The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-08

.ks farmers Nely " ., ls .., ....t market centers of the Unit I y Gates for all the marketable com ssities they can produce, where the "'s.s as,s,sary care is taken in the produc- s.r of quality in grading, packing ana .ss, sl v important and essential details ' many respects the farmers Tn this ..,ton have advantages not enjoyed \ otbers less fortunately situated M,v have a soil and climate wonder hlv M adapted to the successful pro s,,.ion a of wide range of desirable ..,Ds. q wide awake, intelligent peo- |, who are capable of succeeding in met any venture. And, being already A,v well organized, and having con- ,dprable experience in the growing ,,d handling of perishable products, |r in a good position to make rapid ,aancement until the business is de- uhped to its fullest extent.
 Ee would like to call attention to |HP many crops that can be advan- h,sOusly grown and marketed from |as section, with a brief discussion of ah It is always wise and quite ad- y,rtaceous to select one crop as q geadern as cantaloupeS, for instance, ht it is never a wise policy to con- fine our efforts to a single crop, on ac- count of the fact that conditions, both in the areas of production and in the markets vary so widely from year to yar. If for any reason there should k total or partial failure of our Aadng crop during any particular sssor, the deficiency may be supplied Tah other crops of less importance.
 list or series of crops should be ahcted and grown so as to afford an nume practically the year around instead of having it come within a nnparatiyely short time from one or nae crops. While a system of this M will necessitate the growing of mailer acreages of the different crops most instances, yet it is easy to rdertand that it would be more ad- nageous to the grower as a rule.
 Radishes. This crop can be grown hgly as a side-line, as it does not asnefe with any other crops, and Nhg very easily and quickly grown avery small outlay. atfording quick 'alhs on the investment, makes It ey attractive, and there is room for Nae expansion of the radish acre. N m ths section. However, we do Y aVlse everybody to put in radish-
 especially anything like a large isase From one-half to two acres soeut all any one farmer should I'a In order to be successful with 'ssaes they must be grown very sSy, and the soil must he rich
 Y m a line state of cultivation.
 .aa'aI0upes. The growing of can Ispes s' TOT market is coming to be aSny specialized industry, and ,'I, "nO contemplate taking it up, ,ssu recognize this fact. At the s'u' Vnls Is the leading truck crop 'a m ln this section, and as the soil ,v.'.l, a,la'e conditions appear highly .aole to it, and many of our farm s ss,,ns already been quite success ,,,, ''s culture for the past several I,, su !. n t appears reasonably certain Al. s VIII not only continue to be our ,,s.'., a uut that the acreage will be ,sa s,' to the limit. The growing st wy ". Ol cantaloupes is not a diff kts,, t''er' even for the beginner av '' D $ only the introduction to the h ,,tl,' l~Alns' grading and packing lsr is'ly' i~s' marketing, constitute the '. V important chapters.
 ,anta'sn, sls Teaching the point, however S S,'aoppe 2, s culture, where the be"yoyr gro,r k proan.. crop and the marketing of u Oaoet ,aaois,.. are recognized as dis. sAly s'al'les' asa;u, While it may he se,,,a, ss desirable, it is not absontely ey pv M6 s,. @at ai the grower be nm ex. lslstion'" "u'ng' packing etc. as tbese et ia tb,' a'e how pc ormed by ex-
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