Imperial Valley press., 1920-10-20

plications of the same, and inter-
spersed fields with herds Of cattle
hcgs, sheep-fair, fat and flourishing
Alfalfa is called what it's name sig
nifies in Persia and Arabia lands, in
which it originated, the "best fodder
1t is good for Go tons per acre.
The barley fields are used for cattle
| pasture. two or three times. ,after
which the grain is allowed to develop
and the harvest follows in May OF
June. In,1918 more than $4,000 acres
produced 1900 pounds to the acre. The
cotton crop from 81 900 acres, amount
ed to 10000 bales, plus $4,000 tons of
cotton seed, worth $66 ton. Kaftir
corn, an Egyptian variety, is also a
good crop and valuable as a cattle
feed. G0000 head of cattle, $4,000 hogs.
and $4,000 sheep, brought nearly $10,-
100000 return to the growers of the
Valley recently.
Early vegetables constitute valuable
clors-lettuce, spinach and peas are
! oady for shipment in January and
February. 1t opens ones eyes to be-
held 20 or 5O-acre field of lettuce, in
NSSINVil Il lONo eiS ldI uS CiiC CyS S<lil
reach. One man was said to have
cleaned up $10,0 900 from as many acres
Of spinach in one year The cantaloupe
crops are famous. In 1918 4400 car
leads Of these netted over S3,O00,000.
Other successful crops are olives,
dates, grapes, oranges, ounces, april
cots, peanuts, blackberries, sweet po-
tatoes and other products, which there
IS not space to mention.
The reads in Imperial Valley are
generously wide, about twice the
width or eastern country roads, re-
Quired by the irrigating bitches, and
also in accord with the ideas that pre-
vail about everything. A number Of
prosperous towns have sprung up.
with hotels, banks. schools, public
buildings of concrete and finished in
white. Their streets are paved and are
very wide. l might, without intending
20 have the rest suffer by comparison,
peak CT the beautiful, clean and sani-
.ary appearance of Brawley, looking
as II the love Of the artistic and civic
ride had a good deal to say when the
gown was laid out; and there is wide
departure from the oldtime pioneer
way when for instance the one-story
buildings first erected with two from
square corners carried up to the eleva-
Ntion of the peak of the roof, an at
tempt to conceal deficiency by de-
fCrmity. May there never be a renais-
sance CT this style of architecture
The humidity of the valley is far from
excessive, making the heat more en-
durable and rendering it safe for tbs
storing of many acres of bales Of cot
ton, under the open sky, while wait
! 'nG shipment. But the humorous
though disappointed skeptic has beer
Ilcard to remark that heat Of the Val
ley is so great that they have to feec
the hens cracked ice, to prevent then
aging hard boiled eggs. This remark
is quite offset by another who declar
ed he could on still night sit dowr
at the foot of an apricot tree when tn,
fruit grew heavily ard hear the apr
cots whisper to each other, clay ove1
ard give us more ROOM"
/ do not consider it much of an eX
aggeration for one who has trayeleo
20 and in and from this valley 354
miles to say that the soil of the ir
rigated portion of it is so rich that HI
can feel the richness through the sole!
Of his shoes, as he walks upon it. Will
little effect one can go back to imag