The Arizona sentinel., 1908-11-04

WITHOUT DOuOnl. IL is So thoroughly Wen
mixed with sand, disintegrated granite and
other rocks that it never breaks. 1t is as
easily worked as a heap of ashes, and re-
spends to cultivation in way that is mar
velouS.
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 10 twelve miles wide, down on the lower
level. The results are wonderful. Last week
they were cutting a crop Of alfalfa Oh this ex-
perimental 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 dalrying, hog raising.
the production Of poultry and vegetables, which
one hestates to call early or late, as they will
/ be perennial New potatoes will be produced
J in the middle of January, tomatoes will be
ripe by the first of March. ripe grapes will be
gathered in the early DAYS of Nav, 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 a whole winter
With an abundance of green alfalfa and veget-
abeS the dry and not Overheated climate
! prevailing in the winter months, chickens are
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 hat no words car
describe it. Those deserts of America, as we
have regarded them heretofore, seem to defy
l the Ills that human nature elsewhere is so
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
tue 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 ality.
Yuma is a busy, up-to-date town. The more
modern Improvements consist Of several blocks
Of attractive brick buildings. a three-story post
Office building also Of brick, and many other
nice structures. Among some Of the greater
improvements which are being made, are a
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fine clubhouse for the railroad employees, a
larger passenger depot and the probability of
a new court house to cost $4,000. There is con-
| siderable business done there, but the people
have not begun 70 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 consignmentS OF this> Yuma
winter air to the East the inspiration Of its
health-giving qualities would bring 30 CO
tourists every winter TO the banks OF the Colo
RADIO River.
Yuma needs only to max known It's climatic
attractions in the parts of the East swept every
year by bliZza rdS and SnowStorms to attract q
city full every winter. he 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 intelligent and industrious r;Iral
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 if 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 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