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The Washington times., 1920-12-07
RACE TRACK
PROFITS BIG
Pimlico, Assessed at A,970,
Had sl,300,000 Gross Re-
ceipts for 1920.

n.yrIA,npn poo .,sasssd
valuations oil the four one-ml'e race
tracks I'm. MARYLAND are modest in
Sonparihon Win the sums WHICH
everyone interested In raclne ex-
pocts the tracks 10 clear as the sea-
sop'a nrof,ta This was established
t;S.,.,ia. ,,nda.,aIa yas-
al insossaeo n',s Sai.ua,,
Isruay aieer stuart Oh'el, ehaii nia''
OF the Maryland racing commission
had said he welcomed full puDlclty
for the turf affairs of the State.
MODEST AssEssNENT,
rLo 90, ,ouor,,, oasoss,,aDt nm
p.IiO a" soIs o1n
S Va. ,i.,,,Iss 80 To- Ia,,.
,ls - a. 80 49, Ska
pn',,,s ..,sox - aaoh tns,anc.
ne .um is Well below the profit be-
dieved to have been made during the
asst season.
The Pimlico assessment OF S244,97O
u ON a racing plant which. II Is esti-
mated by those In touch with racing,
handled wngers averaging 100000 q
day during the eleven days or the fall
meet alone, or total for the meet OF
x09OO.O 900. This was the sum which
passed through the mutual betting
machines, yielding the track "cut" or
5 per cent, or approximately SoOO0Oo.
About $4,000. II is estimated, was
aiken in at the gate. and the break
age" in the bettins, which is retained
o the track. probably amounted TO
nearly I per cent, or 100000.
The figures are for the eleven days
OF the fall meet alone. Pimlico also
enjoyed Il spring meet of fifteen days
which, II Is believed. brought the
gross income to the track well above
$l.300.O0O. From the sum must be
taken, however, purses of approx
mately 5000, 900 offered to horsemen.
10 per cent cut from the net pro,itS
80, 90 Ianreoia, ,nn ,hn sizo nj
,hicb bas not yet hnap determined
hv Tho r,cing COMMUNICATION
-
1AAEs oN Ion'.
The net profits, after all these de-
auctions are made, probably VIII DC
far below the 100000 for the season
which is estimated in some quarters
Those in touch with turf arairs be-
The Washington times., 1920-12-07
HEALTH SERVICE FILM.

A new motion picture MIN prepared
at the instance OF the United States
Public Health Service WILDLY pre-
sents the life history OF the mosquito,
especially OF the kind that transmits
malaria germs and costs the United
States people about 100000 year
by so doing. Part OF the MIN IL "ani-
mated" and part taken from actual
life; all OF 1t is life-like.
The Washington times., 1920-12-07
Florists Meet Tonight.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Washington Florists Club will be
held this evening in Schmidts Hall
at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1920-12-07
GERMAN BEER THICKENED.

BERLIN, Dec. MANY German
hreweries are facing ruin az a result
OF the falling Off Of the consumption
Of near-beer. To prevent this the
council has adopted an ordinance
permitting breweries to thicken
brews.
The Washington times., 1920-12-07

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Arizona republican., 1920-12-19

