Arizona citizen., 1877-09-22
THE LOWER SAN PEDRO.
Condition Of the Crops Water
 Stock, Etc

returned from trip through the lower San Pedro valley, thought it might be of interest to the readers of THg CITIZEN 10 learn something of the con dition of the crops and the present prospects of the water supply of that
 part of the valley after the long drouth of the past Summer.
 left this place September A ride of seven miles brought me to the lower farm belonging to the estate of Fred Berihold, and now occupied by Mir. Frank Long. He informs me that he has planted, this year, seventy five acres of crops, twenty of which are barley and from which he harvested j5,000 pounds; five are wheat which is not yet thrashed but says it will amount to 12,000 pounds; five ID potatoes which were attacked by the cutworm as the plants were in bloom. In company with Mir L., l examined the field, and after g careful search, failed to find a single potato. The dried plant was yet filled with worms. He has forty acres planted in corn, and does not ex- pcct to harvest above 10000 pounds, because of an insufficient supply of water There was plenty in the river at all times during the Summer for the crop, had the ditch been properly con strucled in the first place Its length IS two and one-half miles with scarce ly any fall from head 10 foot, In the dry and hot days, il was nearly full of water but little and sometimes none reached the farm.
 Three miles below this place is the stock-ranch and farm Of Don L. Apo daca. He finished hls ditch this sum mer at a cost of thousand dollars, but too late to grow crop. He has large lot of fine, fat cattle and abundance of good, green grass on the ranch. He is now fencing one hundred acres-theI first attempt made Tn the valley to fence land At his dam, the river is now carrying a much larger body of water than he will need al any time for the cultivation of his land.
 Six miles further down the valley, is the farm of Sacramento Laron. He has raised large crop of barley and a small garden. but has planted no oth- CT crop. He has an abundant supply of water.
 A mile below Sacramento's place, isI the farm oi Juan Borquez. He was one of the first settlers of the Tres Alamos. He came to this location last Spring and has planted 8 crop of eight cen acres of corr, half acre of potatoes and a small garden. Everything is in fine, thrifty condition. His corn will yleld over a ton to the acre. His little patch of potatoes is the only one that has escaped the cutworm on the San Pedro. He tells me that he has had much more water than he could use, even if his crop had been doubled.
 Two and a Lalf miles down, came to the most beautiful and pleasantly situated farm on the lower San Pedro the property of Mr Wm. Harndoff . At the door I was met with hearty 1 welcome by Mrs. H. Within as with out, everything is a model of neatness. They have about forty acres of as fine corn as l have seen He also had @ fine crop of potatoes planted which at one time promised 8 large yield, but shortly after he watered them the cut worm commenced the work of destruc- tion. He says that he has had pleniy of water for his crops.
 One mile below this place is the farm of Don Ruiz Mendoza, by far the most extensive farmer on the Lower San Pedro. He raised very large crops of wheat and barley, which are yet in the stack. He also planted about five acres of pntatoes, which were totally de- stroyed by the cutworm. He has about fifty acres of corn, a portion of which will be light crop because of a want of water. He has a fine crop of beans in full bloom, upon which he was put ting the water when was there.
 The river below this place is mostly taken up by stock men from the neigh borhood of Tucson. The river every where has abundance of water and grass and timber for present purposes of stock raising and agriculture.