Graham guardian., 1897-02-19

! la Vailey are both yarid and eX
tehslve, comprising an area 0
arabic land of which there is a
present tributary to canals ane
bitches, 10000 acres which i
capable of being irrigated. TIL,
principal productsar alfalfa, wheat
corn, barley, oats, vegetables, de
cldious andcertain classes of citru!
fruits.
| This is the natural home O.
alfalfa, of which from 4 to 5 crops
are grown yearly, yielding from {
to 9 tons per acre. 1t is not as
stocky as that which comes from
the Salt River valley and is pre-
ferable for. either horses or cattle
Wheat, barley and oats grow
prolificly, the former containing a
very large amount Of nutrition
Yellow dent, white gourd and
other large varieties Of corn yield
productivity, vegetables are large
and solid md come to maturity
two months earlier than In the
eastern and middle states.
The valley and hill lands are
adapted to all OF the products OF
the temporal zone, and many OF
the fruits of the semi-tropical
countries. The apples equal in
size and favor the prize winners
OF the eastern states. The seed.
ling fruits are unexcelled in size
and general excellence. Apricots
and apples both grow with a sur
prising rapidly. The peaches in
appearance and taste are identical
with those which come from the
famous orchards of New Jersey.
Canagrie grows wild, some of
the tubers being as large as good
sized potatoes. Tests now show
that canagrie root, which flourish
es near Thomas, In the lower por-
ton of the valley, contains large
er per cent of fannie acid than any
ever sent to the extract works
from either Arizona or New Mexi-
co.
Farming lands can be. purchased
at from $50 to 500 per acre, in
Guiding improvements and water
rights.
Uncultivated land without water
right is free to any settler under
the United States homestead law.
This class of farms will eventually
become valuable when the canal
facilities have been increased.
The cost of maintaining the ca
nails which are owned by the farm
ers varies from 80 cts. to S1.OO per
acre per year.
The following are the market
values of the products of the soil
at the ranch, there being ready
sale for everything raised in the
valley.
"S"V SA'oo per Genital
Barley 1875 " Z"
Corn LOO A"
Hay 600 to 90 per
[ton.
Hogs 4 cts per pound
Apples s."
Cattle from $11 to $18 de-
Ilivered in Stafford.
Milk cows $4,000 to $4,000
There is at present about l18I
miles of irrigatlng canals and main
bitches, not including the Lateral
bitches which will make the total
several times this amount. This
gives ample water to assure crops
;or about $4,000 acres. When the
Enterprise canal is finished it will
water several thousand acres of
itch table and bottom land. It'll
has been estimated that q quarter
IF million acres of additional land
could be irrigated if storage dams
we're built. This could be done
n several places, notably at the
1arrows about Is miles from SAT- |
ord where a box canyon exists
through which the river passes. |
Il is from this point the Enterprise
are building their canal.
Graham county covers an area
If 1000 square miles.
The ella valley is 35 miles from
he narrows to the edge of the res
,rvation, with an average width of
POTION lands of two miles, the dis
,ance between the foot hills being |
Tx miles. The valley is fanked
IN the north by the ella mountains
md on the south by the Graham
Mountains, Mount Graham being
he highest peak, with an altitude |
II ten thousand feet above sea level. |
Although but little prospecting |
las been done in either the ella |
II Graham mountains, the few
which have been de-
yeloped show that the ore body |
s practically inexhaustable; while
copper predominates, there is both
sold and silver in paying quantities
I is virgin field for both the
minor and CAPITALIST and one which
promises grand results. |
The two principal mining COM
,anies are the Detroit, at Morenci,
md the Arizona Copper Company,