The Arizona sentinel., 1908-10-21
CUT SEVEN CROPS YEARLY.


Vicious.
CUT SEVEN CROPS YEARLY.
Arizona has established an experiment
station in the heart of this big valley, which
is some twenty-four miles long, and in spots
ten to twelve miles wide, down on the lower
level. The results are wonderful. Last week
they were cutting n crop Of alfalfa on this ex-
perimental5 farm. and for seven consecutive
months they will cut succeeding crops. The
only months when the crop Is not cut here are
December and January.
Cotton and tobacco grow with the greatest
luxuriance, and this rich alluvial soil will be
noted in 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 will be produced
in the middle of January, tomatoes will be
ripe by the first of March. ripe grapes will be
gathered in the early DAYS Of May, and apri.
cots by the middle Of the same month. Chic.
kens and turkeys flourish there in the winter
tirle beyond all experience anywhere else.
The rainfall is exceedingly light and comes
only three or four times in n whole winter
With an abundance of green alfalfa and veget-
ableS the dry and not overheated climate
prevailing in the winter months, chickens arc
free from the disease that make their raising
difficult elsewhere. There is no spot in South.
ern Illinois or Missouri so adapted to the pro-
duction Of corn as this valley along the Colora
do River. With alfalfa and corn, the butter
cheese, eggs, poultry and pork to be raised on a
twenty-acre farm will amaze those who have
the experience in American agricultural affairs
The winter climate around Yuma is thing
SO intoXicatingly SaluhriouS That 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 sc
prone to contract and suffer from. The atmoS
phere is as dry as punk. the skies cloudlessly
clear. the air mild as possible, and every
breath seems to be an inspiration of new life
The United States has an experiment farm on
the mesa just on the outskirts of Yuma. Here
ults 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 are unsurpassed in their
delicious q ;ality.
Yuma is j busy, up-to-date town. The more
modern Improvements consist of several blocks
OF attractive brick buildings. three-story post
Office building, also of brick, and many other
nice structures. Among some of the greater
improvements which are being made, are q
S35, 900 school building, $4,000 ice plant, q
fine clubhouse for the railroad employees, a
larger passenger depot and the probability Of
a new court house to cost S75, 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
upto-date tourist hotel. II 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 conSignments of this Yuma
winter air to the East. the inspiration of its
health-giving qualities would bring o5.OoC
tourists every winter to the banks of the Colo.
RADIO River.
Yuma needs only to make known its climatic
attractions in the parts of the East swept every
year by blizza rds and SnowStormS 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 a
valley full of intelligent 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 all America. There is every
thing there to furnish tourists with the most
healthfnl and delicious food. and il the air in
that region does not drive doctors to seek a
living elsewhere. it will be because the people
do not know how TO live properly.
The Laguna Dam will be completed in 1909
and ir 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 $1,000 in cash TO buy single
acre of it