Arizona republican., 1921-01-09

CropSs pest SultaDle TOT tho sOlt OA the valley. were outlined at the meet ing by IT. c. Heard. Maricopa county agricultural agent, as follows:
 T want first of all to bring to your minds a few facts concerning the crops that are available to us in the salt River valley, but even before this want to impress upon you all that this is no time to do anything reckless, or in fact, to be anything but conserva- tive. We as farmers cannot aifora after the experience of the last year to lump without looking where We are liable to land. We must take stock or our resources and our capabilities ana help ourselves gradually to nrm foundation. !, Now. the crops that we are suggest ing to you do not carry with them lne promise to make you vulgarly rich, put they do promise the eVehtual clssal ssli ms Therefore. we are asking that you use the good old stand bys-alfalfa, grains, grain sorghums, corn and Pima cot ton. And I want you to remember that the mention of grains should bring fin your minds the subject of livestock. without which any program is hardly worth discussing.
 Barley Is ordinarily safer than wheat Under usual conditions, wheat is safer up to the middle of January. but after this date barley Is much pre- ferable. It must be remembered, too, that wheat has a market of Its own. while barley must find a market In coniunction with livestock in some form. Attention should be paid, If you contemplate a barley crop or wheat crop. to getting plump, heavy seed. Tn the case of wheat, 60 pounds of seed to the acre should bring good returns, the farmer keeping in mind all the time that 1t is estimated that careful growing of this crop should result In bringing the yield up from the ordinary 2S bushels an acre for this part of the world to the neighbor- hood of SS bushels.
 Valleys Good Crops
 "The essential points to be watched in raising wheat are the preparation of a good seed-bed, heavy irrigating be- fore planting, and no more water until it becomes absolutely necessary. Or dinarily, on heavy lands a good water ing before planting and another in lnte March or the beginning of April will prove the ideal way.
 Corn as a grain crop Is not the most successful thing in the world, because this staple has not been bred to do well in this climate. We have found that the best variety for the Salt River
 
 Milo and hegari are also good crops. TTeterita as a rule does not yield particularly well. Now comes an important warning. When planting grain sorghum one must figure on some way to get rid of it. and the profitable way is through hogs or cat tle. adding protein supplement, such as silage. tankage, or other protein foods.
 As far as alfalfa is concerned. the manifold advantages of Hairy Peru vian are so well known that there is no need to argue in it's favor. Plant ing alfalfa in the spring is not best It should be planted in October but as this is not possible this year. milo should be planted early and prepara- tions made to plant alfalfa next oc. tober.
 Dairy Industry
 "The dairy industry. Let me say with regard to this that in bringinl back our cattle we should bring a bet ter grade than went out of here. Il addition, we should have feed for tn cows when they get here, and VI ought to feed them right remembering that one of the troubles in forme years was that the cattle in the val ley were often underfed.
 Now we go to hogs. The big poin SOhCNAHAuk Aoho AS NAAt AcA@N AAeAb d long as we have a packing plant i the valley we are going to have hog coming in that are afflicted wit cholera. and we must have an eff cient supervision. through the stat livestock sanitary board or some othe board. over every hog shipped into thi country. And again. the man shoul be shot at sunrise. or half-shot befor midnight, who allows a hog near a ilrigating ditch. I myself have seen