. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Arizona. Arizona Agricultural Expe;riment Station 2-13 winter crops of barley, wheat and oats; (3) winter fallow with in- tensively cultivated summer crops of Egyptian cotton and Indian corn; and (4) pasturing of ditches and waste ground by means of sheep. In this latter connection the Arizona Eastern right-of-way adjoining the farm, hitherto a jungle of Johnson grass, has been leased and already brought under control by means of Fig- 2 The Experiment Station Farm near Mesa, September 3, 1915, showing dense growth of Johnson grass which has since
. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Arizona. Arizona Agricultural Expe;riment Station 2-13 winter crops of barley, wheat and oats; (3) winter fallow with in- tensively cultivated summer crops of Egyptian cotton and Indian corn; and (4) pasturing of ditches and waste ground by means of sheep. In this latter connection the Arizona Eastern right-of-way adjoining the farm, hitherto a jungle of Johnson grass, has been leased and already brought under control by means of Fig- 2 The Experiment Station Farm near Mesa, September 3, 1915, showing dense growth of Johnson grass which has since been brought under control. According to experience gained, the first method entails expense with no income, and the grass is as yet far from exterminated. In (2) the expense of maintaining summer fallow is offset and a clear profit may be gained from the crop of winter grain. In (3) Egyptian cotton has this year yielded a handsome profit in spite of the large amount of hoeing that was done in order to keep the crop entirely free from grass, while the corn just about offset the expense of intensive summer culti- vation. In the case of sheep, not only were ditches kept clean with a minimum of expense, but the railroad right-of-way, composed of ir- regular ground which could not have been handled in any other way, was brought under control not only at a large saving, but with a small profit from the operation. At present it appears that a combination of sheep and intensive cultivation will take care of the Johnson grass problem in southern Arizona much more profitably than by the old expensive method of continuous dry fallow. Experimental acres of alfalfa, lettuce, and various winter growing. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original University of Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station. Tucson : Agric
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