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Foreign News
July 4, 1931
The Border Vidette
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
What is this article about?
Promotional description of Sonora, Mexico's fertile soil, abundant fruits, vegetables, berries, and fat cattle on summer grasses near Nogales and Cananea, highlighting its agricultural richness and appeal for farming and ranching.
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RANCHING IN MEXICO
Sonora is truly a land of milk and honey!
The stories often told on the border of the wonderful fertility of the soil of Sonora is true and vegetables and fruits grow to amazing proportions.
It is unnecessary to go to Southern Sonora, to one of the richest agricultural belts in the world, to see wonders which would amaze New England farmers, You only have to go within a few miles of Nogales, say to that section between Nogales and Cananea to find potatoes as large as boulders, strawberries, red with the kiss of the sun and as sweet as sugar, lettuce heads. crisp in morning Mexican dew and luscious fruits. of unexcelled flavor. ripening on heavily laden trees. Fruits, vegetables and berries in abundance. Plenty for everybody and cheap.
You see cattle rolling in fat on the early summer grasses, calves by the hundreds, and you hear Mexican farm workers and vaqueros singing their quaint folk songs as the sun paints the entire picture in a flaming scarlet as the day ends.
At night the sky, studded with stars unutterably bright, a canopy of sleep, the silence broken
Sonora is truly a land of milk and honey!
The stories often told on the border of the wonderful fertility of the soil of Sonora is true and vegetables and fruits grow to amazing proportions.
It is unnecessary to go to Southern Sonora, to one of the richest agricultural belts in the world, to see wonders which would amaze New England farmers, You only have to go within a few miles of Nogales, say to that section between Nogales and Cananea to find potatoes as large as boulders, strawberries, red with the kiss of the sun and as sweet as sugar, lettuce heads. crisp in morning Mexican dew and luscious fruits. of unexcelled flavor. ripening on heavily laden trees. Fruits, vegetables and berries in abundance. Plenty for everybody and cheap.
You see cattle rolling in fat on the early summer grasses, calves by the hundreds, and you hear Mexican farm workers and vaqueros singing their quaint folk songs as the sun paints the entire picture in a flaming scarlet as the day ends.
At night the sky, studded with stars unutterably bright, a canopy of sleep, the silence broken
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Sonora Agriculture
Mexico Ranching
Fertile Soil
Fruits Vegetables
Cattle Farming
Nogales Cananea
Where did it happen?
Sonora, Mexico
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Sonora, Mexico
Event Details
Sonora described as a land of milk and honey with fertile soil producing large potatoes, sweet strawberries, crisp lettuce, and luscious fruits in abundance near Nogales and Cananea. Cattle are fat on summer grasses, with many calves, and Mexican workers sing folk songs at sunset under a starry sky.