Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-04

In the extensive garden markets around
 Boston, for instance, it IS becomir {
 unIvt rsHl, and in the east we may ex-
 pccs iO see it applied with profit mol
 or y Co horticulture, but the enormous
 augmentation of grass growth which II
 produces will probably cause is to be introduced wherever practicable on tbe
 hsy fsrfcs that constitute the chief Rgri- cuitufai interests ID some of our Nor
 thern States, just as it has long been prEctced for the same purpose in Ger
 many aud ether portions ot Europe
 under conditions of precipitation sim 1 liar 0 ours.
 Within the pas. few years irrigation | has made enormous advances n all | quarters of ths great arid region Ot the | west, Bnd It Is estimated that thecs are | over 4,OOO miles of msin canals, with ! over 2OO OO0 miles of lateral. or supply | ditches, representing Q lay Cf many
 miiiIoLs of dollars. sEd bringing th| u7- snds Cf square miles under cultivation, | GreH. enterprises have been carried out, aud others are n eIecUuCD, or have been conceived, ID Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Idaho. Utah. California, New Mexico and ATiZOEP, and the traLBtOr-
 nation m the aspect Of extensive tracts
 ID these states EnG terntori has been
 magical There IS no better Gsid for
 caPsllsis today. lusCricg large Cey-
 tslt prctts, than IT. the cary Irg out of
 irrIEatEZ works iu those PGrts of ihs
 U1i.ed S.Gtes.
 Unlike railways, the operating e1-
 p'Dse Is slight. The develop ment oi ihc arid districts would undoubtedly
 be IGuch more rapid were is not for the
 tac. thGt the construction of canals dsuis, c,c., except where the natural opportunities axe exceptionally easy Co
 bs Iyallt d of, requires Gu outlay far b youd tbe reach of the average set tier, and can crly be effected by the sii o' capltSl,ur thorough cooperative work which Is rurely practical among settlers. except iu the case Of colonies, as illus traiet ty the admirable examples set by the nOrmOns ia this respect.
 The greater portOn Of the arid west IS fortunately n its phy sic8l conforma- tiop, 'O The making srsble, through irrigation, "i large and widely distrl- bu,ed proportion of its entire surface. corslsiln2. as Is does. of alterations of mountains and valleys. New Mexico and Arizona, particularly, are cearac- te-lZt by detatched groups of mOur- tairs rising from broad valleys, for mIng | great and uniformly slOping plains Toese mOuntains cause precipitation and distribute the rainfall over the | plains below, where it normally Tuas C ] waste h the great gullies it hes worn Ill | ths lnnt. Were lt possible 10 store up I all the rain that nov flows away. every | inch of theae regi n5 might be made | procucIve. While that i5 iupraciica | ble, much more can be dCae in thIs wsy than IS now hardly dreamed ot. l. K safe tO assert that in oil this region there a hardly mountain chain or group where, ID the IeighboriuR plaiaf, irrigation. .may be p5scticei to 8 Rrea' er or less extent. It even seems by no uesns visionary Co look for tue dAg wheLl through varlOus means available Co modern ingenuity, the ard Uast will te c;7ic as pEopOrtiOus.ely productive G7 a .ls A,l4ntic slope, the dry ur,gud- Of fEe former utilized for Various de se5t products. such Rs tibrous plants nd OtJeT srOwths nov deemed worthless. snd Tor sheep pasturage esc, thus cor rasrCrli1g to the uses Of the rocky hiils ard pastures that form alcrga pro portion ot the area of the latter sec iICn or our country. Valuable uses are ,11-iEuiiy being found for land once v rib 'e-s-ss ID the Cranberry bogs O! Jspe Cod and th, great Heuequen plantations of sun-parched Nucstau. Some time the day may come when if VIII be said | here IS TO desert The er- enlargement Ot Irrigation will hasten bat day for our country.