The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-07-15
Farming Prospects in Northern Arizona

Tue summer rain, which we Af,EoBzns have beeu in the habit Of getting and which we have never yet lsied to welcome by in~ard and out.
 ward signs Of rejoicing, may nOt Yl,ii us this year, aaa !a consequence, our thirsty vsiiey. and table land. may iall 10 produce tba, which we have consigned 10 them Fer getiainatiou. growth. development aud production. SAouiS .thr.g cb!i- Iy iDrrrocihgs De realized the discouragiug re- suit VIII set heavily nPon many harcworkers,
 sbo may never Agalu Invest umc, mouey, and
 labor in farming in a country SO entirely depcn-
 dent upon thc elements, for the ncrussAry nots. ture IO make the earth productive, Is this DOT.
 ton oi our Territory. We're iaruIiu. the only in- dastry-tbe Oaly anchor Of hope possessed by us
 iur curiching ourselves and making our section great, bappy aud glorious. many among vs
 woud no doubt, feel like clcyaiin. the spOugc But it is not, and never will be. lon. there
 is abundancc oi Inc precious metals u cur noun tiins, hills and streams. Ibcfe will, of course te suasoES,-likc thosc of los5G-s and s, when
 t5sTo . i!i 5e f0o stssoa Hs0tStuTc aud whcn thc in those scasous,---GX Xceilent crop. oi grain will tc raiscd here. But, as We have bcforc utmalcd, it will not do tu trust too much 10 the elements, after they have been 60 thoroughly tried and found wanting In accommodations and puuvlualiiy. No, our people must, hereafter, "stch them with distrustfnl eyes, pay no Aiten-
 lion to tho false lights they may hang out To lure
 the basbandman 10 his fate II a set winter has | passed, f.rmcrs may then plant with some degree
 Of assurance that the labor Of their hands viii be well rewarded; that their outlay will br returned | 10 them in no Diggardly way. IL is rather hard ! for us, who, ever since 1884 have bOasted oi our "gioriOns summer rtins;" which, for thrce ygar., ! came just iu ihe niche of time. and lasted just ! loug euough 10 accomplish tbe,r good purpose,
 to have. now, at this late day. ater tbC sad eNpc-
 rience of the last two y,ars to unpin failk in | thrn, and pronounce thein iailures of the worst ' sort let, luis does not set us back very much.
 for the reason thst this portion of the Territory ' hss never been looked upon good agricnl.
 tural country; first, owing to late and early irosts ! and lasi and worst 10 the almost total absence of | large streams, the waters Of which could De used
 for irriscating the soil. Yet maBgru all this, ws ! have siill enough moist land to supply us with
 vegetables grain and hay and for the balance l can, with great certainly always rely upon our fellow citizens of Salt River, the Gila and Verde ! whose rich lands always be Irrigated from | those uniailiug satercourscs. The waters or tue
 Colorado. too, and other lesser streams, will soon iJa used b, enieFprising farmers, to SO great ar extcut perhaps, ss iD raise Arizona 10 the dgni tyo; a produce exporting Territory. But, this !, not yet worked ont, and the experience of th, past should teach not to speculate, or fOunc our hopes. to too great an extent, on what wi
 may thiukis to be. Rather let us take adyantag, | Of what VIC have now in our grasp, in inc shap'
 of cntivablc land; pay strict attention 10 h
 blow it deep at the proper time, cultivate it vel
 and, then, we can afford 10 ho good uaturcd when
 ever God for some wise purpose, places our Ter
 ritory upon half or quarter rations Of water.