The Arizona sentinel., 1894-06-02

permental, is of a fine flavor, delicious bouquet, and unsurpassed by any native product as table beverage. Experiments with the raisin-grape have shown that this climate and. soil possess every advantage for the production and curing Of this staple article of commerce.
 ''Besides the fruits already mentioned, the or ange, lemon, lime, olive, fig, pomegranate, and others of the citrus family can be grown success fully in the valleys of Southern Arizona. Orange trees are now in bearing in the Salt River valley and at Yuma; while the bananas is also being cul- tivated at the latter place. The Arizona orange in quality and flavor will compare favoraby with the best California.
 ''In the valleys of the Colorado, the Salt and the Gila livers there room for thousands. It is not too much to say that nowhere within the liylits Of this broad Union can be found more desirable region for the making of home No laborious clearing of the land is required it lies almost ready for the blow. frees and shrubbery have so rapid growth that within eighteen months the immigrant surround his abode with attractions which would require years mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market full month before the California product. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure, dry atmosphere brings health to all who nhale it.
  made of Southern California garden, Arizona presents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres, proftless, be made productive by the construction of rrgating dtches, and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns" The foregoing statements are not exaggerated; in fact, they fall short of doing justice to this won- derful land Pineapples, dates, almonds and wal nuts will do well. Strawberries, raspberres black berries, currants gooseberries and all varieties of small fruits can be successfully cultivated Indeed Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and semi-tropica fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass vegetable which be produced in either tropic temperate zone, will thrive il 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 oyerfows. The valleys is as level as it is possible for large body of land to be. It comprises portion of the Gila Valley and cor tains an 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 course of the
 
 narrowest point the valley is some two miles wide, and varies to five miles in width The Gila river forms its 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 overhowed for about two nor ths dur | ing the winter season by the high waters of the ! river. The lands subject to overflow are available | for the raising Of corn, beans and other product of the same nature, and for pasturage.
 In estimating the width of the valley, as men, tioned above, this strip of overflow land is not . taken into consideration. There are sixty-fve . sections or about
 10000 ACRES 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 we'll adapted and | cannot be surpassed for the raising of almost all agricultural products such cereals corn, vege tables peaches apricots, 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 Ga produces finer
 WHEAT AND BARLEY
 than can be grown 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 as weT especially cotton and sugar-cane, in any known country. Also the Bayo bean grows profcaly, and can be raised at a 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
 ORANGES, LEMONS, FIGS. dates, olives bananas and other semi-tropica fruits are now being raised in the town of Yuma, and can be gathered throughout the year, in number of gardens. Soil and climate particularly well adapted for the raising of grapes and there can be no climate equal to that of Southern Arizona for the proper curing of wines, owing to its even temperature and the extreme dryness of the atmos- phere Grapes, as well as other fruits and berries, rpen twosmonths earlier than ill California and