A LETTER ABOUT INDIO COUNTRY.
W. B. Cooper this week received a letter from J. H. Bell at Indio. He has many interesting things to say about that productive valley out in what was looked upon as a desert until very recently.
Among other items Mr. Bell said: "Things are more encouraging now than when I came here and I expect to see this part of the country come to the front in the near future and in shape to show to the world that it is the most productive portion of the globe.
Everything that grows in the world will grow here. What do you think of a crop of melons and a crop of black eyed beans on the same piece of land in twelve months, also two crops of hay, one crop of millet and two cuttings of sorghum on the same piece in twelve months. With alfalfa there have been eight cuttings in one season while it was pastured two months. Sweet potatoes yield from fifty to ninety pounds to the hill, and some weighing 7 1-2 pounds each and seven feet long.
"I will try to tell you of the different things grown on my place this last season. Barley, oats, wheat, potatoes, Irish and sweet, corn, cotton, alfalfa, sorghum, kafer corn, all kinds of vegetables, cantaloupes and watermelons. These are our principal crops and they are alright. I am going to put in some vineyard and fruit trees, also some nuts. The grape industry is also coming to the front and many vines are to be planted this season.
Land is changing hands at fairly good figures and many new settlers are arriving; some land is renting at good cash prices. Good wells are being sunk and a great many inches of water being developed. One well near my place is flowing 40 miners inches, my well flows 30 inches and there are a great many other good wells scattered over the valley. There are about 250 wells flowing water and four sets of well tools at work in the valley at the present time.
Mr. Bell also ordered 100 fig cuttings from Mr. Cooper and also asked him to find out from other orchardists in this vicinity what they could furnish.
We are glad to hear of Mr. Bell's prosperous crops and trust that the wonderful little Indio valley will take the prominent place in the agricultural and fruit world that it promises to do.
Published in the Oxnard Courier, Oxnard, California, Saturday, December 27, 1902.
W. B. Cooper this week received a letter from J. H. Bell at Indio. He has many interesting things to say about that productive valley out in what was looked upon as a desert until very recently.
Among other items Mr. Bell said: "Things are more encouraging now than when I came here and I expect to see this part of the country come to the front in the near future and in shape to show to the world that it is the most productive portion of the globe.
Everything that grows in the world will grow here. What do you think of a crop of melons and a crop of black eyed beans on the same piece of land in twelve months, also two crops of hay, one crop of millet and two cuttings of sorghum on the same piece in twelve months. With alfalfa there have been eight cuttings in one season while it was pastured two months. Sweet potatoes yield from fifty to ninety pounds to the hill, and some weighing 7 1-2 pounds each and seven feet long.
"I will try to tell you of the different things grown on my place this last season. Barley, oats, wheat, potatoes, Irish and sweet, corn, cotton, alfalfa, sorghum, kafer corn, all kinds of vegetables, cantaloupes and watermelons. These are our principal crops and they are alright. I am going to put in some vineyard and fruit trees, also some nuts. The grape industry is also coming to the front and many vines are to be planted this season.
Land is changing hands at fairly good figures and many new settlers are arriving; some land is renting at good cash prices. Good wells are being sunk and a great many inches of water being developed. One well near my place is flowing 40 miners inches, my well flows 30 inches and there are a great many other good wells scattered over the valley. There are about 250 wells flowing water and four sets of well tools at work in the valley at the present time.
Mr. Bell also ordered 100 fig cuttings from Mr. Cooper and also asked him to find out from other orchardists in this vicinity what they could furnish.
We are glad to hear of Mr. Bell's prosperous crops and trust that the wonderful little Indio valley will take the prominent place in the agricultural and fruit world that it promises to do.
Published in the Oxnard Courier, Oxnard, California, Saturday, December 27, 1902.
A LETTER ABOUT INDIO COUNTRY.
W. B. Cooper this week received a letter from J. H. Bell at Indio. He has many interesting things to say about that productive valley out in what was looked upon as a desert until very recently.
Among other items Mr. Bell said: "Things are more encouraging now than when I came here and I expect to see this part of the country come to the front in the near future and in shape to show to the world that it is the most productive portion of the globe.
Everything that grows in the world will grow here. What do you think of a crop of melons and a crop of black eyed beans on the same piece of land in twelve months, also two crops of hay, one crop of millet and two cuttings of sorghum on the same piece in twelve months. With alfalfa there have been eight cuttings in one season while it was pastured two months. Sweet potatoes yield from fifty to ninety pounds to the hill, and some weighing 7 1-2 pounds each and seven feet long.
"I will try to tell you of the different things grown on my place this last season. Barley, oats, wheat, potatoes, Irish and sweet, corn, cotton, alfalfa, sorghum, kafer corn, all kinds of vegetables, cantaloupes and watermelons. These are our principal crops and they are alright. I am going to put in some vineyard and fruit trees, also some nuts. The grape industry is also coming to the front and many vines are to be planted this season.
Land is changing hands at fairly good figures and many new settlers are arriving; some land is renting at good cash prices. Good wells are being sunk and a great many inches of water being developed. One well near my place is flowing 40 miners inches, my well flows 30 inches and there are a great many other good wells scattered over the valley. There are about 250 wells flowing water and four sets of well tools at work in the valley at the present time.
Mr. Bell also ordered 100 fig cuttings from Mr. Cooper and also asked him to find out from other orchardists in this vicinity what they could furnish.
We are glad to hear of Mr. Bell's prosperous crops and trust that the wonderful little Indio valley will take the prominent place in the agricultural and fruit world that it promises to do.
Published in the Oxnard Courier, Oxnard, California, Saturday, December 27, 1902.
W. B. Cooper this week received a letter from J. H. Bell at Indio. He has many interesting things to say about that productive valley out in what was looked upon as a desert until very recently.
Among other items Mr. Bell said: "Things are more encouraging now than when I came here and I expect to see this part of the country come to the front in the near future and in shape to show to the world that it is the most productive portion of the globe.
Everything that grows in the world will grow here. What do you think of a crop of melons and a crop of black eyed beans on the same piece of land in twelve months, also two crops of hay, one crop of millet and two cuttings of sorghum on the same piece in twelve months. With alfalfa there have been eight cuttings in one season while it was pastured two months. Sweet potatoes yield from fifty to ninety pounds to the hill, and some weighing 7 1-2 pounds each and seven feet long.
"I will try to tell you of the different things grown on my place this last season. Barley, oats, wheat, potatoes, Irish and sweet, corn, cotton, alfalfa, sorghum, kafer corn, all kinds of vegetables, cantaloupes and watermelons. These are our principal crops and they are alright. I am going to put in some vineyard and fruit trees, also some nuts. The grape industry is also coming to the front and many vines are to be planted this season.
Land is changing hands at fairly good figures and many new settlers are arriving; some land is renting at good cash prices. Good wells are being sunk and a great many inches of water being developed. One well near my place is flowing 40 miners inches, my well flows 30 inches and there are a great many other good wells scattered over the valley. There are about 250 wells flowing water and four sets of well tools at work in the valley at the present time.
Mr. Bell also ordered 100 fig cuttings from Mr. Cooper and also asked him to find out from other orchardists in this vicinity what they could furnish.
We are glad to hear of Mr. Bell's prosperous crops and trust that the wonderful little Indio valley will take the prominent place in the agricultural and fruit world that it promises to do.
Published in the Oxnard Courier, Oxnard, California, Saturday, December 27, 1902.
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