The Arizona sentinel., 1909-06-03
RICHES OF SOIL WONDERFUL

But the object Of this story is to call atten- tion once more, and for perhaps the thou sandth time, to the riches of the soil along the Colorado on both sides, incident to the depositidg Of this mass of debris during all the past ages. Going through the country en the Arizona side of the river, for several miles below Yuma, one encounters the same type of country and soil that fs found in the Imperial Valley country around BTawley, Calexico and other points west of the river The fertility of the black prairie soils of Hi aois has >.onished people engaged in agri- culture for nearly one hundred years. The fertility of the valleys Of the Nile has been a matter of history for at least COCO years. Those who are familinr with Illinois prairie soil and those who know what the valley of the Nile is for agriculture. l1how that this lower Colorado River region surpasses both Of them.
 If you ask farmer along this stretch of country if the soil is six feet his eyes will open with astonishment ai your ignorance. SIe will tell you no one knows whether it is go feet COG or G.cOO feet deep. It is practically without bottom. It is so thoroughly well mixed with sand rdisntegFated granite and other rocks that it never breaks. It is as easily worked as heap Of ashes, and re-
 
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 cur SEVEN CROPS YEARLY
 AifzSua has established an experiment statiols m the hesrt Of this big valley, which 1s sO1ISe twentyfouF EHileS long, aad in spots Zen to tEeive miles wide, down on the lower Eeve4- The resRlts are wonderful. East week they were cutting crop of alfalfa on tAis ex- periueptal farm, and for seven consecutive montbs they will cut succeeding crops. The only months when the cropls not c,rs. here are December aud January.
 Cotton and to5seeo grow with the greatest AXurianoe, and this rich alluvial sel VIII be noted in a very few years as the ideal spot in bhe whole country for 6airyingy hog lnisS51fg She production of poultry and vegetables whiah enc hestates 10 call early or late, as they xill De perennial. New potatoes wli be produced jn the middle of January, tomatoes WITH be ripe by the first of March ripe grapes will be gathered in the early days oE May, and apri- cots by the middle Of the same month- Chic Sens and turkeys flourish there in the winter sine 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 vcget- able the dry and not oYerheatcd 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 acs this valley along the Cobra do River. With alfalfa and corn the butter cheese, eggs, poultry ard pork to be raised on Q tweaty-acrc farm will amaze these who have the experience in American aarierl tursel affairs The winter climate around Yuma is a thing so intoEicatingly salubrious That 2@ wovass ear describe it. Those deserts Of America, as VT have regarded them heretofore seezS sr deey tho ills that human nature elsewhere <. 50 prone to contract snd sufIer from Th@ 5etTn0s phere is as dry as punk, the skies cloudSessly elea-, the air mild as possible snd svpry S<esah seems io be aR in aspiration nt wHS, Gte-