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dwarf iniU) maize have been produced; and experimental crops of 

 cowpeas, darso, field peas, ilax, garbanzos, lettuce, perilla, pink 

 beans, soy beans, sugar beets, tepary beans, and vetch have been 

 grown, in addition, plant breeding work with alfalfa has occupied 

 several acres of ground. 



This farm, by reason of its publicity and the useful character 

 of the work which is being done upon it, is bound to become an 

 influential factor in the agriculture of the region. In the immediate 

 future it is planned to develop crops of pure high-grade seed sup- 

 plies of wheat, corn, milo maize, oats, barley and other crops, with 

 a view to the needs of the farmers desiring to improve their crops 

 thereby, and other beneficial lines of work are in prospect for this 

 farm. 



Of the usefulness and value to the agriculture of the State of 

 this beautiful property there can be no question, and it is planned 

 to make it a center of information and influence in the agricultural 

 aft'airs of the region. 



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EMERGENCY WORK 



immediately following the declaration, April 6, 1917, of a state 

 of war with Germany, an effort was made to align helpfully the 

 activities of the Agricultural Staft" in the matter of increased food 

 production, for food conservation, and for the more effective opera- 

 tion of agricultural agencies. 



At meetings of the Staff April 6, April 10 and April 17, ways 

 and means of accomplishing this were discussed and plans laid for 

 the stimulation of various agricultural activities bearing upon the 

 food supply. Information was arranged for relating to the crops 

 that could be grown to best advantage during the immediately en- 

 suing summer season, and this information was published both as 

 an Arizona Council of Defense circular and as Timely Hint No. 

 126 of the Experiment Station series. The suggestions made in- 

 cluded the planting of sorghum grains April to June, inclusive ; 

 pink and tepary beans to follow winter grains ; forage sorghums 

 and Sudan grass for silage and hay ; vegetable gardens and, par- 

 ticularly, potatoes in the northern part of the State ; Indian corn 

 both in irrigated and in dry-farming locations to be preserved as 

 silage for the feeding of livestock the following winter when forage 

 supplies are ordinarily deficient. 



