CLARK-RONNOW RANCH, LAS VEGAS VALLEY, NEVADA. 



The proximity of the specially favored sections of Nevada to her great 

 mining carnps, give to them a special advantage in the way of markets, 

 although a great many carloads of her products find their way annually to 

 points in the far north and also to cities east of the Rocky Mountains. 



Great impetus has been given to southern Nevada's agriculture, through 

 the discovery of new and previously unknown water supplies, the most im- 

 portant of which is the extensive artesian belt located in the Las Vegas 

 Valley. 



This artesian belt completely surrounds the city of Las Vegas. 



Upwards of one hundred wells have been drilled varying in flow from 

 five to one hundred and twenty-five inches. 



These water supplies are being gradually developed and the consequent 

 extension of Nevada's productive acres is rapidly following. 



Moapa Valley 



|OAPA STATION, the shipping point for the products of the fertile 

 Moapa Valley, is on the main line of the Salt Lake Route, about 

 midway between its busy terminals, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles; 

 the recently completed branch line to St. Thomas penetrates the heart 

 of the region. It contains some ten thousand acres, of which perhaps half are 

 under cultivation. The soil is a rich alluvium, whose productivity, with an 

 annual precipitation of between 5 and 7 inches, depends largely on irrigation. 

 In establishing the State Experiment Farm at Logan, the Nevada authorities 

 designated that part of the State "sub-tropical." Blessed with wonderful nat- 

 ural advantages and excellent transportation facilities, it is rapidly becoming a 

 community of small farms. 



Alfalfa, grain, cantaloupes, vegetables and fruits are grown with remark- 

 able success. With proper cultural methods hay yields 6 to 8 tons per acre, 

 and grain, 40 to 60 bushels. Apples, pears and peaches from the temperate 

 zone grow beside peanuts, sweet potatoes, cotton, tobacco, apricots, figs, pome- 

 granates, almonds and grapes. The fame of the valley, which will undoubt- 



