The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-05-13
RICHES OF SOIL WONDERFUL

But the object of this story is 10 call atten-
tlon once more, and for perhaps the thou
sandth time, 10 the riches of the soil along
the Colorado on both sides, incident 10 the
dcpositidg 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
tyre Of country and soil that is found in the
Imperial Valley country around Brawcy,
CaleXico and other points west of the river
The fertility of the black prairie soils Of Hi
nois has a>sonished people engaged in agri-
culture for nearly one hundred years. The
fertlity of the valleys Of the Nile has been Il
slatter CT history for at least 5000 years. Those
who arc familinr 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 of them.
If you ask farmer along this stretch of
country if the soil is six feet his eyes will
spen with astoniShmcnt al your ignorance
He will tell you no one knows whether il is
- feet, 90 OF 6,C0G feet deep. Ii is practically
without bottom IL is 50 thoroughly well
mixed with sand, diSintegrated granite and
other rocks that it never breaks. IT is as
easily worked rs p heap OF ashes, and re-
spoBGs soeuhivatiOn in a way that is mar
zelous-
CUT SEMEN CROPS YEARLY.
krfsoos has established an experiment
statioFs i'm the heart of this big valley, which
Is some tweBiy -four miles long, and in spots
zen 10 twelEe miles wide, down on the lower
5evcl. The results are wonderful. Last week
they were cutting 4 crop OF alfalfa ora this ex-
PeriueDtal 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 AMI this rich alluvial soil will be
noted in very few years as the ideal spot in
The whole country for dsiryin-, hog raising,
the production of poultry and vegetables. which
one heSitates TO call early or late, as they will
be perennial. New potatoes will he produced
IN the middle of January, tomatoes will be
5ipe 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
ksns and turkeys flourish there in the wiRter
time beyond all experience anywhere else.
The rainfall is exceedingly light and comes
only three or four times in q whole winter.
with an abundance N green alfalfa and veSet-
able the dry and nos overheatcd climate
prevailing in the winter months. chickens are
free from the disease that make their raising
difficult elsewhere. There is no spot in Soutl-
ern Illinois or Missouri so adapted to the pro-
Suction of corn Is this valley along the Colora-
10 River. With alfalfa and corn the butter,
cheese. eggs poultry and pork to be raised on
tsenty-acre farm will amaze those who have
the experience in American agricultural affairs
The winter climate around Yuma is a thing
30 in:oxicatingly saluhrious That no weeds cal
describe II. Those de~er:s OF America. 2rs we
have REGARDED them heretofore. seer 81 Gsfy
she Ills that human nat@rc elsewhere y 20
prone 70 contraet snG suffer from. The 2,rro~
rhert is a. dry Is puyk The skies rloI5ls,.5ly
-esF. thu ar mild d. possible. aig2 svcrv
sreath ~.crn- tc ~ - inspiration q DIX .ife