Arizona republican., 1919-12-19
HIGHWAYS, COTTON
 AND CROP ROTATION.
 SUBJECTS AT MEET

GLENDALE, Dec. 1S-Displaying keen interest in the topics discussed. leading ranchers and others of the Glendale district heard State Into mologist D. c. Mote, County Agricul- tural Agent H. c. Heard, Deputy State Dairy Commissioner D. $. Turville, c. W. Morgan of the Cotton Growers as- sociation. and M. Moore of the biologi- cal survey, relate the results of their several experiences with the culture of cotton and other matters pertaining to agriculture in the Salt River valley, at the recent open meeting held here un- der the auspices of the Glendale dis trict commercial club.
 The first speaker of the evening was Raymond Ryan, the clubs secretary. who reported for the good roads com nittee upon the road situation and the results of the various conferences with the Maricopa county highway com mission MT. DyaS pointed out that the consensus of opinion, reflected at the two county conferences held at the Phoenix chamber of commerce, at which the delegates were present from all over the county, seemed to favor the policy of exepnding federal aid funds upon main through highways as best calculated to result in the great est good to the greatest number of people. Two committees from the
 
 operation of the highway commis sion for this policy, he said, but with barren results A county conference was then held. and another appeal made to the highway commission, without accomplishing anything.s An other conference, at which were pres sent delegates from the various county districts, adopted resolutions asking the highway commission to cooperate with the state and federal govern ments to the end that a part of the federal aid funds might be applied in paving Grand avenue, the remainder to be spent upon roads within the commissions project, but, the speaker stated, when these resolutions were presented to the commissioners, the latter replied that they had rather see the federal aid Host to Maricopa county than to agree to any of 1t be- ing spent in improving Grand avenue or any other road not on the project map"
 MT. Heard addressed the meeting next. and in a 25-minute address brimful of sound advice, gave the ranchers the result sof his experience with cotton. MT. Heard stated that it had been the experience of his depart ment that cotton did not respond to sudden changes of moisture; that while cotton could stand lots of water,
 
 well with much less water, the danger lay in going suddenly from one ex- treme to the other. He also favored deep blowing, the proper spacing of plants; discing before and after blow ing, and, above all, crop rotation. Like the state entomologist and the dairy commissioner, he pointed out the dan gers that lay in making the Salt River valley lone crop district.
 MT. Turville, the next speaker, said he realized it was difficult to interest people in dairy cows when they were. making so much money from cotton, but that. like MT. Heard. he believed the ranchers, by proper crop rotation. could raise as much of a cotton yield on half the acreage as would be ob- tained by planting the same ground to but the one crop. Both agreed that what was neded was not more acreage. but heavier yields from the present acreage. A rancher could get a bale to the acre by putting half his land in cotton and the other half in alfalfa, and rotating the next season. whereas