Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-09-22
OUT IN THE COUNTRY.
A Klondike Night at Home.

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Some people do not know a good
thing when they see it. and others are
inclined to look upon the lot of a far
mer as hard one.
These misguided morta1s viii have a
chance to change their opinions when
they learn what farmers here in Ar-iz-
ona are doing financially and other
wise.
Yesterday HERALD reporter took
q short drive into the country and saw
some things
With a good team and a jolly driv-
er we were early on the Yuma road,
which has been called the Supervisors
pet. Certainly it is deserving drive.
with ripping waters and stately trees
beside and with Il breadth and grade
suitable for kings highway
Spinning along we passed Monihon's
beef pasture, Christy's poultry farm.
Lutgerding's, Morton's and Marlar's
and then we We're at the Fowler dis
triet school house. This is easily the
most roomy and artistic brick school
house in the whole countryside.
AS we drove up Miss Mcdonald the
teacher. rang the bell calling the 35
Youngsters in to their studies.
Here's to our schools, long may they
flourish
Next we inspected a field of sorghum
in the ranch adjoining. Talk about caile
there IS where you con see it. No need
to go to Cuba or Hawaii. It is by far
the best patch of sorghum in the val
ley. standing from ten to fifteen feet
tall and thick as the whiskers on a
PoDuhst's chin. Some Buckeye and
Coldwater experts declare that the
patch will make forty tons to the acre
and as there are 125 acres in the field
If is plain that the yield will be some
thing enormous.
r. G. Fowler who is manager of the
Fowler ranches, informed us that he
intends to ship several car loads of it
to California as an experiment to see
if it cannot he made to take the place
of higher priced hay for feeding dairy
cows
Mr.. Fowler attributes his phenomen-
al success to the great richness of the
soil and proper and reasonable Guilt
Walton of the crop. AS a nexamp1e of
what Arizona fertility and sunshine
will produce, this field of cane is worth
going miles to see
Next we drove northward past luXTr-
lent fields of alfalfa where large herds
of sleek. fat cattle and other stock
were contentedly grazing. Further on
was shown the field where the famous
Fowler watermelons are grown, and
at one side a large shed, or pamada,
where the Arizona violets come from.
These flowers bloom during the Win
Ter season and are noted for their
delicious fragrance and beauty.
Before we departed Mr.. Fowler in
formed us that a large portion of the
ranch is being subdivided and sold in
tracts to suit purchasers. Many neat
new houses We're to be seen, proving
that some people know and grab a
good thing when they have a chance
to get it on favorable terms.
Next we came to an alfalfa farm
owned and operated by Mr. ". D. Ad-
ANS who is also principal of the Cart
wright school. Mr.. Adams is a good
teacher and also a first rate farmer
and during his spare hours, mornings
and evenings. and Saturdays, he has
been able to cut, cure and sell three
crops of hay for S1120.OO to Messrs. |
Dabnev and Humphrey, merchants at |
Glendale.
Mind you. this from forty acres. and |
besides he has the fourth crop still on |
the land in the stack and the fifth |
crop green in the field and which he |
can sell any day to the COW men for
one hundred dollars. Figure that,
own people, $4,000 worth of hay and
pasture taken from one forty acre
ract in a season, and taught a long
ERIN of school besides. Did you do as
we'll this year?
After all in Salt river alfalfa is king.
From the Adams place we drove up
he Maricopa canal past lovely fields
md comfortable homes ito the Grand
Avenue, and thence back to town.
Since the rains the roads are perfect
nd to every intending investor or sight
Ger we can only say go and do like
wise and see one of the finest bits of
ountry out of doors