Weekly journal-miner., 1919-07-09
BY SEARLOT M. HALLl


 celebrated has come and gone but the history which it has made will live for years and set the standards for all such tournaments far into the future. Even Prescott will have hard job to beat this years record, either in ex- oeLencc of management or the skill of the contestants.
 However, splendid as this week of sports has been, there Is a quiet gath crihg of cattlemen in Prescott this week which is of even more import ance to the actual stock and range in tcrcsts of Northern Arizona - the meeting of ..he Stock Growers Asso- ciation. Full reports of this will be given next week for it is a matter for keen regret that any cattle owner in Yavapai should fail to be a member of this organization, or should not understand the scope of its work.
 1t is not necessary that man should own thousand mead of cattle and mi.es ol range to be welcome and useful member of this associa- tion Often the man of smaller inter ests so far as numbers go IS the keen est and most alert as to possible inn provemcnts and matters that would benefit all and there is no reason why there should not be the friendliest CO., operation between the smaller ranch men and the large range owners.
 The-npeetings of the association should be regarded of just as much importance and be just as eagerly looked forward to and attended as the big Fourth of July itscf, for the pcrmaucnt prosperity of the range interests as a whole depend upon this alert and friendly pooling of interests almost as much as upon the splendid rains over which every stockman IS rejoicing. Just let Us plan right now that every one of Us smaller cattle owners will become working mem bers of this organization and be right on the spot for every mccting-boos-- ing our best for the range interests of Yavapai.
 And the Dry Farmers!
 Nes sir! The best bucling Horse in the whole big show was Dry. Farmer" and the way he piled hls vou.d-havc-bcen riders around the arena reminded old-timers of the golden-coated palomiua of the first tournament held in Prescott
 And all the rest of the dry farmers ar, rejoicing over the wonderful rains that nave set our crops sprlnglng up. like Jacks famous beanstaIk' It. would be hard to compute all that these rains mean to Navapai; for they. mean not only crops of big money value but tremendous encourage . ment 10 honc-makcrs who are the permanent basis of prosperity in any country. .' There are thousands Of acres oil land in Yayapai that will be turned . into small homes in the next few wears. and much Of the crop yield will be due to a better knowledge ot ,he principles of dry farming and ln-' telligent persistence in their apphca- ton. Of all tnis more in the iuturc-I just now is the time for all of us dryi farmers to plant a new set Of Victory gardens; fll up every spot on the ranch where drouth or prairie dogs or potato bug, got the irst planting and bring the farm into October with every acre yielding something beside weeds.
 Maybe some other dry farmer will like to know that he can get ahead ot the prairie dogs who hang around in punches waiting to dig up the corn as it sprouts aid eat the grain. by soaking the corn iu solution oJ the wcr-1novu poultry preparation, Lee Lice Killer. Half a pint 10 gallon of water is about right though more would not be harmful. This prepara- ton has very strong odOr which lasts for weeks and seems to be cs-. pcciallv unpleasant to the dogs. They will dig away the earth down to the. -prouted grain of corn and then leave i, untouched a., soon as they get the smell.
 The grain should be soaked ar least over night and this will only make it come up several days sooner and will not interfere with the use of the corn planter. Dram the corn out Of the solution and prcad on a canvas to dry for an hour or so before ilIing the planter buckets
 Any of inc early varieties of corn planted in the next ten days will mak- roasting ears before frost and not only command good market but be jast right for canning and drying for nome use. The various kinds oi native Indian corn are especially de- sirahlc and seed of the best can be obtained from several Of OUT Pres colt mcrchar.s Try it out and have some Gnc fate roasting ears.
 Thi- is just tbc time to get in our main crop Of urnips and even the quicker growing varieties of bcats aud ruta bpgas. The one serious cu- s,15,- of f1r~rir. is fFe 1Ca-brcfIc and