Twenty-Eighth Annual 



Report 



ADMINISTRATION 



A general survey at this time of the agricultural field in Arizona 

 is especially interesting by reason of rapid developments now being 

 made, and is also of value to the Experiment Station in adjusting 

 its work to the economic needs of the State. Abnormal demands 

 for agricultural products of all kinds have of course resulted in an 

 unusual inflation of prices and this in turn has stimulated agricul- 

 tural development to an extent not heretofore experienced in the 

 farming history of the State. Not only has the agriculture of older 

 irrigated districts been greatly intensified and improved, but con- 

 siderable areas not heretofore improved successfully have received 

 attention and in many cases have entered upon active development. 

 In portions, also, of the dry-farming sections of the State, especially 

 from 4,000 to 7,000 feet elevation, many new homesteads have been 

 entered and dry-farming efforts have met with measurable success, 

 more particularly where silos and livestock have been employed. 



The irrigating water supply has continued to be unusually 

 good during the season, especially, as in the case of Salt River 

 Valley, where ample storage is available. The grazing industries, 

 however, in common with extensive sections of the West, have ex- 

 perienced a considerable shortage of feed, due to the less than 

 usual rainfall of the past winter. Spring rains in the northern part 

 of the State were excellent, and where properly conserved in tho 

 soil undoubtedly contributed to the production of dry-farmed crops 

 of corn, milo maize, beans, Sudan grass, potatoes, and other hardy 

 crops. On the whole, however, especially in the southern sections, 

 the moisture supply has been inadequate, and results from dry- 

 farming operations less than the previous year. The exigencies of 

 dry-farming in Arizona clearly indicate the great importance to 

 arid region farmers of silos by means of which even scanty crops of 



