The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-07-22
RICHES OF SOLE WONDERFUL

JlOn once more ana Tor perhaps Ine CEOu-
sandth time, to the riches of the soil along
the Colorado on both sides, incident TO the
aepositidg of this mass of debris during all
the past ages. Going through the country
an the Arizona side of the river, for several
miles below Yuma, one encounters the same
type of country and soil that is found in the
Imperial Valley country around Brawley,
Galexico and other points west of the river
The fertility OF the black prairie soils of Illi-
Rois has a>tonished people engaged in agri-
culture for nearly one hundred years. The
fertility of the valleys CT the Nile has been a
matter of history for at least COCO years. Those
who are falnilinr with Illinois prairie sold,
and those who know what the valley of the
Nlle.is for agriculture. know that this lower
Colorado River region surpasses both of them.
Ifyou ask farmer along this stretch of
so1rStFy If the soil is six feet, his eyes will
open with establishment al your ignorance.
NE will tcY You no one knows whether it is
50 feel SOC or 5000 feet deep. 1t is practically
wfthD5t bottom. 1t is SO thoroughly well
Zfi xsff with sand, disintegrated granite and
stlseT rseSss that it never breaks. 1t is as
easily worked as "A heap of ashes, and re-
>PoEsts SeeaiivatiOn in a way that is mar
ssS0os>
CgPT SEW EN- CROPS YEARLY.
Arizs1sss has established an experiment
station ia tlor heart of tlris big valley, which
y srs0se twgssty-foa miles hong, and ia spots
se1r TO twelve mikes wide; dswB GA the lower
ievxs. ghe res a Is are wDudeffuL Last week
slFcy were cutting crop OF ;ssfafja or this ex-
perinSDtal Farm, and Cor seven consecutive
months they Will cut succeeding crops, The
December G1sd january.
Cotton and tobacco grow with the e5eaSeSt
Euxuriance, and this rich alIuvial sell will be
noted in very few years as the i6Gab spot in
she whole country for dairying, hog raising
che production Of poultry and vegetables, which
one hestates to call early or late, as they will
be perennial. New potatoes will be produced
IN the middle of January tomatoes Will be
ripc by the first of MARCH, ripe grapes will be
gathered in the early DAYS of May, and apr-
cots by the middle of the same menIh. Chic
kens and turkeys flourish there in the winter
slime beyond all experience any where else.
The rainfall Is exceedingly light and comes
only three or four times in whole winter
With an abundance.e Of green alfalfa and vcget-
able the dry and NOS overhcated 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
swenty-aere farm VIII amaze those who have
she experience in American agricultural affairs
The winter climate around Yuma is u thing
go intoxicatingly salHbrious That no wer'fs
aescribe it. Those deserts of America "a ne
haye regarded them heretofore, seem SO @s3y
the HIS that human nature elsewhere II 80
promo TO contract and suffer fpOm The strass
phere is as dry punk, the skies eloR&lesslg
clear. the air mild possible, and every
freath seems to nc an inspiration OF new Ife