ARBORICULTURE 



5 Great Irrigated Valleys 



ARKANSAS VALLEY, COLORADO. licet sugar factories, thousands of acres of alfalfa, mil- 

 lions of cantaloupes, exieusive orchartis. tlocks of sheep: larf^est Irrigated section in ilu' U. S Kxienslve 

 cattle feed in;,' and dairy interests, population doubled in five jears. 



PECOS VALLEY. NEW MEXICO. >;oted for Its large orchards and line quality of fruitsand 

 vcgetaiili-s: ariesiaii hflt w itii :?iin llowini; wells. 



KIO GRANDE VALLEY, NEW MEXICO. Altitude 3.700 to 5.300 ft.; 3.50 miles lon^;; great 

 sheep raiviiiL.' mcuoii : iiiiiiiii'4 In ail jiinni nuMiiuiiins; adapted to fruit raising and small farms. 



SALT RIVER VALLEY, ARIZONA, I^arly oranges, live stock, vegetables, small fruits, alfalfa, 

 bee culture. 



SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. CALIFORNIA. Wheat raisins, live stock, oil wells, alfalfa, raisin 

 and witR- ■-'lapts, olivis, tigs, citrus and dccidudus fruits, almonds, walnuts; lumbering and mines in 

 mountains. 



ALL FIVE VALLEYS have never-falling water supply, extensive systems of Irrigation and rich 

 soil, insuring proHtable crops. Pleasant climate, especially in winter. Thriving towns, aflording good 

 markets. Directly reached by the SANTA FE. 



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