YAKIMA AND ITS
derived from the denying vegetation
and the rich soil of tho higher region,
which arc spread over tho caltirfitl
lacdft, thai annually enriching tho soil
and preserving its fertility. The lene
fits derived from this sourco alono folly
compensate for the coat of tho water,
and the farmer ia relieved of the ei
pens and labor of applying fertilizers
in the ordinary way. Tho chief diffi
culty encountered in handling water in
thia way ia a lack of experience Tirao
will correct tho errors occasionally re
sulting from permitting too great or too
rapid a flow of water, and tho farmer
aoon learns to Hood his lands gently,
evenly and economically.
A brief summary of tho various val.
leys in tho county, followed by a slate
ment of what the soil will prod ace, will
give a fairly correct idea of ita agricul
tural potabilities. Tho AhUnum val
ley ia twenty-fivo miles long, with an av.
erago width of five miles, including
Wido hollow. It ia all arablo land, hut
not yet completely under ditch. There
aro now two largo ditches, both heading
from tho Natches, tho Natches and Cow.
icho and tho Droad (laugo, and a third
ono is contemplated Numerous smaller
ditches aro taken from tho Ahtanum.
This is tho principal hop-raising section
of tho county. Along Cowicho creek
lies a considerable valley, supplied by
water from tho cm-It between tL
Cowichc and Natches lie a pUbau,
three by ten miles in extent, which is a
pplendid loly of land. This is all cov
eretl by tho projd Natches and Cow.
icho ditch, which will head in tho Natch
es, crot this plateau, I carried acrs
Cowicho canyon on a flume, and over
eonniderablrt land in Yakima valley. It
will sme fully thirty lhouand acres of
laiwL Tho Natche is a sall valley,
aljoutono mile in width and ten long.
It is will ircupinl by thrifty frn , and
is irrigated by means of small ditch's
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from tho Natchca, Wcna valley is
about one mile wide ami twenty long,
well filled with fine farms, chiefly pro
ducing hay, though mnsiderahta grain
and fruits am cultivate!. It is watered
ly small ditches from Wrnas creek.
Kelah Valley lie along the Yakima riv
cr, and contains Ave thousand acres,
jvartly settled. It is irrigated by small
ditches, and contains some gul .oca
tions for settlers. Ilhdng back from
Uio valley is a largo extent of rxct llent
grazing land, too high to 1 reached by
ditchea which could W constructed at
any reasonable cot, Tho Moxco valley
li'n op(Kwito the Ahtanum. Here is a
largo Uly of land covered by tho ditch
of tho Moxon Company, a!.) a largo tract
gradually rining from tho valley, so that
irrigation of it louu a difficult.
An institution which forms adUtine
tive feature in Yakima, is tho Moxeo
Company, an incorporated m elation,
which is doing moro to advaurw tho
cauao of agriculture in tho great Cot am
bia region than any other mi ty or In.
dividual. In 11 this company laado
extensive investment in proj-rty, an 1
began a systematic development, by
mesns of an irrigating canal, and inti
tut-d a series of agricultural eij-'ri
ment, which aro t-ing productive of
tho greatest aible gl Tin mmpa
ny numbers among its promote and
stockholders Hon. (UrdiVr (I. Hu
bard, of Washington, well known ianm.
ruction with the JM1 I dephwA Win.
K r is pnid i.t, and Hamu-I HuhUrd,
Jr., secretary ' d tr Myrer. Tho affair
of th rowany aro managed on bui
i.es principle, and all it un Staking
aro syitefflatirally endue."!. We kly
in e tings of the of!ir and uj-w.'
ten lent are held rrct.ttlution. Tho
cofcjny o.s nearly f.o tho;at 1 acres
of Und, i f which tl.re tmai. I sil
hundred arr arn arable, ap tho r
mak b r UiUl!o f;f gru:& AtUt