The Arizona sentinel., 1908-10-28
CUT SEVEN CROPS YEARLY.

CUT SEVEN CROPS YEARLY.
Arizona has established an experiment
station in the heart of this big valley, which
is some twenty-iour miles long, and in spots
ten TO twelve miles wide, down on the lower
level. The results are wonderful. Last week
they were cutting a crop oe alfalfa on this ex-
periuental farm, and for seven consecutive
months they will cut succeeding crops. Whe
only months when the crop IS not cut here are
December and January.
Cotton and tobacco grow with tho greatest
luxuriance, and this rich alluvial soil viii be
noted in a very few years as the ideal spot IN
The whole country for dairying, hog raising
the production of poultry and vegetables, which
one hesitates to call early or late, as they will
: be perennial. New potatoes viii be produced
in the middle OF January, tomatoes will be
ripe by the first Of March, ripe grapes viii be
gathered in the early days Of May, and april
cots by the middle Of the same month. Chic
kens and turkeys flourish there in the winter
| time beyond all experience anywhere else.
The rainfall is exceedingly light and comes
only three or four times IN whole winter
With an abundance of green alfalfa and veget-
ahleS the dry and not overheated climate
prevailing in the winter months, chickens are
free from the disease that make their raising
diflcplt elsewhere. There is no spot in South
ern Illinois or Missouri so adapted TO the pro-
dnctior Of corn rs this valley along the Colora-
do River. Wien alfalfa and corn, the butter
cheese eggs, poultry aId pork TO be raised on a
| twenty-acre farm viii amaze those who have
the experience in American agricultural affairs
The winter climate around Yuma is q thing
so in5oxicatingiy SuluhrioGs HAT no words can
describe it. Those deserts of America, as we
have regarded them heretofore, seem to defy
the Ills that human nature elsewhere is SO
prone 10 contract and suffer from. The atmos
phere is as dry as punk the skies cloudleSsly
clear, the air mild rs possible. and every
breath seems to be an inspiration of new life.
The United States has an experiment farm on
the mesa just or the outskirts Of Yuma. Here
uits even more marvellous than in the valley
are produced. Down on the lower levels there
are little nips OF frosty mornings occasionally
during December and January, but on the mesa
the breath of frost never touches the most DEL
icate vegetation. Oranges grown at the FEEDER
al experiment station arc unsurpassed in their
delicious q ality.
Yuma is q busy, up-todate town. The more
modern improvements consist Of several blocks
of attractive brick buildings. a tnrecstory post
office building, also Of brick and many other
nice structures. Among some Of the greater
Improvements which are being made, are o
$4,000 school building, a S75000 ice plant, a
fine clubhouse for the railroad employees. Il
larger passenger depot and the probability Of
a new court house DO cost $75, 900. There is con-
siderable business done there, but the people
have not begun To awaken to the vast poSSibili
ties Of the place. They should at once erect an
up-to-date tourist hotel. 1t should have ample
grounds around it and be planted with all
kinds Of tropical vegetation. If atmosphere
were only transportable like mineral waters,
and one could send copsignments of this Yuma
winter air to the East, the inspiration Of its
health-giving qualities would bring 25.iO0
tourists every winter to the banks Of the Colo
RADIO River.
Yuma needs only to make known it's climatic
attractions in the parts Of the East swept every
year by blizzar dS and snowStorns TO attract a
city full every winter The fertility of the val
ley below will almost make itself known with
out EFFORT on the part Of the people But with q
valley full Of intclllgen: and industrious rural
population. producing fruits and vegetables,
poultry, eggs, fresh milk and fragrant butter,
yuma should be one of the most delightful
winter resorts in al America. There is every
. thing there 70 furnish tourists with the most
healthfnl and delicious food. and if The air in
that region does not drive doctors to seek O
living elsewhere. 1t viii be because tie people
do not know how to live properly.
The LaGuna Dam will be completed in 1909,
and In ten years from today the attractions Of
Yuma as a health resort and the fertility of
these bottom lands Will be so well known that
it will require 900 in cash TO buy single
acre OF it.