Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-25
The Far west.

does on California for her supplies.
Idaho and Montana raise an abund-
ance of wheat, also all kinds of veg
etables, but only by irrigation, a
condition common to the whole
great interior, from the Sierra Ne
yadas to the Tooth meridian, which
runs 200 miles west of the Missouri
and 400 miles east of the foot of
the Rocky Mountains.
Within a few years Arizona has
made rapid progress in agricultural
development. Irrigating canals
have been taken from the several
streams, especially from the Gila,
and first class Touring mills have
been built. A good market is found
at the military posts. Arizona is
about as remote as Alaska, since the
only route to the East is by way of
San Francisco. For the most part
the climate is hot; fruits of all
kinds thrive wonderfully, and
peaches are better than in any other
part of the United States. Much
Of the country is unexplored, but it
is known that there are vast for
ests, and thousands of valleys wa
tered by beautiful streams, many
of which disappear in the sand.
Utah has large crops Of wheat
and other grain, but probably no
surplus, since the many silver mines
require heavy supplies. No grass
hoppers have appeared this year,
and according to the usual course
they will not increase sufficiently
to do damage within five or six
years. The Mormon people seem
to be highly prosperous so far as
worldly matters are concerned.
Little progress is reported from
New Mexico. No greater breadth
is under cultivation than 150 years
ago, and the system Of agriculture
there is the same as that which now
prevails among the Moors in Nor
thern Africa. The chief interest
is of a pastural nature, focks Of
sheep covering the elevated pla-
teaus, and the number owned by
one man ranges from $4,000 to
200, 900 head. The owners Of these
Aocks belong to the aristocraoy,
Usually, when young men, they
finish their education by serving
several years in commercial or bank
ing houses in New York city,
Colorado, the new State, has a
better prospect for wheat and corn
than ever before, and there will be a
decided surplus of wheat, which
hitherto has found a ready market
in Atlantic cities in the form of
flour, on account Of its superior
quality. Here, as elswhere IN the
interior, the rainfall is so slight,
being annually only twelve inches,
against fifty-four in New York, that
nothing can be grown without ar
tifcial irrigation. The heavy masses
of snow in the mountains furnish
an abundance of water, filling all
the streams during the summer
months, and the supply isconducted
ovor tho fields in thousands of rivu-
lets, as on the farms of the valley
of the Po in Northern Italy. With
in a few years irrigating works have
been constructed ON a most extern
siye scale by immigrants from the
States, and towns and cities have
arisen, sQme of then almost hidden
by groves of forest trees, Schools,
churches, mills, railroads and all
the evidences Of civilization are
presented, and the mines of silver
and gold, now yielding seven mil
lions of dollars a year, give activity
to all the industries. In the Ar
kansas valley are several apple
orchards that will yield this season
one thousand bushels each, Hither-
to fruit trees have been largely
winter killed, but the practice Of
growing trees from the seed secures
success, provided the hardest varie'
ties are selected,
Settlements are pushing UP the
Missouri in pakoto, and large
breadths Of wheat Of excellent
quality are grown. Oats and barley
are fayorite crops, but only the
small, quickly growing sorts of corn
mature.
Jews in the EnglIAh Peerage.
Mr.. Disraeli is not the first Eng-
lish peer of Hebrew origin. The