Of the
contract has been completed. the well
having been sunk on forty acre
tract fourteen miles north of the city.
pump and engines installed and the
average flow per minute being ascer-
tanned to be 80 gallons.
TIE farm tract was selected after
considerable searching. II has excel
lent black soil. II is surrounded by a
haTbed wire and wire mesh fence,
being rabbit proof In the northeast
corner Of the enclosure. a well was
sunk under the direction of the Uni.
versity OF Arizona faculty. The well
is surrounded by a concrete Gals
son eight feet in depth and filled
with water 10 depth OF approx.
IL Ia
lift about thirty feet. From the bot
to" Of this well an eight.ineh hole
YVES drilled 10 an additional 100 feet.
Mr.. Anplewhits has installed an eight
horsepower oil burning engine and
rumu. The engine runs quite eco
nomically its average fuel consump-
ton per hour being one-ninth of a
gallon per horse power per hour The
total cost Of its operation win be
about sl.00 per day. running contin-
uously for twenty-four hours. The
urmp has not vet been installed but.
during recent test by Prof G. z. p.
Smith. of the University of Arizona
the well flowed under pump at the
rate of $40 gallons per minnie, or an
ample quantity to irrigate the tract.
II is the plan of Mr. Applewhite and
his associates tC break about twenty
acres this season and to plant IL in
beans and other proven crops of this
section. To this end practical farm
or Is to be chosen within the next
few days to take charge OF il. In.
stallatiou Of the pumninE machinery
in the Dump-house which has been
constructed near the well, is under
wav, under supervision OF Mr.. Robb.
In discussing the farm, Mr.. Apple
white said;
TIP TO fhis time we lave nv
pended $4,000 on the engine, pumBI
and fence. The land cost US $500.
This makes our total expenditure
$500, including labor We have a
first class outfit. bur have progressed
carefully and along conservative bus
mess principles Every portion of the
work and equipment has been per
formed only after calling for bids.
The lowest and best bid has been Sc.
lected in each instance. We are keen
ing careful tab uDon each item OF
expense and when the crops are
gathered will be able to tell. prac-
tically TO a penny. what the farm has
cost Us. This win give the chamber
of commerce basis for future ad.
yertising Of the valley
The show place OF the valley is the
farm of s. J. Robb. about two miles
nUrui Of the Syndicate farm. Mr..
Robb. who has been farming for sew.
eral years. has ore well with a power
driven pdmp. near his residence. BY
means Of which he has successfully
cultivated about thirty acres for sew.
eral years. The old well has a lift
or ifty-five feet 4 new well has
lust heen completed on the west end 4
ri his place, which is being cleared /
Of mesuuite and viii be put under
cultivation for the first time this wear. !
The well is similar in construction to 4
that OF the syndicate. The life. how
ever, is forty-five feet. and the low
AVERAGES 425 gallons per minute. This
Is equipped with an engine similar
20 that on the syndicate farm, but OF
twelve horsepower. II operates either
With distillate at eight cents per gal
Ion. or crude oil at six cents. SIR. (
Robb win have about eighty acres
under cultivation OF this year.
Another charming valley farm, al
though as yet tco young 10 show re.
suits other than those the Industry
Of the builders may accomplish. is
that OF DIR. f. W. Vanneman, three
and a half miles northwest OF the
city. DR.. Vanneman has his tract
OF forty acres under fence with iron
posts and barbed wire. Six acres have
feen cleared and planted in grapes.
the vines being imported from Cali
fornia. A forty-nine foot bored wen,
served By a six-horse power engine
which lifts thirty-nine feet, secures
an average flow OF fifty-fve gallons
per minute. which is ample for the
cultivated tract Although iae grape
vines are young. they show signs of
thriving in this climate. many Of them I