The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-04-16
Condition of the Territory,

Despite the many drawbacks with which | the people of the entire Territory have to contend there never has been time when more hopeful spirit prevailed among our peo- pie. Throughout the southern section, the | crops of wheat and barley are rpening, and farmers are preparing to harvest these cereals. Should there be no frost in the southern part of the Territory for the next three weeks, and it is more than likely that there will not be-the crops of wheat and barley will, this year be very good, and the great breadth of land upon which these cereals are now maturing, leads us to believe that the yield will be almost double that of any proceeding year. If so, we may safely calculate that enough flour will be made in that section to more than feed it's entire population until the next crop commences to mature, and that sufficient quantity of barley to meet all de- mands until the corn natures, will be har- vested. Corn planting will be commenced as soon as the ground can be made ready to receive it, after the wheat and barley are removed, for, it must be borne in mind that two crops per year are generally raised on the rich bottom lands of Southern Arizona. That section is well provided with Touring mills, so that the wheat can speedily be turned into flour, and the flour into cash
 which will find its way into the hands of the producers, and enable them to improve their lands, irrigatng ditches, etc, pay help and keep their families comfortably. Notwith- standing that good crops were, last year, raised, we have been informed that grain is now quite scarce and dear 'down south" which fact should be borne iE mind by farm CTS, and cause them to SOW plenty of corn. Travel from the Southern States to Caifor- mia, Oregon and Nevada, Via tho Southern route, will, in all probability, be very large the coming year, and the Revolution now said to be raging in Sonora will prevent the people of that miserable Mexican State from raising a large crop and uuderseliing the farmers oe Southern Arizona. So, taking all things into consideration, we believe that good crops, fair prices and prosperity are in store for the farmers of the southern section of our Territory, and, of course, for all other classes of her people.
 Here, in Northern Arizona, where, as a general thing, artificial irrigation is not nec- essary as a means to make the soil produce good crops-that labor being performed for us by copious rains from heaven, which de- scend during the months of July, August, and the early part of September-the farmers are at work with will, blowing and plant ing,-feeling confident that God will favor
 them with a sufficient quantity of rain to produce good crops. Co where you will throughout the inhabited portion of this sec ton, and green fields of wheat and barley meet the eye; vast fields are plowed and pre- pared to receive the corn, and still the blows are kept running, turning up new ground
 Unfortunately for the people of this sec tion, the usual quantity of rain did not de- scend last summer, in consequence of which crops were quite short, and, like the southern section, grain, hay, etc., is now scarce and dear here. The past winter, too, has been dryer than former winters, but we have nc good reason to fear that another such year will follow; therefore, farmers are not deter red from planting largely. Indeed, they feal that the coming summer will be like several of its predecessors,-to uet. Just now, the soil of many of our valleys is in prime condi. others would be benefited by rain. The
 weather, so far the present spring, has beer a good deal like that of 1865, and should il continue to reflect it, we will have a wet cold spring, followed by heavy rains, during
 the summer months.
 Mining matters are looking up, and th,
 success achieved in milling, at Big Bug, will
 we think, be speedily followed by another il , Walker District So far as our lodges hay,
 been tested by arastras, they have recon pensed those who have tested them, anc
 implanted greater confidence in the breast of citizens here and in California. Our place mines have also paid well, and had there beer , sufficient water to work them, systematically
 the past winter, from S75,000 to Sl00OOt
 more money would have been extracted iron them. Weof Yavapai county are thorough, satisfied that there are enough rich mines il the county to support population of seyera thousand, and we believe there are also plen ty of good mines in our sister counties Q Mohavc, Yuma and Pima. But, in order (
 work many of them proftably, and make tn
 wealth contained in them available, our peo } pie will have to produce their own food, am , l ho ooono,,,;ooI ;p tba ,oattar nf clotb;pc s