The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-27


 it possible to irrigAte the higher lands In the valley below. Farther up the valley are smaller reservoirs, each of which answers ths special purpose for which it was constructed. To visitor Acquaintcd with irrigation the process of working is as singular as 10 is interesting. It seems strange ct first glance that it Is possible to force water along the ridges of the lands 60 that all the surfAces will be covered, but it is found that the sys tenn employed here Is 60 perfect that there IS no trouble in running current in such direc tions as to cover every acre of the oompany's purchase. The improvements made by this company arc after the latest and most Ap. proved plane. By means of the laterals lead ing from the main irrigation ditch. every acre of this land may be we'll watered at just such A time As the farmer may wish. and there Is an absolute certainty of good crop whether or not there Is drop of rain during the sea son.
 Tn this way drouth. one of the greatest enc mics of agriculture, is made impossible and the chances Of failure of crops in this favored land from any other cause arc not one in a thousand.
 soil AND GRASSES.
 The soil Is slimestone-deep, rich and easily
 
 and absolute control of water. there is no loss of time between crops. it being not uncOm. mon for farmer to produce three successive crops from the same tract of land in one year Mir. Clothier. one of the pioneer ranchmen oi this country, who has large and we'll -culti yated farm near Springer. showed our repre- sentative i've crops of alfalfa harvested from the same piece of ground during the past car A lNafF been brought from Chilli. It IS especially adapted to this climate, and all kinds of stool thrive on it. High bred cattle may be win tered on alfalfa and will be In as good or bet ter condition in the spring than though grain had been employed. In New Mexico alfalfa has a luxuriant growth which depends not upon the season. It's roots strike deep into the earth, gathering moisture from the sub soil. and four. or even i've, good crops of thls nutritious forage may be assured. even with SD 10 ss5 per acre.
 OTHER PRODUCTS. Wheat, oats, barley and vegetables grow in the Cimarron valley to perfection. Although grain raising has not been pushed to any great extent. enough has been done by tho wealthier ranchmen to demonstrate that .hs
 
 and where irrigation has been employed bis | crops have invariably followed. Unlike most new agricultural countries. THE cIMARRoS VALLEY FARMER IS not compelled to wait year after breaking 2 his new ground to make a crop Before blow ing. if the season should be dry. tho ground should bc irrigated. The surface of tho ground from years of pasturage. and baked by | oug ghly wet with water from the irrigatin, ditches the land blows easily and the farmer may plant his nrst crop with almost the sam, ease that he can the second or third, and wItl the same certainty Of succesA
 Mir. Clothier. one of the successful fArmeri mentioned. says that he raises A5 to 50 bushels of oats per acre on new broken prairie the nrs year. IL is the custom here to SOW new ground with oats or alfalfa, either of which will cer tainly bc successful and bring . prent tho first year.
 There are few
 ORCHARDS IN THE CINARRoN VALLEY. Some contain an immense number of trees and the fruit grown here Is equal in size and flavor to that grown Tn any part of America Fruit growers who have examined the prod uct of orchards here. pronounce the fruit te be of the nrst quality, not easily injured by shipping and will keep for a long time even ir lower attitudes.
 It is. of course. understood that New Mexi co.'s resources as an agricultural and fruit growing country are not yet fully known. It. immense grazing grounds, ine climate, and nutritious wild grasses have made it knowr as one of the beat stock raising countries or