Arizona republican., 1911-03-27
SEASONS PROSPECT
 IS MOST FLATTER|NG
WEATHER AND WATER coNDI.
 TONS ARE IDEAL.
Record Breaking Crops May Be Con
 fidentIy ExHeeted.

| the newspaper farmer. The state
 ment is promised on the perfect eli
 matic and water conditions that have
 prevailed all winter and the perfection | of which seems assured at least for the
 remainder of the year.
 In respect of the irrigation water | supply for the next year it's ample
 ness is a certainty. The water is in sight and it cannot get away unless the Roosevelt dam is destroyed by an 1 earthquake. about the most remote | contingency that can be imagined So | far as the climate for the remainder of
 this year may be of importance. there is every reason to believe there will
 be at least an average rainfall. the chief desirability of which is to freshen | things up occasionally with a little wa
 ter from above, wash out the atmos-
 phere and make the leaves look bright
 CT, the water for plant roots being al-
 ready on hand. Should the rains fail
 and the summer be long and the warm
 weather unbroken, it would only mean
 more crops in the year.
 That is all in the future and the ob-
 servation grows out of the ideal con- ditions that have prevailed during the
 past winter and the present spring It
 was unusually dry last fall and there
 were some fears in the minds of doubt CTS about the reservoir supply but they
 have all vanished now and ample wa ter came in good time for planting with still greater and later supply for widening the acreage.
 Then. too, the winter was a very mild one, in great contrast to the pre- ceding winter. For a time tine pessi- mists. what few there are left, hung their arguments on the probability of late frost which would destroy the fruit buds and perhaps give growing grain a set back. But it is now so late serious cold snap seems impossible and certainly there will be no serious frosts and most likely none at all. It is rarely the valley ever has frost after this time of the year and while there will be some cool days TO doubt there will surely be none that will in- jure or materially stop plant growth.
 It has not been a remarkable winter for rain, but it has been good aver age season and since the first of the year the normal has been exceeded by IS of an inch. During the last month the record is quarter of an inch ahead of normal. But the rains that have fallen during the winter have been very beautifully scattered along just when they were wanted. There was rain just before the fair last November, and just after 1t. There was more in De- cember but not on any occasion to in- terfere with the plans of any consider able proportion of the pOpulace.
 Then came the fine snows in the hills and rains in the valleys. all over the territory. just when they were wanted. interfering with nobody. It rained only short time before the planned ceremonies of dedicating the Roosevelt dam. cleared up into the most perfect weather and is still fair. though it may rain a little more any time. It will be fine if it does; it will not be missed if it does not. If the weather man really did have anything to do with making the weather. he would be entitled right now to a jollifi- cation mass meeting in his honor. and whether he makes it or not it is cer- tain he has served it up about right this winter.
 Getting back to the sSbject of crops and crop records. Secretary Welch of the board of trade has one man on record who mas cut twelve crops of alfalfa during the last twelve months and that is some record. L N. Jesun- ofsky, who. besides delivering the weather with daily regularity. keeps tab on crops and plant growth. reports that alfalfa last fall kept growing al- most until Christmas and began again about the middle of January. The win ter season for the alfalfa was therefore only about three weeks long
 Those who drive about the valley know that grain has been heading out for the past two weeks, or ever since early in March. Not all of it of course but the earliest grain. from which it may be expected that this years har- vest will be unusually early Fruit trees have been in blossom for long time, the almond trees. which are about the earliest. having been out for two weeks, while everything in the crop line is exerting itself as thought striv- l ing for a record.
 Those who have no opportunity to | get out into bucolic environments may | be properly inspired by walking around | the city and looking at the flower gar dens of their friends and neighbors. | The rose bushes are taking up their | seasons work with a proper under | of what is expected of them | md where roses could not be procured | 1ere or anywhere on the coast two or | .hree weeks ago they are now appear ing in many gardens. A few weeks | later they will be a great deal better. | but even those that are now out are I delight to everybody. The court | house and capitol grounds, and every | plat devoted to flowers in public and private places. it taking on the varied ints of natures annual reawakening md doing so with a strength and vigor that the year 1911 will bring O the Salt river valley the most glori- JUS year of prosperity in it's history.
 Nor is this valley alone in it's re- oicing for the whole territory seems qually blessed with the exception of few places dependent almost entirely if the copper industry. which for the ime being is in those places awaiting he inspiration of a greater demand for opper that the experts say is soon to ollow. The deserts and mountain ides are veritable flower gardens and meadow lands. cattle and sheep are at and sleek and the prices are good or all that are ready for market. There are a great many reasons why lrizona is worth while. even if it isn't |
 state.