The Arizona champion., 1885-11-21
CENTRAL ARIZONA,
Climate, Soil, and PrOductions.-A General Answer Ia A.ay Inquiries Relative to thlS part of AriLons.

| Climate, Soil, and PrOductIons.-AG Genera l Answer la A.ay Inquiries Relative C
 tids part of Arizona.
 This portion of Arizona is a vas
 plateau, varying in altitude iron 5000 to 1000 feet above the sea
 with here and there a peak rising to an heighth of from 9, ,ooo to I3,ooc feet. These higher elevations, situ ated with remarkable regularit, throughout the central portion O
 Yavapal county, are local and con stant source of moisture to the adiac ent parks and foothills, from the blankets of snow that cover them dur, ing six 10 eight months of the year During the open period of the winter months and in early spring great bo dies of water flow irom these vas, snow beds, to be swallowed up at last by the unsuitable sands of the distan, plain.
 A new era is dawning in regard to the water supply of Arizona, in the construction of artificial basins and a system of dlkes that will be used to catch a portion of the escaping waters and 1t will eventually be hoarded up and used with the same economy and care by which we -subdue and bring 10 our aid any other useful element.
 The annual rainfall begins in the month of June and lasts until Sep tember. IL comes in gentle showers and with admirable regularity, stimu- latins a wonderful growth in re markable short period oftime. Wheat, rye, oats, barley and millet are grown without irrigation, yielding an adun- dant and profitable crop. Corn is successfully grown in the valleys and basins below an altitude of 6, 900 feet. All kinds ot root vegetables flourish and grow to enormous size and are oi excellent quality, commanding a price in the "home market" that to an Eastern or Northwestern farmer would seem fabulous. Although 10, ,oco pounds of potatoes per acre is but an average yield, such IS the local demand from our adjacent mining camps, saw mills and railway towns, it has never been supplied by the home production. Cultiva. ton is not required, and no other labor be oynd the preparation of the soil. planting and gathering, is bestowed up n the crop.
 ,. ..,,I II, r.. r. farm weeds and obnoxious growth that are the bane of the Eastern husba,dman. There is agrowing demand for hay, and many ranch men find 1t more profitable to utilize their growing crops for that purpose by cutting and curing 1t before the grain IS fully nltured.
 All that portion oi the grlat plateau above 6,ooo feet IS covered with magnificent forests of pine, with Intervening glades of mountain parks and praries, Grazing IS the leading industry of the northern portion of Yayapal county. The water supply is .limted, and rigid economy wlll be luired Tn the future The scarcity of water in AriZ ona is at pres ent safeguard against our ranges being oyerruu by herds from the crowded ranges of other localities
 It is essentially a country for the poor man or the stock gro yer beginning lite with mod. crate means. The springs and taaks afford. ing permanent water lie miles apart, giving a supply Tn each place sufficient for small band of from Ioo to 500 head of stock. Around these water supplies lie hundreds of square miles of nutritious mountain grasses, any ten acres of which is capable of Keeping one animal throughout the year. By the con. struction of the artificial basins and dises be. fore referred to, water may be saved and util. ized in proportion to the demands of the in creasing herds. The beef and mutton from this secu ,n command advanced prlces in the markets of the adjacent cities. Our animal, are not only marketable but in prime condi. ton during the year.
 The Atlantic X Pacific railway runs central. ly throughthis section east and west, and the company own alternate sections oi land They offer special inducements to capitalists or ejlonies requiring large blocks of land, and do net in tins section dispose of quantities less than 5000 acres. The remaining lands are subject b Asiasstead a.,d pfcc.ap.ion