bitt and Cowden, and Rabbit and Boyle. While the above mentioned firms are not the only ones engaged in the business, they are the largest in- dividual feeders. feeding from 1,500 to 2.500 head each every year. Babbitt and Cowden and the Burnt ranch are especially well equipped for feeding. In addition to the necessary pens ans, troughs, they have silo capacity for D. 900 tons. The latter filled their 2,O00- ton silo this year from the crop grown on their 100 acres.
 The following figures will give some idea of what can be expected of feed grown in the valley. These figures were obtained by the accurate weigh slg of feed and the careful keeping and compiling of data on ranch on the Salt River valley A pen of 30 range steers, averaging 1,017 pounds apice, were fed the following ration for 30 days:
 Grains, pounds per head per day: ccttonseed meal. 1.7 pounds; silages 33.4 pounds, and alfalfa hay, 13.7 pounds per head per day. The average gain per head during the period was 90 pounds. For the next 30 days the ra- ton was:
 Grains, e.2 pounds per head per day: cottonseed meal, 3.3 pounds; silage, 3z.S pounds; alfalfa hay, 11.2 pounds. The gain per head during this 30-day period was 72 pounds. For the third period the daily ration per head was:
 Grains, 12.6 pounds; cottonseed meal, pounds; silage, 176 pounds; alfalfa hay, 11.5 pounds. The gain per head during this period was 55 pounds. or a total of 232 pounds for the 90 days, making an average daily gain of nearly two and one-half pounds. Oother re- suits show that very good gains have been made on five pounds of alfalfa | hay, 50 pounds of silage, and 2iL pounds of cottonseed meal.
 As has been stated above, change: in prices make the establishment of z ssxed ration impossible.
 Cattle feeding comes at time of th' year when labor is most plentiful, anC makes use of much spare time, as i
 works we'll with the daily farm sched ule. 1t hakes use of roughages tha
 would otherwise go to waste, and, las
 but not least, it maintains soil fertility
 To appreciate fully the value of thi
 last statement, one must visit Franc and Germany and see the great valu
 that manure has there.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19
OHE ALFALFA STAND BRINGS S6O AN ACRE

One of the best records made during the year was that of the Chandler Inn provement company at Chandler, when from a field just west of that town, in- cluding 26 acres, were taken 216 tons of alfalfa to the acre in a single cut ting. With the price of hay running from s27 to $30 a ton, the hay was worth about $500, or an average of s60 an acre.
 The field in question has been used for the feeding of ostriches and therefore was no better than the aver age The hay was cut at the end of June and, according to E. J. Koch, gen. eral manager of the company. was no | better or no worse than the other al falfa fields owned by the company When it is considered that from five tC seven cuttings are made in a season the profits from hay are seen to he nearly as great as the most optimistic can see from cotton.
 Tn connection with the foregoing it is proper to refer to the revenue derived
 from his hay crop by Emil Bauer. also | of Chandler. Mir Bauer refused tc blow up any of his land for cotton, de ,1aring that alfalfa was good enough | for him. That he has been right in hi. 1 contention is shown by the following
 figures:
 Last year. from 19O acres. Mir. Bauer made a net profit of S75 an acre ol
 a total net profit of $9500. Of course his cost Of production was less thar that of a cotton farmer. many of whom
 wear ago. netted from s100 to $200 al acre from long staple cotton, but n,
 believes that in the long run he vii 0utdistance any cotton grower becaus
 of the fact that the latter eventuall' must put his cotton land back into al salfa or other leeuminous crop to re
 store the fertility of the soil. At an, , event, the foregoing demonstrates ti1a , long staple Is not the only product tha 7 oan yield handsome profit in the Sal l River valley.
 ) Another instance at Chandler is tha | of w. J. Longmore, who reported ne [ rrofit of S2100 from 40 acres of alfalfa 5 This represented only two cutting. F and as his crop is good for at leas
 four more cuttings his profits shoul
 run about S60O0, or s15O an acre. Tn g first cutting gave him 42 tons of Ina - and the second 70 tons.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19

