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tract consists of blocks 54, 52 and 43 of the Townsend addition to 

 Yuma, and is situated in the southwest corner of Section 20, Town- 

 ship 8 S., Range 23 W., G. & S. R. B. & M. This area has been 

 cultivated, for the most part in horticultural crops, since the begin- 

 ning of the work in 1905. About 3.5 acres are at this time occupicci 

 by date palms, but between the rows and throughout the remainder 

 of the tract numerous agricultural and horticultural crops have 

 been grown during the twelve years that the orchard has been in 

 operation. The fertile, level soil of this tract has been valuable in 

 carrying out plant breeding work, especially with wheat, during 

 the past several years ; and much of the progress made ni plant, 

 breeding with alfalfa, wheat, corn, beans and sorghums, has been 

 due to the facilities afi'orded by this tract. Beginning with it as a 

 jungle of arrow weed in 1905, it has subsequently become one of 

 the most public places in the Yuma V^alley, past which nearly all 

 rural travel passes over Warrenite roads to an'd from the adjacent 

 city. There can be no doubt of the influence upon crops and agri- 

 cultural methods exerted by this little farm, and in future, as in 

 the past, it will doubtless remain useful as an experimental asset 

 and as a means of illustrating crops and methods to those who 

 frequently witness the work done there. 



the; prkscott dry-farm 



The Prescott drv-farm consists of a diversified area of 100 

 acres of bench and bottom lands seven miles north of Prescott, 

 Arizona, on the line of the S. F. P. & P. Railroad. It is defined as 

 that portion of the S.W. ]/\ of Section 31, Township 15 N., Range 

 IW., G. & S. R. B. & M., lying west of the right of way of the S. F. 

 P. & P. Railroad. This tract is representative of large areas of 

 lands lying at approximately 5,000 feet elevation in the northern 

 part of the State. Concerning these lands, formerly used for graz- 

 ing purposes only, it was desired to ascertain whether or not they 

 could be made use of by dry-farming methods of culture. While, 

 at first the outlook was adverse, persistent experimentation on this 

 tract has discovered a number of quick-maturing, drought-resistant 

 crops that mature here. With an average rainfall of 13.4 inches 

 per annum since the beginning of operations in 1912 and with the 

 help of dry-farming methods of culture, it has been demonstrated 

 that quick-growing, drought-resistant crops of milo maize, feterita, 

 and Indian corn, may be grown and put up for use of livestock 

 which each spring is sure to need this forage to tide over the short 



