Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-26

Captain Allen Kelly has edited a
Chamber of Commerce. It is a sue
cinct presentation Of industrial at
fairs. though in one respect 1t is very
con~ervat've. 1t gives. the population
Of FL Centro at 1000, instead Of $500
The contents of the folder follow:
aeg e were
put through 1t. brin ging life to the soil
and crops without weeds, there being
no seeds for the weeds to spring from.
five years even-the Imperial valley
49, hloesomed into garden spot. The
richness of its soil is likened unto the
valley of the Nile, and has been form
ing for countless ages an incompara-
he loanl. Every year the great Colo
rado river brings down these rich de-
posits of silt, which, through the
spread all over the valley, giving back
to the soil all that the crops have taken
out during their growth. The three
essential elements for successful farm
'ng are always here-soil, heat, water,
There are no offsetting features to
contend with, no scale. blight nor in
sects, no DANA ging frosts, no droughts,
no floods. In fact, there are no ifs"
"ent one, and that is if the seed is
properly planted and cultivated.
Ciimate-The claim that the Imperial
valley has, an ideal climate for All All
strengthened by the lack Of damage
to fruit or crops during the cold wave
which swept over Southern California
in January, 1913. The greater part
picked and shipped before the cold
wave came. but enough Of tho fruit
still remained on the trees TO prove
that this region did not suffer mate
rally from the freeze, and to give q
| big impetus to the development OF
the citrus industry in the valley:
There are but two seasons, W, winter ,S r
other. The so.called winter is reek-
oned from October l, and continues for
seven months or more of the most
mild and even that the growth OF the
most tender plants is seldom inter
| rupted.
The lowest temperature recorded /.
q degrees above zero, and that was
reached but once since settlers trst
came into the valley.
The annual rainfall avera ges about
two. inches. and there are no fogs
January a few light frosts may be eX-
| pected, but these are seldom strong
| enough to nip tomato vines. From
October to April it is one long sue.
overcoat is hardly ever necessary and
rarely is it too warm for comfort. In
April II grows warm, and quickly be
comes what the cotton planters term
ideal cotton weather, which Is TO say,
warm by day and night, and this heat
is never broken by the coming OF coo
snaps to kill young cotton, but contin'
ues to the middle of September. when
| It begins to grow cooler. In July and
August the thermometer rises above
| 10 degrees in the shade, but the at
heat is not as great as in the eastern
states with the therm ometer STANDING 6
at 90 degrees. In midwinter and again
n midsummer one or two hsht loca
months of February and March The
wind sometimes blows strongly. cor
re- ponding to March weather In thu
east but for the rest, ga cali, Nv weather Is
| The climate is good for many trou
bles. People suffering from rheuma
tism have besn completely cured in siA
months. In early stages tuberculosis
will entirely disappear The out-of.
doors sleeping and living, make
healthy, brown skinned population. This
! '.'o~~~ are the finest in the world
and milady is proud Of here oliye tar
! called desert"
| Dairy Farming-The dairy bushes:
! lures of the valley Nearly 10000 cows
| o. SUPERIOR breeding are busy twelve
months of the year converting alIaIia
/ and sunshine into butter fat. In most
~o~ioT Of inactivity when she humps
her back and tries 10 keep from freez'
ing, finding it absolutely Impossible &c
turn her food into milk. Not so In
Imperial valley. sweet fields beyond
re s,.eli'rg 9 flood stand dressed In liv'
ing green" . !,
The seasons are such that there Is
an abundance of green feed all the
year around. Imperial county is the
hea West butter producing county In ths
state and local butter brings the high
! est prices in Los Angeles markets. The
! present income of the farmers from
| This industy is about 100000 a month
Imperial valley is the dairyman's idea
country. AIfalta, OIL course, Is thS
food crop. 1t grows the year round