334 CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS. 
crops are of the kind, however, that need 
cheap transportation to compete with less 
favored districts in the markets of the 
world, and are now restricted in amount 
to what is necessary for a mere local 
consumption. Here wheat yields enor¬ 
mously to the acre, and the fields are 
so dense that it is next to impossible 
to wade through them. Cotton grows 
more luxuriantly than anywhere on 
the North American continent. Cotton 
is planted here oftentimes only once 
in many years, and large fields are seen 
four, five, and even seven years old, 
yielding two and three crops annually. 
In the same field can be seen plants in 
blossom, pods, and ripe cotton being 
picked. It will be one of the leading 
cotton districts of the world when a rail¬ 
way cuts through it so that the producer 
