The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-17

I, ,mproveme.ts In grade have been ef
| ssrsed In the general stock OF the
,rsrr,fory are due 10 the efforts OF American
hree,Iars. The Mexican sheep nre herded
IN enormous flocks. Six thousand TO-
Ton sho,lSaud head In D flock are not I'M
commonly 10 be found. Well-graded sheep
dn not thrive 10 such large communities,
and for that matter even the Mexican sneep
would do much better In smaller Hooks
mt 4 small saving IL effected In heruers
wages and keep, and the Mexican capitalist
| Ia spt 10 carry the penny-wise anu pouuu-
| foolish policy TO an extreme. Tne passage
OF one OF these large herds over tract OF
| the loose soil and not too abundant grass OF
New Mexico is likes
yIsrrATIov FROM A swARx OF L0cusTs.
New Mexico must retain wool-growing
and cattle breeding as its chief reliance Tor
| long time to come. As land can only, De
cultivated by means Of irrigation, ana as
but comparatively small scope OF country
can be put under water on account OF tue
scarcity Of that necessary, the agrlcultmrai
interests are likely 10 drag. Inc SOIL Is
generally poor, but doubtless 10 time eA'
perience will point out crops tbat may ne
raised with profit and reasonable certainty
of success. The mining interests OF the
| vary a. to whether they will ever flourish IN
vigorous prime. There are some few pay
| Ing mines now at work, and extravagant
claims are made Of the merits OF others.
| Aside from the overabundance OF wind
and sand, the paucity OF running water and
the disagreeableness OF such as there Is, the
scarcity OF rain and the uncertainty OF
making anything grow, the lack OF timber
throughout the major portion oil the Terri
tory, the intensity Of the heat and the sud
den changes to cold that accompany ire
0uent "n orthers," the desolation OF the
nl,jny and the useessness OF the hills, New
| Mexico Is, on the whole, a very good coun-
try for those who like II. There may he
other and minor hindrances In the shape OF
poisoneus reptiles and such household COM
panions as centipedes, scorpions, tarantu-
las, and long vsriety OF singing vermin,
but the dangers from these that one hears
much talked Of are more imaginary than
real. Then, too, the presence OF
MURpHROUs AND PILLAGING BANDS OF INDIANS
is only an episode, and Is not to be consid-
cred as a detriment in permanency. And
the frequency Of homicides by white men,
as we'll as the impunity which such crimes
usually enjoy, is nothing more than the ex'
perieDce Of all newly-opened countries.
| Nevertheless, despite all Tue nttuTaI auu
acquired alurements OF New Mexico, L
think that almost any other part OF the
United States ARIZONA, perhaps, excepted)
would be preferable as residence for q
person welded TO the ways and manners OF
the older sections. The climate Of New Mex
leo is beneficial to some people; but, after
all, it IL the business OF but few mortals 10
be forever coddliDg their lungs or their
bowels or some other parts OF their works.
What was said of Santa Fe-by De Forest,
in Overland, l belleve-to the effect that
while Santa Fe, On account OF its fine eli
mate. was a place where it would be par
ticularly hard to die, it was also. on account
OF many things not fine, place where 1t
would be particularly hard TO live, is true
of New Mexico, taken on the whole. The
average "horse sense" Of humanity calls
for places where living ia easy rather than
regions where to die is particularly hard.