The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-12-17

traffic with the surrounding country,
and the mines at the Organ noun
tains; while the large and increasing
Shipments of: fruits, vegetables, grapes,
rative wines aud brandy, makes it a
reHumerative shipping point for the
AtchIson, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road, that traverses The entire length
of the valley.
Professor Spatcier introduced us to
seveiIl ger .ienel who represented
the best business Interests of the town
and .hen drove US to his
LA FLOR DEL VALE
(the flower of the Valley farm which
is indeed the flower of the valley
and we'll named. This farm is just
ten minutes drive from the
court house at Las Cruces and COL
taius 200 acres, enclosed by a fine
wire fence, the cedar posts brought
by teams from the Tularosa moun.
alns, one hundred miles north of
Las Cruces, aud where visitors are al.
ways cordially received and enter
tanned in the most hospitable manner,
by the genial host.
Of this farm it may be said, in
December, 1885, Prof. Spatcier, TO
insure his health by outdoor exercise,
purchased over 80 acres of land, in
eleven different parcels, not exceeding
ten dollars per acre, out of which he
selected a square of 200 acres, and
although choice land. yet all being
very neglected and abandoned, and
10 the spring and summer of 1886
sold the balance at $3.50 per acre !;
the present worth is $50 per acre.
To-day Prof. Spstcier has 100 acres
in alfalfa, in the height of cultiva-
ton, from which be realized the first
season, 1886. $50 tons, the season of
1887, PSI tons. and the coming season
Mr.. S. says, if be "don't harvest 400
tons, he does not want any of il.
When it is remembered that this
crop sells at s14 per tod some idel
Of the profit can be realized.
He has on his place 1000 grape
vines, half in Mission and half in well
selected California varieties, a part
will be in bearing this coming season !;
an orchard of 700 choice fruit trees,
and / 800 more 10 be planted in Feb
ruary.
Along these carriage drives, and
fronting the vineyard, are planted
French and German prune trees,
pears and pomegranates, farther Oh
Lombardy poplars, Russian muIbey-
ries. Mountain ash, and about 200
cottonwood trees. At intervals are
g. eat masses of marchal MEL and other
no. ea, and a most lovely and unsur-
passed view OF the surrounding country
is TO be had from his door, or fiat
rooted adobe house, which is shaGed
by a large cottonwood Tree.
The rest of this magnificent farm is
devoted to sr experimental process,
in the raising of new varieties of
sorghum. sugar beets, corn, -four corn,
wfeal, barley, rye, and oat also
cotton, tobacco and tea, and its fine
system OF i rigation keepsit constantly
In fine condition.
The next mornIng, accompanied by
our host, We visi' d La Mesilla, about
two miles distant, and there were in
trOduced to Hon. Thomas j. Bull, one
of the oldest and most highly honored
of La Mesilla's citizens, and l must
cor Tess, a warmer greeting, in true,
Old democratic style, it has seldom
been my lot 10 meet. We spent a
short lime in the office of his exten.
sive mercantile firm, and then he &C.
compaDied us to his vineyard and
orchard, which almost any man, ex-
cepting Jay Gould, who wants the
earth, would style "boDanz.." We
passed through the room of Mr.. Bulls
msjor domo aud entered the inner
court, which is called the "Plazito. |"
To the left were wide stretches of
flower beds, reveling in their
wealth of bloom unmindlul
that it was the 31st of October and
seeming only 10 have been wooed by
the ssng of a mockiug bird, which
sent forth a food of music near. To
the left of us, large ware rooms dis
played Dumberless barrels of great
luscious apples which were awaiting
shipment 10 different points in Texas,
the extreme south, the north and
northeast. Further on we came to an
open space where are locaf I'd Mr..
Bulls Vine presses and depository
snd where The entire modus operandi
&C maki"g Bulls celebrated apple,
peach aud grere brandy was fully
exp ICED 10 Us, end which, after
4, lrpIi g part of the contents with
WI ct. nv icpnk was laden before