Arizona republican., 1912-01-10

ket?' oh. We Of little faith, When a
thousand miles of railroadless wilds
separated the Salt Lake valley from
the nearest civilization. the followers
of Joe smith transformed by the Alem-
bic wand of irrigation desert waste
in an iuhOspitable CLINE into VERT
able Garden of Eden; and today in
Mexico are colonies separated from the
nearest railroad by miles of rugged
mountain ranges ana almost lmpass-
able canOns, where all are prosperous
and poverty is unknown; and where
g. cry family lives in their own modern
home. where beautiful churches and
fine schools abound and where miles OF
well kept roads are shaded by trees
laden with luscious fruit
We are wont TO smile disdainfully at
the Mormon: and yet. isn't il strange
that anyone who has managed to stray
this far away from the landing place
OF the Mayflower would signify his
inability TO emulate the achievements
Of the Smiths and the Youngs of Nor
monland?
The comforts Of a prosperous but
isolated community are not sufficient
for the Palo Verde valley farmer He
has sat on the cool sands of Long
Beach and promenaded the Venice Pier
He has sat under the footlights at the
Orphcum and sprayed his beak from
the finger bowls at Lewis. His sun
burned palms long 10 clasp the elusive
coin of the realm. 1t is. therefore. up
TO the writer 10 inform the farmer
what he can raise in the Palo Verle
valley that will enable him To conduct
the greater part Of his farming stunts
in the Hollenbeck bar.
Anyone who has had occasion to be
about the large hotels of St. Louis or
New orleans. especially during the
holiday season, has probably noticed a
goolly number of well-fed. well-irri-
gated and well addressed man-men who
spend money most freely and whose
eN cry action spells prosperity. Ask
these men from whence they came and
many of them will reply: Il live in a
country where they raise a bale Of cot
ton to the acre. by G., sir"
And from the emphasis they lay on
the word bale" ana from the air of
| braggadociO that accOmpanys the an
nouncement, one would naturally con-
| clude that a bale Of cotton to the acre
means living on the shady side Of Easy
street with string of autos and 4
| bulldog that is entitled To a blue ribbon
al a Knickerbocker cog show. These
cotton raisers could. of they would. adj
! that they had their troubles with the
! boll-weevil and that some years the
yield was much less than a bale 10 the
acre. The fact remains, however. that
they are prosperous and their prosper
ity comes from the raising of less than
! Il bale OF cotton TO the acre
Last year number of our farm
ers planted fields of cotton. Most OF
them had had no experience in cotton
raising. it being wholly an experiment
with them. The whole valley owes a
debt Of gratitude To these farmers who
by their pluck and energy demonstrate
ed that the Palo Verde valley is second
To no country in the yield of cotton
per acre, both in quantity and quail
| ity. Anyone who will take the
trouble 10 measure the ground and look
over the gin returns can ascertain
what the yield was per acre. That
where the land was in proper condition
and the growing of the crop was intel
/ ligently conducted, the yield was abOu;
two bales to the acre is generally con-
ceded And experienced cotton raisors
who had an opportunity to view oui
cotton fields and afterwards note thI
returns assert positively that by pre-
pairing the soil properly we can be
sure of two bales to the acre.