The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-24

sufficient quantities for local uses Pine,
pinOn and cedar are the principal woods
The largest bodies OF timber are in the
northern and western paris Of the terri
tory. New Mexico is pre- em:nenllyO a
stock raising country. and, until
eApitlI comes in To dsvel-
ope her mineral rcsoIrces. stock
raising is likely io be the chief source of
wealth. There are SOC. 700 head OF cattle
in the territory; Hooded cattle are being |
introduced rapidly and the grades Inn
proved Prices oil cattle ON the range
run as I. liOws: Cows. with calves, SIS |
to $iS; yearlines, 81; two-Year-old
steers, $12; three, ear-old steers, ready
for market, $iS tn see so; graded bulls,
$50; average price of mixed herd per
head, $40 TO $12. The annual increase
| OF the herd 10 number and value taken
together, is estimated st so per cent, al
lowing five per cent for losses; the ex-
fenced range is estimated At 81 per year
profit on the investment, % to so or 60
| per cent. Large amounts have been in
vested in cattle In New Mexico during
the past year, furnishing the best evil
dence of its value as q stock raising
country New Mexico has about TO-
co., 900 sheep, more than any other state
or territory in the union. The wool clip
for 's2 was 10000. 600 pounds. The annu-
al wonl clip is a timely. certain and
good income 10 those who desire to in
vest the. larger part of their capital at
once. The present prices of sheep are
as follows: Common Mexican ewes,
young, 81 so; common Mexican wethers,
1925; graded Merino ewes, young. g.
to So; graded Wethers, 90 TO 3.
This territory cannot be said to be an
agricultural country. In the common ac-
ceptance OF the term, and yet it contains
from 10000. 600 TO 10000, 900 acres of
land which can be irrigated, and which
by that means can be made productive.
The soil of the valleys is sandy loan.
There are lands in the Rio Grande Val
ley which have been cultivated 200
years with no other fertilizer but the de-
post made by the water, and have
grown richer for such use. The princI-
pal grains. all kinds of market vegeta-
bles and fruits do well; so bushels of
corn is no uncommon crop, and so BUSH
els of wheat TO the acre is frequently
the average on these irrigated fields.
New Mexico has 5,O53 farms, covering
a total area Of 10000 acres; land for
farming purposes, with irrigation priyi-
leges, can be bought at from SO to $25
an acre. The valley of the Rio Grande
is one of the finest fruit growing coun-
tries In the world, and is particularly
adapted to grape culture. Experiments
at Mesilla have demonstrated this.
The territory of New Mexico was or
ganized March 3, 1851. and included
then part of Colorado. Arizona and part
of Utah the A, T. & s. F. r. r. laid the
FIRST railroad track in the territory on
Ration Pass, Nov. 80, 1878; this road
now trayerses the territory from north
east to southwest through its whole ex-
tent, with several branches; the South
ern Pacific r. X. crosses the southern
end, and the Atlantic s. Pacific runs
west across the Arizona line from Albu-
querque. The arrival of the railroads
have brought in q new era for this re-
mote province, and its great natural re-
sources yet undeveloped are attracting
immigrants by the thousands from all
. parts of the country. Montezuma has
come to his ancient empire. He has
come in the spirit of the nineteenth GEN.
fury, in its railroad and telegraph, in its
} trade and commerce, its mining, manu-
featuring and agricultural industries, in
Its schools and churches and academies,
in all that develops the resources OF the
great country of which he is the tradi
tiOnal Culture God.