Weekly journal-miner., 1917-08-08
CROP SURVEY OF YAVAPA| WILL
 BE STARTED
IMPORTANT WORK BY T H E STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL DEPENDS ON
 WILLINGNESS OF THE FARMER TO COOPERATE.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

T At meeting of the ,Iavapai county
 members of the Arizona Council of ! Defense at the chamber of commerce
 last evening, w. O. Hoogo gostraat was
 elected county chairman In the de-
 vclopment of the work of the council. ] it has been found necessary to have county chairmen to whom local mat
 tcrs can be entrusted, and the execut-
 i've committee is sending George H.
 Smalley, its secretary, over the State, | to bring together members of the council in the various counties to se-
 cure the election of chairmen. A
 great deal of work will be imposed
 upon the chairman by the State coun-
 ell as well as by the local people. Dr. R. N. Looney. president of the
 Boy Scout organization here, has se-
 cured an appropriation of Sl50 from
 the State council for the local scouts,
 who have been working on the crop problem. Dr. Looney told the meet ing of this work. and in answer to his appeal, the members were unanimous in their request that the State council donate this sum.
 The meeting was very much inter ested in the large color map of Mari copa county, showing the crop condi- tions of the Salt River valley. This map. which was prepared by the en- gineers in the State council. shows by color blocks, the nature of the crops in every section of the valley, and table, printed on the map, shows the exact amount of each crop.
 A similar map is to be made for Yavapai county. This will show, i'm addition to the crops. the exact loca- ton, nature and amount of mineral development This will involve a great deal of detail work and yester- day 1000 copies of five forms of blanks were sent out to the farmers by County Agent c. w. Scheerer. This will be followed by meetings to be held in different school districts of Yavapai county, at which the district . maps will be completed, charting all growing crops. Farmers who have not by that time filled out the blanks . will be given an opportunity to turn in all their data for complete croI survey of the county. The first of these meetings will be held on Thurs day, August 9th at Camp Verde. On August 10th, Oak creek; August llth, Cottonwood, are the dates of meet ings at which Mrs. Edith C. Salisbury of the University of Arizona will be present to talk to the women about conservation of foodstuff Her sub ject is "Woman's Work in War Times"
 Other meetings will follow at times and places to be announced later. It is the intention to cover in this man ner, the entire county.
 The importance of filling out the blanks, and giving all the information asked, about the crops, cannot be overstated. It is also important that the blanks be filled out al once and sent back to Mir Scheerer at his office in Prescott
 All this information which the cx- tension service of the University of Arizona and the State Defense Coun- cil is getting together will be used by the government in various depart ments, and is a part of the trcmcnd- ous move to bring together the pro- ductive elements of the United States, not only in order to stimulate produc- {; ton, but in order to conserve waste.
 Included in the facts sought by the government are data regarding live stock, including cavalry mounts, sheep |, and cattle, machinery, seed for next years crops, labor (both supply and demand) and great volume of other ( stuff. Equipped with all this knowl- cdPe- the State council will he able to ,