Arizona republican., 1896-11-29
IA RICH LAND OF PROMiSE.
Arizona's Fine Mineral and
 Agricultural Resources.
Governor Franklin's Report Tells of the Marvellous Product!Teness of Valley and Mountain-A Climate for Health and PieaSure.

FOllOWlnS IS an oXLrdcC IrOm GOV- ernor Franklin's report, in which Ar izona's agricultural, mineral and eli matic worth are ably and comprehen- sively reviewed:
 The agricultural resources of Ari- zona cannot as yet be computed with any great degree of accuracy, as their development is little more than begun. Millions of acres within what is called this arid region will be re- claimed, and this territory will in the near future be a great agricultural state. The lands of our valleys, and they are extensive, are as rich as the land of any portion of the globe The Salt River valley alone is as large as the entire state of Rhode Is- land, and when you consider the ex- tent of all the valley lands of the ter ritory it will be found that we have. | an agricultural area that will com pare favorably with many of the great states of the Union.
 ] This is great mineral region Our mountains are full of the precious met als, yet we have an area of land that
 
 great agricultural state.
 1 A large portion of southern Arizona 1 is semi-tropical. The orange, the lemon, the almond, and in fact, all the semi-tropical fruits are produced with grand results. Is it not a grand gricultural-horticultu country where on the same section of land corn and alfalfa, wheat, barley, the
 orange, lemon, almond, grape and pomegranate can be found growing side by side? Very few countries in the world produce such an exhibition 1 The winters are mild-there is no day in the year that the husbandman cannot work in his shirt sleeves with 1 comfort. We have almost perpetual sunshine. For only three months in
 the year is the heat oppressive, and,
 during that period, owing to@the dry
 ness of our atmosphere, there are no
 cases of s;instroke What is called the hot season is the healtf1iest season of the year.
 The agricultural and horticultural I resources of Arizona are just begin
 ming to be developed. Where there is
 a rich harvest the reaper will surely
 come and capital will seek region
 where remunerative profits are to be realized. Arizona has ap total area of over 72,000,000 acres, and more than 10,000,000 may in time be reclaimed for agricultural and horticultural pur-
 poses. Of this vast area we have only 1000, 900 as yet reclaimed and under
 cultivation. All of our fertile valleys
 will some day bloom and blossom as la garden. They will be subdivided
 into small farms, and will be as pro . ductive as any lands of the Mediter-
 ranean. The grandest returns from
 agriculture and horticulture have re-
 suited from irrigation farming The
 countries that have yielded the great
 est results per acre, and where the l husbandman has been best rewarded for his labor, are those countries
 where irrigation and not the natural
 rainfall was depended 1pon. Not
 only the quantity, but the quality, of farm products is matter worthy of note. An abundance of bright sum- shine and pure, dry air are essential
 to the highest state of perfection of
 the products of the soil, not only of the cereals, but especially of the fruits. Not only are fruits grcwn in ] sunny lands more attractive in appear ance by reason of their brighter and clearer coloring, but they possess greater sweetness and are Of superior flavor to those from countries less : favored in this respect
 : Of all the political divisions of the Union, Arizona IS par excellence the land of sunshine, as has been clearly demonstrated by the annual records of the weather bureau, concerning the amount and brightness of the sunlight. No country in the world exceeds Ari- zona in the number of days of sum- , shine per annum. With these sI-
 perior conditions of sun and air and
 soil and water intelligently applied, it will be but a short time before Ari- zona's agricultural and horticultural
 products properly placed upon the
 market, will find first favor with dis
 criminating c0nsfrn nrs
 The northern portion of the terri
 tory produces all the fruits known to t the temperate zone, and it's valleys yield bountiful harvests of wheat, bar
 ley and oats. Not only has it great = valleys producing bountiful harvests
 Of grain, but it is one grand pasture : field for immense herds of cattle. = Any one entering the territory from , the west, and travelling on the Atlantic
 & Pacific railway, will be readily
 struck by the grandeur and beauty of
 the country In many portions of if
 for scores of miles it resembles a grand
 old English park-not a particle of } underbrush and the grand pines standing as if they had been planted e by the hand of man. With more than @ 1O,000,0oG acres Of arabic valley and