The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-03-15
Culture of the Malva.
lrro.a ,he ALA Callfrala of F,b-uary is

iTr7la ,hs Alta Califlruia of February iei
 Science has long SEQ determined that Co receive A sufficient amount of rain each season country should Je yell wooded. For tbis purpose, aftef l0ug acquaintance with its qualities, Ne propose tte cultivation Of Ibe maiya tree to ibc southern, interior aud coast counties, and lu the san JoN- quin Valley. Tbts tree, though spoken Of mere iy in view Uf its climatic effects Is destined Co be- come. in point of fact, one of the industrial re- sUurccs Oi the State. Almost every Oue is familiar with tlis tree, very beautiful evergreen, but thcfc are few Sho have ever gwen the idea place tn tLeir mud that it might be made tbe sOurce of profit But from actual experience and fl- miliafity with tue tree for a period of sixteen years, we can speak accurately.
 O cum up its benefits Firstly, it grows equal Y well in wei or dry season, On low lands or hillsdes, independent of climate, and without special cultivation. IL grows from the seed, which eau be carelessy thrown into the ground, and in five years will have attained an average height oi thirty feet. They arc not long-liNed uees-seldom suryiyiug over eight years-but the seeds which fall keep up perpetual growth, and VII give tlc beet effects sooner than any other tree uOw kuoWu. ln addition 10 the effect on tue climate, thc leaves of these evergreen trees can sustain cattle or sheep all leaving even clover Co feed on the large, Juicy leaves. From expert mputs Ne have found ibat cows wiU give morc and richer milk when fei on tbe foliage. Of tbi- tLcre is uevcf ending supply, for cattle only eat the leaves, and new Oues immediately replace the l0si, ailing Hhcn not eaten. it alec bloom, for nine months in ihe year, aud bees work upon the flowers all the time, pTeieriug t tO other plants.
 Al thc cud of about eight years tue trees seem 70
 bavc arrived at maturity, and have attained au
 average diameter of eighteen inches, wheu they
 are succeeded oy the younger volunteer growth Ihe body of ihe tree, after lying on thc ground
 daring one rainy season, will De found Co te par tiaiy decaycd, and nearly all composed of fine
 delicate and strong hJrc. From various expert ucu's, we discover that thls Gbre is, with the
 same appliances, capable ot almost anything for which fax is now uscd. One acre Of these trees
 after the fret growth, will yield ten times the ! amount of fibre that one acre Of flax would and
 with tis advantage, that little or no labor is re. quired Thus, we have tree which will aid in hriuging rain Co the parcbed counties in Southern California and ihe ireeless plains: which will also feed the cattle and bees aud which will also pro- ducc an article or immediate commercial value ! iu its fibre. Many Of The now barren hillsides could be covered with dense growth 0f this val uaDie tree in nye years, while after the sccond years growth cattle and sheep could bc allowed Go feed upon them with impnnity. Thcy arg such rapid growers and exuberant producers that the leaves eaten oil arc reproduced in week No animals eat the branches bat take the leaves alone IL s well established fact that where this tree is grown, levers and other sickness are rare. The spanish use it's leaves as a denulceni. Enough bas been said 70 at least sei the people who have ai heart the interest of tbe State and their own profit, 10 thinking, and perhaps trying the exper. ifnent themselves. Heretofore il has only been regarded as a puisance, to be uprooled on ae- count Of its rapid growth and reproduction. but these very reasons render it the best as well as the most profitable of any tree fcr .hcsc counties nov destitute of forests