The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1886-11-06
AMTELOPE.

of the Gifa River, about 80 miles East
of Yuma Village, beginning at che
Antelope mountain, on the bank of
the river and running West fifteen
miles to old Missien Camp with the
Southern Pacific railroad running par
alell with the valley from one half to
two miles distant its entire length.
Tacns station is in the objective point
for travel or freight that is at present
bound for the lower Mohawk or Ante
lope Valley.
There are about $4,000 acres In the
Antelope Valley proper, of which only
about $4,000 acres can be covered by
the Antelope canal.-which begins at
Antelope mountain (where bed rock is
at the surface) and runs through four
teen feet cutting and puts the water
upon the surface four miles from the
head of the canal, where the first irri
eating is done.
The farming experiments were first
made in IS83-since that time about
two thousand acres have been entered
and settled upon by claim ants under
the different Land Acts of Congress.
There yet remains about 10000 acres
of surveyed and unsurveyed lands be
longing to the Government that is
open to occupation and reclamation.
The character of the soil is sandy
loan end vegetable mould and adobe.
Good well water is from fifteen to
twenty feet below the surface.
The wood and fence material is
obtained from the Cottonwood, Will
lowe, Mesquite and Screw bean in she
valley;with- Iroawood, Palo Verde and
Catsclaw on the mesa of which there
is limited supply.
The various agricultural tests show
that barley, corn, wheat and oats dc
exceedingly we'll, yielding corn 2,0oC
pounds, wheat $500, and barley 5000
per acre.
Barley hay, three tons per acre ha'
been produced with only one irrigation
Irish potatoes planted the frst o.
March, 1886, gave 60 sacks to the
acre, Sweet potatoes planted in sandy
tracts well watered produce iRuaenc'
crops.
Beans of the red and pink variety
planted the first of March have yielded
over three thousand pounds per acre
Onions grow large and heavy, yielding
large crops and ripening early.
Beet, cabbage and tomatoes do well
Watermelons, squash and csntelop'
are very prolific and perfect.
: Castor beans yield four crops; tn
Chufa is found here growing in spon
taneous confusion and evident nativity
the Arabian millet withstood the Who'll
summer without water; figs, apricot
and almond trees lived through tn
: hot summer without attention.
There are semitrepical possibilitie
5 here and we mean to develop them
/ We are from four to six weeks aheat
of all California productions and w
r mean to turn it to account and bea
] off the prizes of fancy prices paid TO
: early fruits both east and west of us
/, I'VE have railroad communicative
5 right at our door without an interven
3 ing river and range to obstruct tn
: way. We have climate that is tn
gem of the whole collection of climates
: The future sanitarium of the grea
j Southwest, snd is a good place TO
the sick.
Native fence material has stood to
20 years without visible signs of decay
Early table grapes for the Easter
market sffer brilliant outlooks. Apr
cots and Peaches can be disposed of ii
California markets ahead of Their. ow
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