Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-07
ARKANSAS VALLEYS
REMARKABLE PRODUCTS.
Special Result. from Irrigation in the Highly Profitable Culture o'
Sugar Beet and Other Crops.
From The Earth.I
= Mr.. ReIIe y'D. Harbert. J

(By Mrs. Belle y'D. Harbert)
There Is a fascination about the Ar
kansas Valley impossible to describe.
There creeps into the heart love Tor
and fostered by the JOY OF living.
The natural resources OF thIs Saiey
are almost unlimited
The greatest gold camps In the world
are located on its watershed. Almost
every mineral known Is mined wlthin
Its boundary: Gold. silver lead Hoh'
copper, zinc. etc.
IL also contains the largest oil fields
I'm the United States.
Coal resembling the anthracite coal
of Pennsylvania Is found In quantities
that settles the question OF fuel Tor all
Marble of excellent quality and In
unlimited quantity has not been touch
ed by capital 81.
a manufacturing center. Last ys;aG
her steel works turned out t0'9Op'go9
rounds of merchant iron, lo.eep'ogv
pounds OF cast-lron pipes. s,eVV'vVy
pounds OF casting. i,poo.o'o pouh1s OF
splkes. and J. 500. .o90 pounds OF bolts
and nuts; $4,000, 900 a year Is the
record OF her smeitsrs. 49,.
building stone OF almost every nue.
and texture can be found Throughout
IN. valley. and commercial clay. uh-
exc.IIed for nne pressed brick ana pot
trry, can be had for the digging.
But listen. All this array OF natural
wealth Is secondary as compared with
yhe ofld-breakins records OF the
farfpers: IL only furnishes them with
An unexeeiled market for ihelr pro-
suce.
The soil of the valley l. sandy
loam. strongly lmpregnated with phos
pilates and alkaloidE. and II practically
in-Shaustibie 80 long as IL Is Irrigated
by the waters OF the same river which
r.. N0, 80 n
ing properties from the vast beds OF
mineral over which IL flows
The Arkansas River furnishes waief
for Irrigation purposes at all seasons
of IN. year. This river ranks 'hira "
purity as compared with other river
In America. Its now throughout ths
Irrigation season averages .-Soo cubis
feet per second OF time. II Is Offer
called the NH. OF the occld-ni."
The Arkansas Valley har the b-s'
sii-th-- -y-ar-round climate In ih'
Union. The ayeras. summer iemf-ra'
sur- IL comparable to that OF Southern
France. and almost constant SUNSHINE
eharact-Fix-r It's winters \ who'll,
cloudy day il a rarity. and the night
nf- always cool and refr-Hhins. even "
midsummer. The autumn N protractct
until hbou, the holidays. Then two OF
three weeks OF winter weather may b'
~Su-cted. but even then the air dufini
this bit OF winter. IL free from fnoi-
the brilliant sunshine that has fnad'
Colorado winters famous All wh'
hav. lived here few years are en-
shusihstic over these thinEr. \ wealthy
Evniieman not long ago remarked tina
he would give n million dollars an nsi'
for IN. Arkansas Valley climate " h
could transfer u to his Eastern home
building may be carried ON with litii'
Interruption Throughout; the wintc'
months. and u u not uncommon e
~ a Ia ia 4 "a
The altitude is ideal. being from =.
Zoo to 1000 above sea -irvci. II u hiEi
enough to give the stimulating effect
by expanding the air cells OF IN
lungs. while IL IL not 80 high as to In
f-rf-rs with the action OF the heart
This climate IL q proved plnac-a foi
NIL puimon~- troubles In the caFilci
staErs, and many OF our leading ciil'
r-ns have been fully restored TO health
by coming while u was not too late.
Hor;ieuituTisis ma the valley on- o
th. most attractive places In tbs
Union. The m"st favorable climate
che advantages OF a reliable system o'
irrigation. and q Perfect soil. with tbs
n-arn-sp to the great mining region
where fruit growing - impossible. and
~h.r. fruits md constant market
at good prices. give to the fruit-krov.
er advantage which con not be dupli'
Gated. Hrzii-s this. the fruit grown
d.mcr. hivher coiored. and larger thar
sha, grown In other localities. Thou.
Hands OF acres Of apples. peaches
pium.. ptunss. cherries. etc. just com.
ting into bearing are V.ritRble gold
mines to their possrssorr.
-Four thousand -nlions of Colorado
Noreiio cherries were marketed from
200 trees this season. The oldest o,
sh-ss trees were six years. while many
were oriy four. E1fty-Hevcn gallons
or min. and one half crates. werr
wicked from Hinzic six -ycsr-oli tree
ore has only to glance at tho prizs list
of the st Louis Fair to BE- convinced
that the frgit j. above competition
Small fruits af all Kinds Erow TO r~r-
-fec'ion. Miidsw and rot prr unknown
IN this dry RfmusuhrFr. The acreage
horevcr. ls sfiti remarkably small and
the market has never been rupplied
The Rocky FoFd Cantni1urr needs rb
Introduction 20 the world. There is a
peculiar combination Of roll. climate,
and water which puts m flavor into ~
melons different from those grown
outside of the vui.-v. That this crpr
II very raruuurflfi-e 20 tha growers Il
proven b- the fact that after payinr
tho freight Co. Now York there is very
often "a net visif of 500 nor sore and
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