The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1908-11-11
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-
detrimental 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 Creates
luxuriance and this rich alluvial soil will be
noted in very few years as the ideal spot ia
The whole country for dairying hog raisirg
the production of poultry and vegetables. whicr
one hesltates to call early or late. as they y!1
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
llens 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-
ahles 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-
duct1on 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 a thing
so intoxicatingly Salubrious That no words car
describe it. Those deserts Of America. as we
have regarded them heretofore seem to DEFY
the Ills that human nature elsewhere is so
prone to contract and suffer from. The atunos
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 Iality.
, Yuma Is q busy. up-to-date town The moro
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 a
S35, 900 school building, a $4,000 ice plant n
dne clubhouse for the railroad employees a
arger passenger depot, and the probability of
new court house to cost $4,000. There is con-
siderable business done there but the people
nave not begun to awaken to the vast possibiH
los M r1lo ID.
lp-to-date tourist hotel It should have ample
rounds around it and be planted with all
Kinds of tropical vegetation. If atmosphere
we're only transportable like mineral waters
md one could send consignments of this Yuma
winter air to the East, the inspiration of its
lcalth-g giving qualities would bring 25,OOO
ourlsts every winter TO the banks OF the Colo
ado River.
Yuma needs only TO make known it's climatic
in the parts Of the East swept every
ear by billiards. and snowstorms to attract Il
lty full every winter. The fertility of the val
ey below will almost make itself known With
az effort on the part of the people. Bat with
alley full Of Intelligent and industrious rural
opulation. producing fruits and vegetables.
oultry, eggs, fresh milk and fragrant butter
una should be one of the most ,telt1l.f.,
inter resorts In all America. There is svef..-
hing there to furnish tourists with Tie most
eaithfnl and delicious food and if n ..r in
hat region does not drive doctors h. seek g
wing elsewhere. it will be because The pc. pile !.
o not know how to live properly 8
The Laguna Dam wiz be completed in .aa
nd in ten years from toGa ,1e art.ac. t5-s at
una as a health resort aA5 tho fertility o.
lose bottom lands VII. 5a $50 vel known .a.t
will require $1,000 in c4s1 10 buy a single