The Arizona sentinel., 1896-11-07

Of the. Gils and Colorado ivers have ;o3 the most 1 part deep sedimentary soil oi brownish, gray ,sandy 10 m, resting, in most places, upon gray
 clay subsoil st de th of from ;en to twenty feet
 below the surface, The clay subsoil forms hard
 pan which is impervious to water These soils have been slowly formed by the decomposition of sIales
 sandStoRes, marls. lime*tones, ct. mixed with or i ylnc and vegetable matter. washed down by the | mighty rsers and have been gradually deposi,eo turing the course of centuries. The fertilj ing i brownish mud held in the sa. ,iof the Colorado and Gila rivers resembles that from the Nile, and its quantity varies from O.I to O5 per cen-., l though the water when even considerably discolor- ed by mud is good to drink resembling in this res- pect the Missouri river water \ chemical analysis of the sediments of the Colorado aud of the Nile exhibits wonderful simil ri-y in the constituent parts of each. Tn of the olorldo exhibiting a triae less pot lssa, most phoSphnrc acid ana ear
 bonade of limeStome beds through which the Colo- | rado pass In other respects th5 sediment of the
 Color do is almo ,t iIeltic with that of the Nile
 It will be Jiced, therefore, that when this water is
 for irig t.On it k superior to are ian waters
 since it is c1nsttntly supplying the land h tin 7. rchestfer lLng elements. The sail of the valleys is eX remedy rich m !elomposed vegetable matter
 and unco biaed rbon, readily abs0 bng the aerial gases. slch especially, as oxygen, which en terng the soil, dccomposes the orgtni: matters su that they cah b. taken up all ID ri 'h the Dllnts which may le % Isilerel l,alihg featur: in It's fertility. It also readily takes up and retains moisture, while the rmness of it's particles affords every facility for percola ion and the activity of capillary ;tipn. In it's mechanical compost ion its particles are in state of very fine division, whi h
 renders it more productive than coarscr soils It qurics heat lily in the daytime, and the loss of the heat at ght is vey graaua, that it re- mains always warm tud iS not subject to sudden
 ang O: heat and col ]. Besides its es,en-iai con- stiru.nts of water, "reaucor ycgetable matter, sand and lay, chemical analysis shows that lime, soda, magnes a, iron, ammonia and av iiahle forms
 of nitrogen, phosphoric acd and potash enter into co nIo-i ion in tn proportions best adapted to add to its fertility, though, Of course, is alwaI the cas- in soil ysis it's composition varies in different localities and i- not always constant
 Tine soi O tis uplaais, mesas, lighter and more gravelly and in some rl ces Of .ree, loamy, calc2reous character. The mesa lands are warm and generous They seem especially ai,p,ed for the grape, olive and citrus fruits generally Their soil contains magnesia, lime or chnlk than the
 bottom llnis. It rc,s an retains moi ture
 admir- tbly in summer It of th,t character which
 will 1rodlc vine thlt will keep sool for fit. or
 hundred wears, and improve annul ly not being
 liable to sour, or on exposure to the a:s after one year oI, be olne turbid and change color in the bottle or glass.
 i We can safely s7y thas the soil of Yum "oun'r can nowhere be a,sel, containing ssit ,es all i the essential ee nents of r;hness and fertility