Arizona republican., 1917-08-01
BIB PROGRESS MADE IN CROP
 ENUMERATION
Council of Defense Gets
 Information Showing I'm mense Work Being Done
 by State in Production

cooperation of the agricultural ex- tension service of the University of Arizona: Dwight B. Heard, chairman of the state council, made the follow ing statement yesterday:
 Tt is very essential that the crop survey for the entire state should be completed at the earliest possible mo- ment in order that early in the fall systematic plans outlined by MT Hoov- CT may be developed for getting the most satisfactory crop returns from the entire state. This preliminary work is going to furnish the exact facts on which plans for the future may be conducted, so as to more completely feed our own people.
 Outside of the states of California and Wisconsin I question whether any state is as well advanced in it's crop survey as is Arizona at this time, and great credit is due the members of the food survey committee for their activity in this work; the officers of the extension service of the univer- sity of Arizona and the various coun- ty agents who have been of such very great assistance to us in getting, in the least possible time. the accurate figures needed. They have been helped
 
 thus far been conducted, by large numbers of volunteer workers who have not only given their time in pro- curing data and doing the field work, but who have in many cases furn- ished automobiles for this service.
 Maricopa County, 226, 400 Acres
 The work was completed early in this month in Maricopa county, show ing a total acreage in cultivation in cluding the figures recently received from Gila Bend, of 226,4O0 acres, an increase in agricultural acreage of over 20 per cent of the records of the previous estimated agricultural area from the tax commissioners record in 1916.
 "In addition to the crop map, very valuable records as to various farm conditions have also been obtained by w. E. Barr, the county agent.
 The Maricopa crop map showed over 36,000 acres in wheat and barley and as soon as the record was com pleted, a letter was sent out by MT. Barr to 2,S00 farmers in the district on his mailing list, urging the immediate planting of milo maize as a summer crop on this wheat and barley land. This has been very largely done and there is a far greater acreage in milo maize today in Maricopa county than at any time in our history. This is an exceedingly valuable food crop. for, as MT Barr well says in his letter, AZ pounds of milo will produce a pound of pork, while pounds will make pound of beef
 Milo maize is crop which takes about loo days to produce and. there ,Nx,t- al department here advise all farmers to plant no milo after August 10. but kaffir corn and both pink and tenn porary beans can be planted, with the chances in favor of harvesting, with safety up to that time
 Tt is also highly desirable for those who cannot get in a summer crop, to summer fallow their grain land as this work, if done properly will greatly in crease the yield for the next crop
 Silo Wonderful Help
 As result of our crop investiga- tions in MaricoDa county, it has been very clearly demonstrated that the in creased use of the silo in this county. particularly for the dairymen, is going to be one of our most practical meth eds of food conservation, and the Council of Defense has now arranged for a set of silo forms which will be furnished at a very moderate charge 10 such farmers as wish to put in con- crete silos. The use of these forms may he obtained by applying to MT. Barr at the Water Users building.
 The reports sent in by the farmers indicate an increased interest in trac- tors and it is hoped that in the fall a number of additional tractors will be at use in the valley; several new trac- tors have already been installed the last two months, and the use of the tractor. particularly in the hot sum mer weather in this valley. is going to re of very great advantage to the farmer
 The uses of the tractor are almost Innumerable as it can be used for an ensilage cutter and silo filler, for blowing discing, springtooth harrow ing, hauling produce to town, clearing land, stump pulling and last of all but very important, for sub- -soiling: and it Ia hoped in the early fall that the var ious county farm improvement associ- ationS will give this matter of more tractors very careful attention.
 The above suggestions are merely rome of the follow up work in connec- ton with the crop survey in Maricopa County. Last week in Graham Coun- fv. the field work in connection will, the complete crop survey was com rloted ov MT. Sellers, the statistician of the State Council of Defense and is now being tabulated at headquarters. This shows an acreage of 96,ONO acres in crop, which I understand is the larg- est in the history of Graham county.
 Meeting at Douglas
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 tn thursday August ?. we have ar ranged for meeting of the leading tanners in Cochise county at Douglas "here in conference with Mr. SmaIlev me secretary of the State Cornell of netHnse; MT. Sellers and Prof. E. P Tavlor of the ertcnsion service. plans will he formulated for at once com nleting the crop survey in Cochise. Mir PHschall. the county agricultural agent will bn in charge
 On Friday similar meeting will he hold in Tucson 10 arrange for carrvinp "n the survov in Pima county where w Watson Pickerell. formerly of Mar lcona county. will be in charge.
 Ihe work in Yuma is already under way and should be completed next "eek; and the last of this week. Mir S'1ahey. secretary of the state conn c''. starts north for meeing in Pres colt on August and later in the other
 nom counties. to work out organ i2ed nlans in tn" various counties for completing this important work.
 tr"rl "vorv part of tho state the Council of Defense is receiving co- 0naration on the part of the neon,e which is very gratifying and indicates mat the men and women of Arizona are beginning to realize the serious ness of this war. and the fact tha,