While it is eminently possible to stand on the main streets of Phoenix or of any of the other towns of the Salt River valley and point out scores who have been almost incredibly success full in farming under the Roosevelt project, it Is more practicable to keep an weather eye open for those who have succeeded moderately, but have made themselves independent through hard work, god management and com mon sense, rather with a modicum Of luck or accident to help them over the top. Examples of this kind not only provide an incentive for others, but they show how the trick may be
 turned, while those who have been
 merely lucky can show nothing but the
 unknown directions in which Fortune
 may distribute her favors.
 The following exmaples are those of
 men who relied only upon hard effort
 and brains to bring them results. There
 was no lucky talisman In their posses
 sion, nor were they situated differently than hundreds of others who, lacking perseverance and courage and common sense. have been able barely to keep
 the wolf from the door.
 Success In Dairying
 A conspicuous example of successful | dairying is that of the Geare brothers. Some 20 years or more ago the elder l Geare came to Phoenix with seven sons. The sons survived the father and | five of them have remained on the old home place The city limits of Phoenix have been gradually creeping out to- | ward the Geare homestead and in con | sequence the value of land has been | going up until lots less than a half mile away are selling for more than $90C each but the Geare boys are still ir
 the dairy business and the fact that they have refuted the outstanding | statement that dairying cannot be suc- cessfulIy produced on gh-priced land is all the evidence we need that they have made dairying exceedingly profit able. There has been a gradual i'm l provement in their dairy plant. Today they have probably have as high a pro | ducing herd as can be found on any farm in the southwest Their barn. and stables have been equipped witt
 cement floors and cement managers Their milk house is a, revelation il modern milk handling equipment A the present time they are producing tn only grade A milk sold in the city O Phoenix. Something like 125 cows ar milked and the milk bottled and solt fro mtheir own wagons. Handling thi . herd producing the seed and feed an, selling the milk involve executive abil ity and one reason for the conspicuou ] success of Geare brothers is the fac 3 that they have d divided responsibility 7 One brother looks after the ranch an,
 production, another the herd, anothe
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19
GROWING IF SEEDS NAY BECOME LARGE
 FACTOR IN VALLEY

The Salt river valley may soon be- come the equal of the Santa Clara val ley in California in the growing of seed on a large scale as the result or work initiated by the chamber Of com merce after a general investigation of the subject. The matter has been placed before the University of Arizo- na and in reply the following letter from D. W. Working, dean of the in stitution, has been received:
 'T have your letter expressing the opinion that 1t will be desirable to un- dertake the growing of seeds on a large scale in the Salt river valley. It seems to me that the idea is well worth coa- sidering
 'T will take it up with our depart ment of agronomy and agriculture in order to secure the best information available. It is probable that among our workers there has accumulated sui ficient information to offer at least a provisional recommendation. If you happen to know of gardeners and truck growers who have had experience In growing seed in your valley. We shall be very glad to have you give us their names and addresses
 The chamber of commerce will com ply by sending them all the names il can get, and the growers themselves who are interested are asked to CO., operate with tho university in this work
 Tn a letter to the university concern 1 ing the same subject the secretary oi the chamber of commerce said: i we believe that the time is ripe fol 1 a concerted effort to be made with Q view to determining the feasibility ot 1 seed growing on a large scale in this lvalley. We feel that sweet peas, onions lettuce, beets, sunflower. and a num-
 Der of other seeds might be grown here
 with large profits. It is also probable
 that this type of farming will diver some of the lands from cotton to Oth-
 CT crops and we know that the uni Iversity is much interested in work along this line"
 With reference to the Santa Clara valley, it is known that for fifteen years
 that section has reaped it's ereates ! harvest in seeds and secured therefrOn huge profits, although for many year. 4it had been a premier fruit. hay and lslain country. The growing of seed
 it is said, is so profitable that thos, making it a success seldom take III
 any other kind of farming
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19

At the present time it is considered probable that there are about 350,000 laying hens in the Salt River valley. The average price for eggs in 1919 and 1920 was 401 cents dozen. This aver age of prices is obtained by taking the total amount paid by one of the largest dealers for eggs during the year and dividing it by the total number of eggs purchased. Those who produce a large amount of winter eggs naturally re- ceive a higher average price than the foregoing. as eggs for the past few winters have sold here for between 75 cents and $1 a dozen. With present feed prices the egg producers who make this their business and purchase their feed in quantities, when prices are lowest, are feeding at a cost of from one-half cent to three quarters cent a day. The average production is probably about eight dozen. although some of the best producers average 15 and Ii dozens.
 Many Advantages
 The advantages which poultry keep CTS in the Salt River valley have over 1 those of their competitors in the east ern states are such as to make this section of the southwest an ideal loca- ton for poultrymen. Among these ad- vantages, that of the housing problem is among the most important. To the poultrryman who engages in this busl- ness the building of necessary houses is a considerable item. Here. owing tc the very mild winters, comparatively little protection is necessary. In the years which have elapsed since the first poultry was brought into the val ley, all kinds of houses have been tried out and almost every kind of shelter has been experimented with, from the original tree to the most expensive ol modern poultry pens. Those who nave been here longest and who have studied the question most deeply are quite wei agreed at the presen time that the best type of house is the long one run ming from Is to 20 feet wide and diyid- ed into pens which ahe very nearly square. Usually 1t has been found thai these houses give best results wher facing the east The front is left oper
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19
VALLEY IS IDEAL
 SPOT FOR FEEDING
 CATTLE, IS CLAIM

