Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-06
Wealth of Vegetation

VI lne una PROJECT itself many
pages might be written and the story
but half told. OF its influence and eff
feet upon Yuma and Yuma valley. the
situation may be briefly and yet most
accurately described by acknowledge
ing that 1t means-eYerything, Rich
soil, marvellous climate and life-laden
waters were here before the reclama-
tion service, but the Colorado bears
great problems on it's turbulent wave,
and private capital is timid and Oft
times inefficient But for the hand of
the government this article might
have been years delayed.
The kernel of our story is Yuma
valleys wealth of vegetation produc-
Ing ingredients, the versatility of its
conditions, the wonderful range of its
producing powers. Follows in se-
qpence the opportunities thus afforded
to health seekers, wealth seekers and
home seekers. on the farm lands or
in the town they surround; follows the
story of that town, its splendid loca-
tion; alluring prospects and inviting
| field for investment; comes in turn the
| tale of the wealth-lined hills. with
their stores Of sold and silver, copper
and lead, iron and cinnabar, While
| over all looms the fact of the world s
most nearly perfect all-year climate
| perpetual sunshine, no snow, almost
no frost. and never a heat that will
| hurt any one.
| When the evidence shall all be in
| there will appear nothing strange or
unbelievable i'm President Roosevelt's s
estimate of lands in the lower valleys
| of the Colorado river, which in a mes
sage to congress he made in these
words:
| "A most conservative estimate, after
| full development must place the gross
| products from this land at not less
| than $500 per acre per year; every ten
| acres of which will support a family
| when under intense cultivation. Much
| of the land will be worth from $500
to $500 per acre TO individual owners. "
| But to the kernel: The proud and ex-
| ceptional boast is made that every
| month of the calendar produces in
| Yuma valley something of profit to the
| husbandman, ample verifcation of
which the following facts will provide:
| Alfalfa, which is rapidly becoming
the standard forage plant of the world,
has it's home in Yuma valley. Every
month in the year sees 1T being cut in
this favored locality, while. seven cut
tings is considered the minimum when
harvested FOR hay alone. Properly
tended fields average ten tons an acre.
For several years past the price of
baled alfalfa has not fallen below $13
a ton.
The growing OF alIdlId SEED is DecOn-
ing an important industry, 500 pounds
an acre being a normal yield. Growers
frequently report higher averages, one
farmer reporting 700 pounds an acre
from one field.
A typical instance of alfalfa profit is
that reported that from fourteen acres
a farmer sold 1880 pounds of seed for
| 10 cents pound which, after deduct
ing $123.6O, the cost of hulling and sack
ing, left him $3.50; then sold $50 worth
of alfalfa straw and before and after
| the seed crop cut sixty tons of fine
hay on which the average profit was
! so, thus figuring net profit of ap-
proximately 500 an acre. This is not
an exceptional case.
Yuma Winter Gardens
Winter gardening in Yuma valley is
certain to acquire a worldwide fame
A photograph of f1ourishing garden
containing peas-matured, young ana
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