Arizona republican., 1922-04-17
The Yuma Mesa
YUMA, ARIZONA
THE YUMA MESA

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THE YUMA MESA
On the Yuma Mesa, within the Yuma Auxiliary
Reclamation Project, there are $4,000 acres of
the best citrus fruit lands in the Southwest This
land is on the main line of the Southern Pacific I
Railway and $50 miles from Los Angeles and
200 miles west of Phoenix, Arizona.
THE YUMA MESA
On the Yuma Mesa in forty-five years observa-
ton there has been no killing frost. No damage
has been done to citrus fruits or garden vege-
tables in the codeSt winters This is the only abb
solutely frostless citrus fruit land in the United
States.
THE YUMA MESA
Oranges and grapefruit grown on the Yuma I
Mesa come into the market on November /, full
two months ahead of the California fruit and at
time when the market is practically bare of
citrus fruit. This fruit commands the highest i
price in the markets of the country
THE YUMA MESA
There has never been any pest or scale of any
kind in the orange, lemon and grapefruit groves
on the Yuma Mesa A smudge pot would be a
curiosity and spraying and fumigatng is an I'M
known art
THE YUMA MESA
The U. S. Reclamation Service is ready to deliver
water to 2600 acres of land in Unit Of the
Yuma Mesa. This land is divided into farm
tracts or units of 10 to 20 acres. It is level COW
cred with a light growth of greasewood and can
be planted to citrus fruits at minimum of ex-
pense
THE YUMA MESA
The estimated cost of serving five feet of water
to this Yuma Mesa land by the Reclamation Serv-
ice is $500 per acre for the first three years
After that then the service has developed its own
power, the cost will be less.
THE YUMA MESA
Land In Unit of the Yuma Mesa held in private
hands or by local people can be purchased at from
$500 to $4,000 per acre plus the water right.
The water right costs $4,000 per acre. The
water system being installed by the Reclamation
Service, is pipe line system, all under ground.
The very best of concrete pipe is being used
THE YUMA MESA
The pumping plant, which is now completed, will
deliver water for $4,000 acres of land. This
pumping plant is the last word in pumping
plants. The Reclamation Service is building out
of the construction fund good stone road to
each farm unit
THE YUMA MESA
This Yuma Mesa land is just as good for grapes
or garden vegetables particularly lettuce, for
long staple cotton sugar as it is for citrus
fruits 1t is potentially the richest body of land in
the Southwest The Yuma Mesa begins at the
city limits of the City Of Yuma and runs south
and east to the Mexican border, twenty-four
miles away.
THE YUMA MESA
Oranges, grapefruit lemons figs, dates and gar
den truck have been grown on the Yuma Mesa
for twenty years, water being pumped by pfimi-
tive and expensive means The land is naturally
rich but if additional fertilizer is needed for cit
rus fruits there is an abundance of limestone
only few miles away and thousands of tons of
barn yard fertilizer in the Yuma Valley adjacent
THE YUMA MESA
Colorado River water pumped from the Yuma
Valley main canal comes from Laguna Dam,
twelve miles up the river from Yuma. 1t carries
in solution large amount of silt, which is good
fertilizer. After citrus fruit trees are once
planted and have'started to grow they will need
little if any additional fertilizer.
THE YUMA MESA
The main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad
runs through the Yuma Mesa for fifteen miles
and there are three stations on the Yuma Mesa
with side tracks and shipping facilities The
State Highway, which has also been designated
as the Bankhead the Lee and the Southern Bor-
derand Highways, runs through the Yuma Mesa
for twenty miles This road has already been