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one of the most promising crops of the farm. Two cuttings of hay 

 were secured and a reasonable seed crop, estimated at 450 pounds 

 per acre was harvested. The season's results substantiate the results 

 of previous years, in that a careful farmer, who is prepared to handle 

 livestock, can grow profitably sufficient forage and silage crops to 

 take care of a reasonable sized herd of livestock, and by this means 

 he will be able to make a good living from a farm of ordinary size. 



Fig. 4. Papago sweet corn — Prescott i'ry Farm 



SULPHUR SPRING VALLEY DRY-FARM 



The season of 1918 in Sulphur Spring Valley was extremely 

 dry and followed the dry season of 1917, consequently there was no 

 reserve moisture in the soil. Practically every crop planted under 

 strictly dry land conditions on the experiment farm proved a total 

 failure. The same conditions prevail on the privately owned farms 

 thruout the valleys. Various crops planted with supplemental irri- 

 gation gave reasonable yields. Among them may be mentioned 

 kafir, Freed's sorghum, Sudan grass, and cow peas. Soy beans 

 were not satisfactory. Velvet beans made considerable growth, but 

 it is doubtful if they will prove worth while. One plot of sweet 

 clover planted in 1917 made a reasonable growth and a small 

 amount of seed. Yields of wheat, oats, and barley were extremely- 

 light. Mexican June corn planted in the early season without irri- 

 gation had sufficient moisture to germinate and while it lived thru- 

 out the season, at harvest time in the fall much of it was not above 

 3 feet in height, and the silage yield from the best of it was only 



