The Arizona sentinel., 1894-06-23

acres, now proitless can be made productive by the construction of irrigating dt.bes and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns"
 The foregoing statements arc not exaggerated in fact they fell short of doing justice to this won derful land. Pineapples, dates, almoads and wal nuts will do well Strawberries, raspbeTries, black berries currants gooseberres, and all varieties of small fruits can be successfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and semi-tropical fruits, as almost every | fruit, nut, plant gran grass vegetable which eau be produced in either tropic temperate zone, will thrive in its rich and fertile soils.
 THE MOHAWK VALLEY stretches along the north side of the Gila River and is formed by deposits of alluvial soil placed there by old overfows. The valleys is as level as it is possible for large body of land to be. It comprises portion of the Gila Valley and con tains an area of about seventy square miles. The head of the valley rests against Texas Hill which hill lies about sixty miles east of the town of Yuma, and extends westerly along the of the Gila river distance of about twenty miles. At it's narrowest point the valley is some two miles wide, and varies to five miles in width. The Gila river forms it's southern boundary, and its northern boundary is composed of high mesa lands which offer protection from north winds. narrow strip of land of variable width, lying next to the river and running the entire length of the valley, is sometimes overAowed for about two moL ths dur ing the winter season by the high waters of the river. The lands subject to overflow available for the raising of corn, beans and other products of the same nature, and for pesturage.
 In estimating the width of the valley, as men, tioned above, this strip of overflow land is not taken into consideration. There are sixty-ive sections or about
 10000 ACRES eF LAND
 not subject to overflow, which are available for agricultural purposes and easy of irrigation. The soil varies from 12 to 20 feet in depth, and both soil and climate are remarkably well adapted and cannot be surpassed for the raising of almost all agricultural products such as cereals, corn, vege tables, peaches, aprieots cherries grapes oranges lemons, olives, dates, figs. bananas, citron and walnuts and the various kinds of shade and orna mental trees, alfalfa, Arabian millet and all species of grasses suitable for grazing and stabling purposes, thrive and grow luxuriantly. The adapt ability of the soil and climate for the growth of all these products has been proven and is being proved by actual experiment.
 The valley of the Gila produces finer
 WHEAT AND BARLEY
 than can be grown m any portion of the State of California, and that State is noted for the excep- tional quality of it's wheat.
 In addition to these enumerated products, cotton, tobacco and sugar-cane thrive well, especially cotton and sugar-cane, in any known country. Also the Bayo bean grows politically, and can be raised at large profit per acre.
 Owing to the nature of the climate, farmers plant wheat and barley in the month of January and harvest the same May, and on the same land, after harvest they plant and beans and gather a good crop of both