Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-10
SUB-IRRIGATION.
It's Glorious Effects on Arizona
 Soil.
The Desert Rejoice, and Blossoms as tbe hose-Growth Exceeding That or
 California.

hose-Growth Exceeding That or '' California.
 :. This morning CITIZEN reporter. at t the invitation of Judge J. $. Woods - visited hls place at 2O9 Fifth Avenue, in r. order to witness the effects of sub -irriga. | uon on Arizona soil The plat embraces
 httle over one-fourth of an acre. The e site IS on level with the roof Of the ] co rthouse, and Is about the highest
 point within the cIty's limits. It IS sur
 rounded by neat picket fence. The
 water for irrigation is pumped from C well n,ty-two feet deep. The well Is cemented
 and stoned all the way up, and has 6
 venillltor on top. 4 fine windmill
 ands above the we'll By the side of ulill ls a sheet-lron tank with a capacity
 oi l,ojI gallons. This large tank IS for
 general puTp ses. In the southeast cor
 ner oT tuls Lttle paradise is a small tank
 made of cement. It's capacity IS between
 ave and SIX hundred gallons. From this
 ank all the grounds are irrigated. The
 water passes out through a gate that is
 controlled by a wrench. Three rows of
 pipe run west across the south side of
 tne lot Three rows run north across
 fhe lot on the west side. Three rows
 -Iu north On the east side of the lot. 1 Four rows run east and west on the north side Of the lot. The pipes are as- l DestiLe, a cement manufactured by Messrs. Flood & Haskins. They are two i1chcs Tn diameter. The pipes are lald l elgh' or len feet apart, and about two l eet beneath the surface. At regular in- | tervals hole Is made to let out the Wa ! ter. Each hole has cap t. prevent its | being choked by dirt Gates at differ l | snt points shut oil or let in the water. l | The whole water supply, ID part or in 1 | whole, ls easily controlled. About one laf oi the place is covered by a thick. | neavy growth Of Bermuda grass. It IS | -o luxgrlaut that 1t has dared to come | outside oi the fence on the sidewalk, and | s following the moistened ground, | which extends two or three yards into | each street. The roots of this grass | Judge Woods received year ago from | Mobile, Alabama. It thrives ID hot | weather, which kills the common Ken -ncky blue grass. It grows from run | ung -ootiets, like the strawberry plant. The growth IS fine and matted. No car pet wove by human hands has so soft a
 reAd.
 The soil is a rich loam, such as is all
 he tlJle and valley land here. Som thls particular place has been shade q
 nd mauurei, and planted In turuips,
 Ttlch are growing rapidly. When urued over with the foot tue soil pre-
 ruted aS fine rich, moist appearance -s any oi the best loaIns of California. lac. ra. ] 1Is apparently desert land will produce hen irrigated. Accustomed to look ou
 [ as waste. associating It with the
 .rat of summer, and its general barren p-Fsct save few cactii, 1t Is only by
 e-Ial eyesislg that one can be con Inced Of the miraculous fertility of Arizona s1ii-wben water Is applied, .ld there Is water enough for all
 To begin counting what Judge Woods 'as done. GraDeyiues of the white, .s-gswatar varieties, planted last March
 are grown SIX, ten aud fifteen feet. ht lace contains a large grove of castor .e n trees planted h the seed last April some are twenty feet hi gh, measuring eve-.l inches ID diameter. The white
 l-aa g..es one year old bore a fine crop uis -Immer, in fact kept thefamily well Ispled. An almond tree has grown
 A feet from the ruttIns in one yeur. 4 IE tree from a Sacramento cuitiug has l rrowu eight feet n one year, and has iru!t now. Another fig tree two years
 .d beside lt ]. npenlng its third heavy | 'rop .or tGIs season. An apricot tree ( lus 5e4r old hat has grown about ten eeE, had full crop ot magnificent ripe ru.t.
 1 mulberry tree set out last March las grown twelve feet. The judge has | ruir trees Of all kinds-apples, pears. ( 2!ums p-aches, figs, spricots, mulberries, ( late and c1cOanuI palms. Among the -aucy trees are the catalpa, Monterey ] md Italian cypress, larch, pines, olean- z l-rs, castor and golden arbor vitae. ' They are all thriving wonderfully, and { grow so fast that the judge can almost near them grow ol nights by the noise pf theIr working cells. The catalpa Is -sTe tree in these parts. It Is the best shade that grows, except fig. The [ trunk is tall, straight and slim. like a | [ palm, and topped by very large tuft Of ( -EaJtlc leaves. Judge Woods has , very fine specimen. It is a common tree D the states bordering on the Mexican ' gulf | For flowers he place is well supplied I
 
 he sln-kissed land once ruled by the q Virgin Queen, hit their blossoms up- i wards. Red and white oleanders stand ' ID either side of finely graveied walks. \ Other flowers are just ready to bloom. i
 Bg the use of Gods second greatest I glft to man-pure wster-Judge Woods | las created an oasis in the otherwise g lesert. He has done 1t by sub-irriga- $ non. The soil averages two feet In q depth. What he has done others can do. Judge Woods Is of the opinion that submerged dam across the Santa Cruz river would enable all the extensive t table and south and east of Tucson 10 ! be cultivated and made highly product | ye beyond the richest portions of Cah- 1, fornia. His opinion IS based on the !, results Of his own nch experience.
 The house is an adobe finished in 2 cement. Its foundations also are 1. cement, which takes a high polish. |. The house Is large, roomy and comfort n ably and richly furnished. The out Y houses are Ulain and substantial. The . chicken hOuse IS the best pattern We 2 ever saw. Itis cleaned every other day. |, lis ventilation is splend q. The chick rus are of the brown leghoru variety, and cost Sj sp.ece. He has three dozen now. and they are very active layers The summer heat does not affect them
 judge Wood and his family have {. created @ beautiful home in Tucson. 2 The u71.er krew the Judge twenty-six ], years ago iu good old SolanO, one of tie [ finest fruit growing counties ot Califor .. nia. and it is pleasure to know that |, the Judge i- doing great work in developing the fruit interests [ v Arizona. by demonstrating that she 2 need stand second to any fruit or gram 1. country in the world.