Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-11-17

| Grand river in Colorado all the way down through Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and California, bringing with it untold qualities of the earthly salts and minerals, such as sul- phur, iron potash, lime and phospheric acid, storing them in the soil to be drawn upon for future use following this period of deposition and during the lat ter period of it there was time when this great basin was covered with water as is positively shown by the presence of vast quantities of shells deposited on the surface and in the soil. Taking up handful of soil one can see in most place dozens of these small shells and in many places hundreds of them. Tbe importnne of this vast and almost uni form deposit of lime in the soil has only to be mentioned to be highly appreciat ed by any intelligent agriculturalist and readily accounts for the marvellous fer tility of the region.
 We have here practically produced for us on very large scale what may be observed in many places iil regions where cultivated lands lie below lime deposits in the hills above them and where the fertility is in most striking contrast to the surrounding soils containing less lime and other ingredients obtained from inc rocks which are being slowly broken down and thus becoming a com ponent part of the soil.
 Among the industries of the Valley dairying is making rapid strides for a newly settled region. A creamery com many formed at this place some time a0o had the promise of the produce of more than thirteen hundred COWS and other portions of the Valley show COT. responding activity in this line. It is estimated that an ordinary dairy COW u;,l nroduce In cream abont six to seven dollars per month and that the by prod rcts will increase these figures to about ton dollars per month, and when it is estimated that the business can be con- drcted at less than half the expense ,sually incurred for feeding and keeping dairy cows it can readily be :seen what must be the large profits made by those now in the business.
 Horses and mules can be produced here in great perfection and at small cost as every day in the year they, are ornn,ied with an excellent quality of araan feed, thus ensuring most rapid 9rowth when young, nor is the growth ovor checked by period of cold weather u,hop animals so situated usually make smau increase by winter growth.
 Tba greatest financial success vet
 oohod here has been in raising bops nh;cb as in the case of cattle, horses
 a ,oules is done at greatly reduced o,n.rae. as the hog is raised and ma ...ad m feed of alfalfa and barley
 a;ther one of which is ever cut as the hoo does his own harvesting and by this .,,,.thod he can bs produced at a pr,ce not exceeding one fourth to one third tho cost in other parts of the country wbere hogs are produced and considered quite profitable
 Many farmers could be named here who now have from five hundred to one thousand hogs, few several times that number and they are cared for and looked after by two or three men reduc- ing the cost of production to not exceed. ing one and half to two cents pound and the selling price here is six to sev- en cents.
 In Arizona where climatic conditions are quite similar, hogs have been grown for thirty years with asingular freedom, as here, from any serious disease. At this time the hog production is said to reach nearly five thousand fatted hogs shipped to Los Angeles monthly, being loaded here in the evening and reaching their destination the next morning. One other consideration which makes hog production popular here is the ease and inexpensIveness wiih which one may start in in that line and the rapidi- ty with which they can grow into very large and very profitable business-net-