400 



T\ve:nty-i:ighth Annual Re;port 



$2,000 from 40 cultivated acres. It is believed that for several years 

 to come perhaps the greatest usefulness of this tract will consist in 

 a continuation of this home-making demonstration, under condi- 

 tions formerly thought to be of value only for the grazing of range 

 animals. • 



THIS SULPHUR SPRING VALLEY DRY-FARM 



This area, consisting of 160 acres of land in Sulphur Spring 

 Valley at an altitude of about 4,000 feet, has been operated by the 

 Experiment Station beginning in 1913. The tract, which is situated 



Old-Wcll 





=i^K££ 



lE.B.ia/iTinb 



LAtib 



UiiivcLUSiTY OF AaizonA 



AGRICULTURAL EiXPELlZlh/lt-nr ^TATIOn 

 ^ULPHUB. ^PlZmO VALL^y DQ.y FAQ.M 



.5 £ • SlLC 30. TZ1 1. . a IS J - G <iJ c a 6-M 



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.5CAL£. 700' 



Fig. 5.— Elevation 4250 feet. 



near Cochise, Arizona, on the Southern Pacific Railroad, represents, 

 considerable areas of former grazing lands in the southern valleys 

 of the State and consists of the Southwest J4> Section 20, Town- 

 ship 24 E., Range 15 S., G. & S. R. B. & M. The rainfall averages 

 11 inches a year, groundwater is available by pumping at 70 feet, 



