The border vidette., 1930-11-29
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS

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w. Barr, economist associated
with the university, and G. r.
FiIlerup. Navajo county agricul
tural agent.
It has been determined that
this year the county has harvest
ed $500 acres of corn grown un.
der irrigation and 4,1OO acres of
corn grown without irrigation.
The figures include the corn
grown for silage and that grown
for grain.
All of the irrigated alfalfa in
Navsjo county amounts to appro
| ximately 1000, acres. There is
also an additional acreage of 3,
900 acres devoted to crops such
as small grains, beans and or
chard crops.
An increasingly favorable out
look for production Of vegetab
les is seen for the county, espe
cially in the vicinity Of Lake
side. During the past summer,
the survey points out, an i'm por
| tantIamount of vegetables was
moved by truck from Lakeside
and Snowflake to Globe.
Commercial poultry focks are
also held to be on the increase
in the vicinity Of Snowflake.
Moreover, it is stated. Navajo
county markets have never been
fully supplied with eggs of local
production. The number of
hens in commercial -flocks ia the
county at present is 1900.
The total farming area in the
county, according to Dr.. Barr,
consists Of 1900 acres under ir
rigation and $500 acres dry
farmed, the principal irrigated
areas being those in the vicinity
of Snowflake, Shumway, Lake
side and Showlow, aud the prin
cipal dry farmed areas including
Clay Springs, Linden aud He
Der. ~ 5...--r.-s
"A manuscript telling the story
of nine months spent in Fort
Mcdowell, Ariz., in 1869, has
come to the ntion of the
Arizona Pioneers Historical
Society.
When Mrs. George Kit of the
Society wrote to Stanton D.
Kirkham for his book East and
West" be volunteered the Fort
Mcdowell manuscript that was
written by his grandmother for
a friend
In 1869. Mrs. George r. Kirk
ham came overland from San
Diego to Fort Mcdowell with
/ her hus band and six months old
baby and nurse. Kirkham was
at the time quartermaster gen.
eral of the department of the
Pacific stationed ct San Fran
cisco. He had built Fort Jajon
on the Mohave desert in 1855.
According to Mrs. Kilt the
manuscript is very we'll written
and is in fine script. The en-,
tire work is written on notebook
paper. The Historical Society
will have copy made for use
and the original is to be put
away for safe keeping.
1t was on the condition that
the society had freproof build.
ing that Mr.. Kirkham offered
the manuscript. The society is
lodged ia the stadium building
at the University of Arizona.
A novelty exhibition, prenisto
ric tracks of ancient elk and
camel, are now being displayed
at the state museum. These
tracks. imprinted in limestone,
we're taken from the Moenkopi
wash near Tuba City in the
northern part of Arizona and
we're uncovered by university
class studying archaeology.
In commenting on the tracks
DR.. Byron Cummings, director
of the museum, stated that they
were probably million and a
half years old.
ln addition to this interesting
display, the state museum has
also acquired fossil cat tracks
and the lower jaw of nam
moth. The cat tracks we're
found in the eastern part of the
state and were purchased for
the museum.
The tracks we're first imprint
ed ia mud and when sand blew
over them the weight was said
to be sufficient TO cause cooso.
lldation into its present form
which consists mainly of a cal
carious formation.
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