Identifier: arizonawonderla00jame (find matches)
Title: Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seeker. By George Wharton James. With a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Subjects:
Publisher: Boston Page company
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
in alfalfa. It is byfar the most important crop. As one travels for milesby the side of these richly green fields he longs for anaeroplane that he may look down upon its refreshingbeauty. All the grains, also, do remarkably well, and,being totally independent of rain, and there being nowinter season, most farmers follow their grain cropswith a second sowing of milo maize or corn, and thustwo crops a year are obtained. Sorghum, and otherfodder crops, do equally well. The result is the valley hasbecome a great beef-feeding and dairy-farming country,where large returns are expected and made from everyacre of land. In few places in the world can dairy herds be pas-tured in the open on green alfalfa fields twelve monthsin the year. The importance of this fact to the dairy-man can scarcely be over-estimated. Countless experi-ments have been made elsewhere to find the proper mix-tures of various feeds that will bring the largest returnat the least expense. Chopped dry hay, ensilage, various
Text Appearing After Image:
Phoenix and the Salt River Valley 433 grains and grain mixtures, meal-cake, cotton seed, fodderof corn, cane and sorghum, cactus and alfalfa meal, etc.,have all been tried with varying success. In the SaltRiver and Santa Cruz Valleys of Arizona most profitableresults have followed the turning of the stock into thegreen pasture, generally dividing the fields into sectionsso that one unit is growing while another is affordingpasturage. The growth of the dairy industry will be compre-hended from a moments survey of the figures, Januaryi, 1915, there were 44,000 head of dairy cattle; January1, 1916, this was increased to 53,000, and January 1,1917, to 81,000, with valuations respectively of $3,256,-000, $4,134,000 and $6,885,000. Thousands of calves ofbetter breeding are coming along each year as the acreageincreases and the demand grows greater. One condens-ing-milk plant is sending out two carloads of canned milkdaily, and the demand far exceeds the supply. But while alfalfa growing, ca

Note About Images