Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1905-06-09
THE MUDDY RIVER VALLEY.

Last week Inc Weiis ueIalp
nublished an article entitled "a
Trip Down Into Lincoln County"
The following is continuation OF
the article, and gives the farming
conditions in Lincoln county just
as they were found by the commits
sion visiting the section to select a
site for an experimental farm:
From Moapa road twelve miles in
lanpth leads to the head OF the
Muddy River Valley. This road is
a new one, and was built at cost
of one hundred dollars per mile.
The county furnished the money
and the farmers performed the
work, each receiving three dollars
per day for his service.
The general character OF the
Muddy River is loan. adobe and
sand. Wherever it is touched with
water almost any of the semi-tropi-
cal products can be easily raised.
Nevada failing and seldom
varying springs furnish sufficient
water to irrigate at present about
three thousand acres OF land.
However at "The Narrows," a
deep narrow canyon through which
the Muddy River flows, there is an
excellent reservoir site. Inc
storage of water here, at small
cost. would reclaim three times the
amount of land now possible to ir-
rigate.
Water can also be brought into
the valley from Virginia river, few
miles away, at very nominal cost.
However, at the present time not
nearly all the available water Is
used. The reason for this is that
heretofore there has been little or no
mark for the produce. The build
ing of the San Pedro railroad into
the section has changed things, and
only year or two will eiapse until
every inch of water will be made
usa of. The springs that give life
to the Muddy are never failing.
They flow with virtually no
depreciation or appreciation the
year around.
As one enters the valley he is as
founded at the sight that greets his
ewes. For miles and miles the
entire fiat at his feet seems to be
regular sea of alfalfa field, vine
yards and gardens. Nowhere else
in Nevada as early as the eighth OF
MAY can the second crop of alfalfa,
ready for the mower to be found.
Fields of ripening barley were also
noted on that date. 1t was also
estimated that on May 25th the
wheat crop would be ripe and ready
for the binders. Five good crops
of alfalfa are grown each year, the
latter leaving pretty fair past
urage.
All through the valley figs,
grapes, peaches, plums, pears,
apricots, prunes, soft paper shelled
almonds, Strawberries, watermel-
Ions, aud all kinds Of garden truck
are never-failing crop.
One popularity OF the region is
that Irish potatoes do not thrive,
through sweet potatoes grow very
large and of fine flavor. Sugar
cane. from which is manufactured
syrup. also does well, and good
crops of cotton has been produced
Strawberries on the vines al
Christmas is not an unusual thing
and three crops of figs are grown
same year. A crop Of barley and {
crop of corn eau be harvest the
same year from the same ground
Again, three crops OF wafer
melons are taken from the same
patch in a twelve-month.
From the first ripened melons ar
taken the seeds for the second crop
and likewise from the second 10
the third.
The people of the muddy rais
their own pepper and mine the'
own salt.
Not il twenty years has poun
of salt necessarily been taken H.