The Winslow mail., 1922-11-24

to buy at home more than a small
part of the hogs required In this
connection it is we'll to observe that
! the hogs used must be Of standard
quality and that the packing comp
!. any itself is giving every assistance
!. to farmers to help them produce
better hogs by proper feeding.
Competing as it does with the
great packers of the country, the
Arizona Packing company is concen-
trating it's efforts on producing quail
ity products, and it is meeting sue
cess in this endeavor. Hams. bacon,
fresh and prepared meats of every
description, and all the other prod
ucts of packing plant, are produc-
ed in quantity and quality.
The company's big plant near
Phoenix never fails to arouse the
interest of visitors from all parts
of the state. It's size alone is enough
to compel attention. It's equipment
is as complete and modern as that
of any similar plant in the country.
1t is worth a few hours of anybody's
time to make tour of the plant and
follow a steer or hog through the
numerous processes by which it is
converted into the finished product,
ready for the household.
Aside from it's place as one of the
big industrial firms of the state, the
packing company, and all the other
meat companies of the state, are of
great importance for the market
they give farmers and stockmen for
their cattle, sheep and hogs. Ari-
zonas packing industry, is by no
means operating at capacity, and ev
more sales of Arizona livestock.
! In this connection it may be re-
marked that the Arizona Cattle
Growers association and the Ari-
Zona Farm Bureau Federation with
the Industrial Congress, began work
last summer on plans for the coop
erative feeding and fattening of cat
tie in the states irrigated valleys.
AS an experiment, Fred TAFT, presi-
dent of the Maricopa County Farm
Bureau, and other feeders have TAX
en- ever some 1,500 steers from Hen
ry G. Boice, president of the Cattle
Growers association, and are feed
ing them in the Salt River Valley.
Detailed figures on weight gains,
!
prices are being kept, so that act
ual fg, res will be available in case
any cooperative arrangement is
made.
The plan in mind provided for the
shipment cf range cattle to the ir-
rigated valleys, where they would be
fed hy farmers and fattened for
market then sold to the packing
plant The cattlemen and farmers
would share the additional pclce OBJ
tanned for the fat stock. Folowing
the expc1 inent being made th.s win
ter it is probable that further steps
along this line will be made next
year.
/ After falling to one--th:rd it's
7 former SIZE in less than five Years,
the dairy industry of Arizona is
slowly but steadily regaining its po-
sition as one of the states import
ant agricultural industries.
This is the opinion of observers
who have followed events in the in
dustry during the last few years.
There is much to be done yet, but
with an increasing demand for but
ter, canned milk and cheese made in
Arizona it is generally regarded as
only matter Of time vefore the in
dustry, or rather the farmers con-
cerned with it, are back to basis
of prosperity
The average ArizOnian is inclined
to consider the dairy industry
matter affecting only the irrigated
agricultural districts of the state,
; and chiefly the Salt River Valley.
In reality. however, it concerns ev-
) cry resident, if only indirectly. Ev-
cry prosperous industry makes busi-
J, ness of the state as whole better.
Figures given the Arizona Indus
trial Congress recently show total
investment of considerably more
than S3,000,000 in the states dairy
industry. Some $4,000 dairy cows
are the pricipal item, with valua-
ton of approximately $4,000, 900.
Then there are more than 10000
head of young dairy stock worth be-
tween 100000 and S40O,O00. The
seven producing creameries and
condensaries in the state represent
an investment of nearly $500,000.
Three creameries located at Phoe
nix have a combined total produc
tion at present of 1000 pounds of
butter a day, and the creameries At
Stafford, Wilcox and Yuma increase
that total to more than $500 pounds.
Two of the Phoenix creameries also
produce evaporated milk their pro-
duction with that of the large con-
densary at Tempe making total of
500 cases daily. The states produc-
tion of cheese is more than $500
pounds day.
I What these figures mean in the
business life of the state is seen in
the statement that the butter, milk
and cheese manufactured in Arizona
each month is worth, at present
wholesale prices, approximately
$125, ,000-and the estimate is con-
servative.