The Arizona sentinel., 1891-01-17
AGRICULTURE.

lent work. It IS nldhIuS HlO9V thorough and practical experiment of agriculture in general and fruit growing in particular. The Com pany has secured the services of an experienced and thorough vine yardist and orchardist, Thos. J. Reese, late of Riverside, Cal, who with large number of men, under Superintendent E. B. Wagy, are at work setting out 80 acres in vines and fruit trees, which will consist of 10 acres of White Adri- atic figs, 10 of the Golden Pringle apricot, 10 of the Bartlett and Col umbia pears, 10 of Bidwell's Early and Orange Cling peaches, and 40 acres of Black Hamburg, Flaming Tokay, Mission and Muscat grapes. Ground is being prepared to put out POO acres more of vines and fruit, as soon as it can be done. At present much time and labor IS being devoted to the 160 acres of alfalfa, which produces from ) to 7 crops annually where it is not fed down by cattle or hogs, the latter of which there are nearly 200 of the very best Poland China and Berkshire breeds now on the ranch, most of which are breeding sows. It takes several acres of Alfalfa to feed this fine stock of hogs.
 The company has tracS Of 5000 acres of rich alluvial soil, second to none in the valley and free from Alkali and salt. The canal which carries 5000 inches of water, suf- fcient in this climate to irrigate 15,000 acres, is situated on the south side of the Gila river. 23 miles from Mohawk Summit on the s. P. R.. R. It is the purpose of the Company to put every acre of this fine tract into vines, fruit, alfalfa and other grasses for past ure and feed.
 It is we'll established fact that all the varieties of fruits and vines ripen here from3 to 7 weeks ear Her than they do in any other DOT ton of the Pacific coast. All of the California productions are a full month behind the fruit pro- duced in Yuma County, hence the large cities on the Pacific and in land will furnish the early and sure market for all that can be be raised in this section for years to come. The eastern market will also demand its share. As for the southern market we are two days nearer to it than large portion of California, a fact that will not work against us, hence the cer- tainty of the profit in raising fruit in the valley of the Gila river.
 The Company will build their own packing, curing and canning houses and handle their own pro- productions.
 Particular attention will be given to the raising of fine thoroughbred hogs for breeding purposes for pork bacon and hams, for which there is always g good demand at good prices. An abundance of corn and grain will be raised with which tc put on the finishing touches and harden the pork of the hogs fat tened on Alfafa and clover.
 Col. Cole Saunders, the Presi- dent and principal owner of this fine ranch, has expended some $60,0G0 on his place and proposes to make it one of the finest on the Pacific Coast From these facts ii will be seen that the Mohawk Ranch Company is in dead earnes in their efforts to redeem the st called desert lands, which.are, witl water, the richest in the world Carrying out their plans there k no question as to the certain larg, profits which will always be theirs while at the same time they cal and will say to others," go and d. likewise" for here you see wha can be accomplished even in Ari- zona, in the great fields of agri -culture, fruit growing, aud othe industries dependent more or Iest upon the success of these two Col. s. deserves greet credit for hi indomitable energy and persever enca Me ora 59Iea Sad f0 be abl