Expert Beef Producers Give Directions for the Use Of
 Salt River Valley Crops Fattening Rations With An Examination of the Results Obtained by Feeding According to Carefully Prepared Schedules
 Recent changes in the cotton market have caused many Salt River Valley farmers who have their entire planted Tn cotton to consider the advsabty of returning to the sound practice of diversified farming.
 The agricultural history of the various sections of the Omted States shows that all have to realize the necessity of this practice Try may, the growing crops cannot proftaby be separated from live stock production, the smaller farm.
 Irrigation had not been in use many years in the Salt River Valley before alfalfa became the eadig crop The lar lumber of horse and mule teams in use in the nory at that time drew the valley for of it's aal- ia hay but this trade limited so find closely fol- lowing the establishment of irrigation the introduction of cattle feeding and dairying.
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19

penasble to comfort and happiness.
 The Stannards father, mother and two sons, with the urge for building a home came here some five or six years ago an bought ten acres of land. The father was a civil engineer. One son was then in school and the other was a graduate of an agricultural college. They all had visions of what a home in the valley might be but lacked the where with-a to build according to specifications, so they went to work with the material on hand. which were little more than the land, a team, a few chickens, a hammer and sas. The home grew little by little Not an elab- crate affair but comfortable and con- venient. Finlly plans grew around it. The son had hopes of establishing a dairy but money was scarce and in lieu thereof the bagon with poultry. Thor ough going methods were the only ones that could be considered by the Stan nards. hence when they began to keep poultry they kept only the best and produced the best of ergs which found a ready market at above market prices 1 because they were always pure and guaranteed.
 Milo Maize
 l But it is not in connection with poultry that we mention the Stannards 1 The thing they have done which will | make the Stannards name known Is the strain of milo maize seed which l they have established. Keenly observ ant they early discovered that milo
 was the most popular of all summe1 i crops in the Salt River valley. It was also apparent that almost nothing had 1 been done in the way of improving the ] seed. Their early efforts were alone l the line of selections from the bes- plants (not heads alone). Within 2
 very short time they had established
 a strain which is extremely remarkable in it's uniformity of heavy headine | qualities Constant selection and i'm nrovement is going on and the Stan nard strain of mile is now almost as well known as Pima cotton in the Sal
 River valley. At the Soil Products ex- position at Kansas City last fall, ex- hibits of this milo maize was awarded first prize and sweepstakes over al competitors, notwithstanding that there were exhibitors from the milo growing
 state of Kansas, Nebraska and Okla homa.
 The Stannards have sold the olC Iplace and have moved three mile
 farther east in the orange belt and will
 in addition to the poultry and the seeC
 growth, take up the culture of oranges The same careful methods which hay, characterized their great success il other lines will be continued and futuT
 visitors to the Stannard home will fint
 something superior in the orang groves as we'll as in everything in con
 cention with the farm
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19
Little Stories of Successful
 Farming in Many Varied Lines

the machinery, another the milk house and another the general supervision over the whole.
 Poultry raising is a small business as compared with cotton or cows, but we know great many who have made good. We will be content to mention three only and we will have to select these at random from a list that will number dozens.
 What Is Done In Poultry
 A pioneer in the poultry business in the Salt River valley is John NJ. Weber. He is still tending his flock in the same place he started some 12 or 15 years ago, one mile west of the Phoe- nix Indian school. He has steadfastly held to the White Leghorn and has built up an enviable trade in guaran- teed eggs. He has paid for his 20-acre farm, educatde him family, built a house thereon for his family and sur rounded himself with the comforts and conveniences which go to make life worth while.
 c. D. Bowker a few years ago was farm laborer. Then he rented some and and one year crops did not do very much and he was feeling rather dis ! outraged. There did not seem to be any way out but finally his wife told
 
