Arizona republican., 1921-07-03
HERE'S THE LAND. ALSO THE WATER;. WHERE |S MAN?
By John SchIaIos

Since my article in your last Sun day edition have been the target of a great many adverse criticisms and too commendable expressions.
 If l stepped on somebody's pet corn I did so only in order to get out of the way of the other fellow and save my own. more often put than any other is just how much can a man make off, say 40 acres?
 I always return the question with who is the man? We have the land, the water and the climate, now it is up to the man to make good. Make up your mind just what crops you would like to raise best, or what are best fitted for then pick your 40, your soil, best fitted for that crop and go to work, but best of all, for the man the farm and for the whole com munity, the man should go in for well balanced crop rotation, especially if the land is now deficient of nitro gen and vegetable matter If a 40- acre tract Is to be taken as unit, would take crop very well adapted for our peculiar climatic conditions which are without a precedent as far as heat and cold between night and day, and summer and winter are con cerned.
 The best seven acres of your soil should be planted to cotton, 20 to all falfa, seven to grain crops, like wheat during the winter and spring and milo maize, etc. to follow during the sum- mer, or better still, corn to make en silage for your cows, the remaining six acres would be taken up by your ! home and flower garden, fruit, berries and vegetable garden, barn, silo, feed I<A flrt -l. not least, your chicken yard.
 Every year ne-third of your al- falfa should be plowed under and cot ton planted in its place and another seven planted to alfalfa or sweet clover. This would give you always IA acres of alfalfa for your cows and work stock. Of course the cows and stock would have to be fed in the lot with feeds, etc. You could this way take care of at least 15 cows and have | hay also for your stock. Your five acres of corn made Into ensilage will l take care of them during the winter
 How much you can make out of this l depends largely on the man. Int | cows are your next best shot Oi
 course if your cotton is at norma wage and working conditions. cottor l should be made profitable at from 3(
 to 40 cents per pound. which has beer
 the normal price for years before the
 war. Here again, the man is as greai
 factor as the soil, the water and the
 climate to make a crop big enough | to make it profitable. Last but noi least, there is the old hen. If yot
 treat her right, water he. and keeT 1 up the good treatment from one cnc
 of the year to the other, get goot | egg producing strain, sell only infer tile eggs, cull out all stock that -oes | not come up to standard, you wil | make money. A clear profit of SIP | or more per hen may be made. O
 course having clean yards, plenty O 1 shade and fresh water have to be.
 Most of your feed you will have t buy from the mills because the DOT
 ton of grain that you feed in com parison to your mill feeds is yer.
 small. The most successful way t l keep a flock of chickens is to keel
 them in a yard--two to three acre
 will take care of 1000 or nor
 chickens; of course you have to knoy
 how or pay to learn.