UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 654 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 

 W. J. SPILI.MAN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. T *> ne 14 » 1918 



FARM ORGANIZATION 



IN THE IRRIGATED VALLEYS OF 



SOUTHERN ARIZONA 



By 

 R. W. CLOTHIER, Agriculturist 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Object of Investigations . 1 



Summary of Results . 1 



General Description of Localities 4 



Method of Investigation ........... 15 



Standards Used in this Bulletin for Measuring Success ... 17 



Types of Farming ■ 21 



The Adaptation of the Farm Enterprises to the Size of the Farm . 42 

 The Relation of Capital Invested and Size of Farm to Farm Income 



and Labor Income ........... 47 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