 1 chickens to pay up the indebtedness | Then Bowker got to figuring that if chickens could help out in an emer- ! gency, why not make a business of it, so he bought ten acres of land and let the chickens pay for it. Chickens have also built a concrete house, which is thing of beauty in it's setting of | semi tropical plants and trees and it is also commodious and comfortable. Other comforts and conveniences have come via the chicken road.
 i W. w. Carney, formerly of Mesa and also formerly one of the old poultry men of the valley. from a modest be- ginning accumulated enough in the poultry business so that he was able to buy a larger farm and is now con- firmed cotton farmer, but chickens did | t just the same.
 Fruit and Bees
 E Draper of Glendale, with more tablished his family on a ten-acre tract started in to pay for it off of the pro- ceeds With this small acreage he had several projects, the principal of which were fruit bees and poultry. He has been successful with all of them. Per haps more so with the bees and poul- try. So he has demonstrated that q man may not only make a living and raise his family, but also do consider able more because he has built anc paid for a home and surrounded him self with those things which are con sidered by modern farmers to be indis
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19

As compared with cotton, poultry is small industry in the Salt River valley, but taking into consideration the pie and the accompanying fact that large number gage who could not and would not be interested in cotton growing other farming large scale 1t is seen that it's form of endeavor which not only merits recogn ton and encouragement but which may be made profit able source of income
 With the inception of the poultry industry in the val ley some problems presented to the poultry keepers which proved stumbling blocks but these have been done away with and the industry is on firm and stable basis it is growing the population of the cities and the towns of the valley grows and is which has in itself the possibilities of almost unlimited expansion
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19
Salt Rlver Valley Formers Acbieve Success <. I1 Wide Diversity of Product2ve Actlvltles
POULTRY RAISING
 IN VALLEY LOOMS
 AS BIG INDUSTRY

Problems That Met Pioneers In This Branch Of Farm Work Have Been Solved By Scientific Examination Of The Questions Involved With the Result That Today Advantages Of This Section Are Unequalled
Arizona republican., 1920-12-19
Feeding Statistics

Prominent among the cattle feeders .-',-51Icv arc tho Burnt ranch Ban-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-20

address by Fat Malluy who has
just recently returned from Europe.
Mr. MalIpy SpcnL two months In
France and Great Britain studying
the export situation. Tho immediate
restoration OF economic tuudiions.'
hn said cannot be- expected. Tho
low ratio OF European exchange iH
iu % Hcnso an embargo on the CNppr-
ption of Americah goods In the pc
tJulcum business there IS another
diffiouliy the great scarcity Of
t1ukers. n iH obvious" hc said, that
the 'Aportalou Of pcrnlcun products
% Europc viii be- greatly retarded
go long as tho British purchaser
must pay fiS6 foe $3.50 worth ~
Fasulinc. The same g. true IN France
where the French government or
Ythrr great users OF tho petroleum
products must pay ffte.H ~ their
franks for ovcry dOiiarH worth Of
Hupplios whore formerly they only
paid five. In Italy the condition iH
worse for there the dollar is worth.
or at least was a month aEp, twenty
three lire instead Of five"
Mr. Malloy declared that thcru
was an Identity Of interest between
The inland Independent refining
companies OF Kansas. Oklahoma,
I"Xas ana Louisiana. Any problems
of difference must bc worked out
for the general good ut tho indus
try. 10 that end ne proposed the
merging of the Texas association
with The Western Petroleum Refn-
o's \ committee va appointed from
tho joint meeting who approved the
plan Of the merger, th, details ~
which, arc now being worked ont hy
a committee OF both ussocia ions
There would seem .... tp he no
question but what am ~ tsc indc-
pendent r'finCrs OF Texas will be-
come members OF tho Western Pc
srul"um Rctincrs association with
7uiiihlo representation uu its cVccu-
tive board ana ih officers This VIII
moan that the independent industry
viii bo ono and that the prcso NJ
large membership of the Western
Petroleum icriuors will be- prarti-
cAlly doubled II not trcblcd during
the year.