Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09
FOR sTocKMEN AND Aearcu1ruR1srs

FOR sTocKMEN AND AGsIcuLTURIsTs The importance of agriculture and
 stock raising ID Arizona, every day be.
 comes more apparent. It IS to these
 industries more than anything else tha;
 We must look for permanent growth and prosperity. These industries must in-
 crease from year to year; every acre of
 ground brought into cultivation Is per
 manent, and adds SO much to the real
 productive wealth of the Territory; the
 same may be said Of every stock ranch
 that IS brought into use. The mines of
 Arizona are extensive, and perhaps equal or surpass those of any other
 State or Territory, and our bullion out 1 put will continue as at present, or may increase, for many years to come. But
 good mining camp this year, may not
 be so next year. There may be a genuine
 boom m mining camp, and it may
 continue for three or four years, and
 then go down to almost nothing. and
 again come to the front as bullion producer after years of idleness. You cannot count on a steady yield from
 mining camps for many years at time,
 but they may be depended upon as
 whole, and as auxiliary aids they must ever prove valuable 10 Arizona. We al- ready have many prospectors and min ,se.- men in rfzo,o ,,-l,, ,..u 1..L IA.
 thsg interest; but We are still in need of farmers, and We have a vast field for stock raising which has not vet been occupied. AS the CITIZEN has repeatedly stated, there are hundreds. l and we might say thousands ot places l m Arizona where water may be led out | of the mountains to the grazing lands | Tn the valleys, or obtained from wells; | and where ever water can be had in | most any part Of the Territory the | best grasses abound. Iti well known | to stock men, that fewer deseases pre- vail among stock in Arizona than any | other country. Our climate Is so pro- pitiOus that DO losses whatever occur from storms or cold weather. Many species Ot grasses remain green the year around, and our cattle Dever get down poor as they do at some season of the year. n almost every other country. Our agriculture Is scarcely less im- portaDt than mining or stock raising. both the latter are in need of tae pro duet of the famer, who for all time to come may depend upon the very best market for everything he can pro- duce from his farm. There Is DO doubt but Arizona offers more advantages to farmers and stock men, and better results for money in- vested than any other section of the country. We do not advise wholesale Q" Arizuua; we don't believe in booms, but sIonli rather See s steady, healthy lncreas- vittcut uadne excite lant. To the f.-a1,-af Calfo-oia anl the East, sgb1 a--Ir. t. eUeage iu ag-i- culture or stock raising. we can truth 'uiiy say that in our opinion there IS no better country than Arizona to come to. We do n1t advise people who have homes and plenty to break up and come .o Arizona, bu; those who have moder- ate means can do well here. But do Dot take our word for 1t nor that of others come and look the country over ,aFora br5priprr ,o,,r 2. v,,if;o, .l,o,, ,-y,,- will know exactly what you are doing, md no one will be blamed if you are 90. suited. What suits one man may lOt suit another. In the early settling ,f Iowa thousands Of immigrants from Indiana would go out with their fam lies in the spring in search of homes, and in the following autumn, line out of ten would return to their "old stamping ground in Indiana And be- ore they finally settled down, as many IS two or three such moves were made. Iowa was much the better country. But the broad, treeless jrairies were new to them; there were
  loop-poles to cut Without these the Hoosier felt lost and became homesick, md longed for the old associations of 2Osey county. But he finally settled Town in Iowa, grew up with the country, C s now well to do, prosperous and happy. We simply refer to this, in order Q show how differently people stimate the value of country, nd how much mans judgment may be l garped or distorted by unfamiliar T cenes and new surroundings. The best s yidence that Arizona is a good country O come to is that our farmers and stock nen are all making money, in fact, are rowing rich; some of them having &C., inundated fortunes of from S25,0OO to ;l0O,O00, and as high as S25OOOO. in less l han & decade.