Arizona republican., 1917-08-19
Royalty 70 Salt Rivey Valley


farms of the county Most of these are range steers that are shipped in
 from the ranges of other parts of the state, but about one-fourth arc from steers from the dairy farms Ii S15 per head is allowed for the gain produced by the alfalfa Of the farms t would net the farmers $347,- JCO from feeding the 22,505 range steers. From the 7.5G0 steers that are ra!sed and finished on the feed pro-
 duced on the farms o1 the coLity at , g." Pel head, the farmers receive
 $315 600, making a total of $1,052, 300.
 for the beef cattle of the cuuncv Poultry is considered small husi-
 ness but flow Is are found on nearly every farm and many city back yards ard tie total number is erEat:VHly placed d $50, 900. The gross revenue is PurpOsely placed low. $2 a head;
 but this would make a total of S700,- coo from this source for this year. Practically all the feed for the fowls is raised in this county The council of defense, in it's crop survey. found 12,6SS acres of wheat in the county Figuring on the basis of yields as reported by the United States Reclamation service, 1,500 lbs. per acre will make a total value for the wheat crop at S4 per hundred weight or $75S,S20.
 The barley and cat crop with a larger acreage than that of wheat will bring very nearly as much as the wheat crop, but to be conservative we place it at $750,000.
 Potatoes this year net to the grow CTS approximately $75. 900.
 ~Welve hundred cars of cantaloups ilaNe yielded very good prices and 1 while returns are not complete at least $150,O00 must have been received from this crop.
 ETen the insignificant watermelon. f the figures of the acreage as given ! by the council of defense are correct. must have brought the growers $50,- 000
 Olive orchards will bring very close to S20,000 this year.
 Our fruits, both citrus and decide ous, at a low estimate will bring the growers $200,000. Two thousand acres ln garden crops will yield at least S2G0,GGe to the farmers.
 One thousand eight hundred and forty-five acres of pink beans at a Jew estimate of yield and at 10c per pound, will bring $15O.00G to the growers
 The acreage in corn and grain s9rghums will be much larger this year than ever before but as the larg- , CT part of this product will be used for feeding our dairy cows, hogs, beef cattle, horses and poultry, no estimate of the value is placed on these crops As further proof of the prosper ] ity of the county the fact that the 1 1ank deposits of Phoenix alone have ! h0 l 907,93O.11. In spite of increased cost 1 of building material and higher labor 1 cost, the building permits for the city
 of Phoenix for the first seven months
 Of this year total more than a halt million dcllars and are greater than | during the entire years of 1915 and
 1916
 The prosperity of Arizona is by no
 means confined to Maricopa county
 for her mines produced in 1916. s20O.- 1 GO0,Cc0. The output of copper this i year, in spite of labor troubles. will i be approximately the same as last
 year, 700,000.000 pounds The produc- 1 tion of gold it is expected will in
 crease. The gold output last year was i 2,000, 900 ounces. The silver mined :! last year was 7000,000 ounces and it | is expected that this years output will be about the same. The produc- tion of lead is expected to be larger than last year which was 26.000, 900 pounds. Zinc production will be great
 CT than last year when 29,O00 ,OeO pounds were mined
 Nor is the income of the other
 counties of the state confined to the mineral wealth, for the range cattle
 bring in an annual revenue of more
 than s15,000,000. The revenue from the 6,000.000 pounds of wool this year will bring close to s3,000, GOO while the
 sale of sheep and lambs will amount
 to almost s5,000,000.