Arizona republican., 1917-11-16

fourtfH,are=from- from the dairy farms o,g' esssxseSs
 If $15 per head is allowed Ter the gain produced by the alfalfa of the farms it would net the farmers S341.- 500 from feeding the 22,600 range steers. From the 7,500 steers that are raised and finished on ths feed pro- duced on the farms or tho county at s50 per head, the farmers icees ~c S375,- 900, making a total of $1. .052 800 forths beef cattle of the county.
 35o,0o0 Chickens
 Poultry is considered smaltsbusiness but fowls are found on nearly every farm and many city back yards and the total number -is conservatfvefy placed at 350,006. The gross revenue is purposeIy placed low, g a head: but this would make a total of $7o000o from this source for this year. Prac- tically all the feed for the fowls is raised in this county
 The Council of Defense>~inits crop survey, found 12,63S acres ofwheat in the county. Figuring on the basis of yields as reported by the United States reclamation service, 1s600 pounds per acre will make total value for the wheat crop at s4 per hundrea~weight or $75S, ,S20.
 The barley and oat crop with 8 larger acreage than that of wheat will bring very nearly as much as the wheat crop, but to be conservative we place 1t at $750. 1000. Potatoes this year 11et-tothe~growers approximately s75,0oo.
 Twelve hundred cars of cantaloupes have yielded very good prices and while returns are not complete at least s750,00O must have been received. from | this crop.
 $50o00 in Watern,eIons Even the insignificant watermelon If the figures of the acreage as given by the Council of Defense ara correct, | must have brought the growers 1 $50,O0O.
 Olive orchards wilE-bring-YeryEclose to s2o,OOO this year.
 Our fruits. both citrus and deciduous at a low estimate will bring the grow CTS $300,0O0. Two thousand acres in garden crops will yield at least S20O,- | 900 to the farmers.
 One thousand eight hundred and forty-five acres of pink beans at 8 low estimate of yield and at 100 pel pound, will bring $15O,000 to the l growers.
 | Corn and Grain | The acreage in corn and grain 1sor- | ghums will be much larger this veal than ever before but as the larger part of this product will be used for feeding our dairy COWS. hogs. beef cattle, hors- es and poultry, no estimate-of thevalue is placed on these crops. 1 As Q further proof of the prosperity | of the county the bank deposits oi 1 Phoenix alone have increased during the past year, s2,e07,9301z. In spite
 of increased cost of building materia and higher labor cost. the building per mits for the city of Phoenix for tht first seven months Of this year tota more than Q half million dollars ani
 are greater than during the entire l years of 1915 and 1916.
 | Summary
 The prosperity of ArizonaHSby nt
 means confined to Maricopa county
 for her mines produced in 1916, s200,. 100000. The output of copper thi:
 year, in spite of labor troubles, will b.
 approximately the same as last year
 700,000,000 pounds, The production O gold 1t is expected will increase. Th' gold output last year was 100000
 ounces. The silver mined last veal
 was 100000 ounces and it is expected
 that this years output will be abou
 the same. The production of lead il
 expected to be larger than last yea
 which was 26,000,000 pounds. Zint production will be greater than las