The Arizona sentinel., 1909-08-05
RICHES OF SOIL WONDERFUL

But the object of this story is to call atten-
ton 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
on 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 Brawlcy,
Galexico and other points west Of the river
The fertility of the black prairie soils of Illi-
Aois has astonished 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 arc famlinr with Illinois prairie soil,
and those who know what the valley of the
Nile is for agriculture. know that this lower
Colorado River region surpaSses both ofthem.
If you ask farmer along this stretch of
sountry il the soil is six feet, his eyes will
open with establishment al your ignorance.
Ae Will tell yoaeno one knows whether it is
81 feet, co or 'aCoe feet deep. IL is practically
withoCt bottom. 1t is SO thoroughly well
mixed with sand, disntegrated granite and
ather socks that it never breaks. 1t is us
sR-Si!5 worked as a heap of ashes, and re-
spondss to-caitiyation iu a way that is mar
xc}oSst
GUT SEVEN CROPS YEARLY
Arisona has established an experiment
stataOB IN the heart OF this big valley, which
Is sUfne twen3y-four Inies long, and in spots
1sIS to- twelve miles wide down on the lower
evcA Pie results are wonderful. East week
shey vsTecr7te ting cropo alfalfa Oil. This eX-
ScrinlSfgtal fArIlI and for seven consecutive
72onths thcx viii cut succeeding crops The
snly months when the cTeg3 Is not SUIT here are
December ard January.
Cotton and tobacco grow with tAe greatest
luxuriance, and this rich aIluvial soil viii be
noted in a very few years as the ideal. spot in
the whole country for dairying, hc.5 raising,
the production OF poultry and vegetables, which
one hesitates to call early or late as they will
b. perennial. New potatoes viii be produced
n the middle OF January, tomatoes Will be
ripe by the first OF March, ripe grapes. w5ll be
gathered in the'early days of May, and april
oots by the middle of the same month. Chic
Rens and turkeys flourish there in the winter
time beyond ali experience anywhere else.
The rainfall is exceedingly light and comes
emily three or four times in d whole winter.
With an abundance of green alfalfa and vcgct-
able the dry and not overheated climate
prevailing in the winter months, chickens are
free from the disease that make their raising
dificIlt elsewhere: There is no spot in South
ern Illinois or Missouri so adapted to the pro-
auction OF corn as this valley along the Colora-
do River. With alfalfa and corn, the butter,
sheese eggs, poultry and pork to be raised on a
twenty-acre farm viii amaze those who. have
the experience ia. american Agricultural AGAR,
The winter climate around Yuma is . thing
50 intoxicatingly salubrious That no words can
describe it. Those deserts of America, IA ygg
have regarded the1P heretofore, SeeIn ~ ass
she Ills that human nature elsewhere - ~
prone TO contract and SITTER from. The at,sss
pherc is as dry aS punk the skies cioaese-.sly
clear, the air mild as possible, ana every
Breath seems TO be AZ ins pirLtion Of neps LIE