Arizona citizen., 1875-09-25
iContinued from last week.
lContinued from last week.
 ARIZONA. A Comprehensive Statement Of it's Great Wealth and Capabilities. Correspondence of The $. F. Bulletin.l

1 Correspondence of The s. F. Bulletin.l
 TUCsoN, August 30, 1875.
 GRAZING CAPACITIES OF THE TERRI TORY.
 The grazing capacities of the Terri tory are simplyvast Save some portion of rocky ranges and flats along the lower Colorado and Gila-back from the bottom-nearly every square mile has pasturage; and especially is this true in July, August, and the few fol lowing months. The rains of these two months cause a growth of grass to spring up on nearly every acre. Ii would delight Californian to see how green and fresh our country is now, and rain falls yet nearly every day. I have travelled over more than one thou sand miles of different roads and trails, and am sure of my statements being correct. A remarkable feature of most mountains is that grass grows luXu- riantly from their bases to their sum mits. Of mountains so covered, these may be mentioned: the Santa Rita, Patagonia, Huachuca, portions of the DragoOn, Chiricahua, parts of the Santa Catarina, and scores of smaller ones. All these are south of the GiIa. North of that stream and commencing at the New Mexican line, these may be named: The Mogollon, Apache, Sier- "a Ancha, Mazatal, Pinal, Bradshaw, and others, at and surrounding Pres colt, Hualpai, Chimehuevis, and indeed all the mountains small and great in Mohave and Yavapai counties, which extend from California to New Mexico Reports are very favorable to the graz ing in and about San Francisco moun- tains, although the snow falls pretty deep there, and freezing weather pre- vails for some time. Tn most localities named, stock fares as well in Winter as Summer, and especially is this true everywhere south of the Gila-the great water artery of the Territory The butchers never think of feeding their cattle in Winter more than in Summer, and in no season do beef cat Jle get other feed than that obtained by grazing themselves; and yet poor beef is never offered in our markets. Near ly all grasses are known as "r0ot grasses" and grounds that have been pasturef many years by the natives Of the country are about as good as ever In several places between here and the Sonora line, flocks of several thousand sheep are herded, and 1 am credibly informed they make scarcely any i'm pression on the grass. EXceptIn the higher mountains, all classes of stock live as comfortably without shelter as Oh1 NOhIu III tlC OIJCu dlI O1 DtL Francisco or Alameda county. During the past and present year, at least one hundred thousand sheep many meri- nos) have been brought from California here, and the experience of the owners is favorable The cattle business is in its infancy-as, indeed, are all other branches of stock-raising, owing to| Apache depredations for so many years, but now blooded cattle and horses are being brought in, and the beginning made of what will be immense herds of fine stock. This very week a bull arrived in Tucson, via your city, from Kentucky. Still others are to come, and these importations are made by men of careful business qualifications, after thorough examination of the grasses, climate and water Every mountain range and table land has unoccupied pasture lands.