Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-31
FARM AND ORCHARD.

Bountiful rains OF late throughout north
ern AID central New Mexico.
Northern New Mexico has just harvest
ed its third crop of alfalfa for this season.
Great country for forage.
The question of attempting the rain
making experiment is being agitated by
some of Chloride's citizens.
From perusal of its columns one would
scarcely believe that the Las Cruces Re-
publican was published in the Mesilla
valley fruit growing district.
The heavy machinery for the water
works plant at Deming will be in place
this week, and everything is expected to
be ready for laying the pipe to supply this
city with an abundance of pure, healthful
water in few weeks.
The La Joya and upper Rio Grande
region harvested superb wheat crop in
June and most of the ground was at once
seeded to beans which promise abundant
yield next month. This is farming in
New Mexico.
r. S. Coryell, about mile southwest
OF town, has q splendid crop OF onions
and peaches. Last year he raised from
three hills, thirty-two gallons of cucum-
bers and is having fine crop again this
year.-Deming Headlight.
Wet note from Lordsburg: "The water
indications at the railroad well continue
to improve. Murray put in pump Satur-
day and the work has proceeded ever
since. Every shot brings in more water
and 1t will not be long until they have
sufficient for all uses."
One of the largest cattle raisers of east.
ern San Miguel county writes the Stock
Grower that all conditions are favorable
there at present, but the rapid increase in
the number of wolves in that section in
the past two or three years has caused
loss this season of about so per cent of
the calf crop.
The county appears to be full of tree
fakrs. Every one OF them, Of course,
represents the best nursery in the coun-
try and will guarantee anything SO as to
dispose of their goods or take orders.
Some of them use rubber stamps to adj
that will steal chickens Eddy Argus.
Roswell Register: Our farmers and
stock raisers must not forget that we are
going to have fair here next fall that
will show the people of the world what
the beautiful Roswell country can pro-
duce. 1t may not be very grand affair,
but it will be starter, and will form the
basis for grand yearly agricultural and
horticultural show that will attract at
tention all over the southwest Senator
Richardson has started the ball rolling,
remember, by offering $75 in prizes; $25
for the finest display of vegetables and
fruits, $25 for the finest calf raised in
Chaves county in 1892, and $25 for the
finest colt.
There is no better land for farming,
fruit raising and gardening than the Dem
ing plains. Passing over item in a rail
stranger believe that, but visit to the
vegetable and grocery stores in town, and
an inspection of the grains, fruits and
vegetables daily brought in for sale, from
the surrounding ranches, is convincing
proof of that fact. All this land needs is
water, and III is about to have that in
ample quantities. There are now two
important irrigation canals under way
and headed for Deming, from the
north. TheyIwill be here in ample time
for the next years operations. s.-Deming
Headlight.
An effort is being made to have Gov
ernor Prince attend the San Juan county
fair and deliver an address. He has signi-
fed his willingness 10 come if date
suitable to him can be arranged. The
governor has promised to deliver the
opening address at the territorial fair at
Albuque, que, but as the date of that
event is too near the time set for our fair,
the governor can not attend our blowout
unless the date is changed. 1t is now
proposed that the San Juan county fair
be put off week or ten days later than
the agreed date, so that the chief execu-
tive can attend. He is an eloquent and
able speaker and his coming would do
much toward lifting San Juan county out
of the partial ablivion that has enyeloped
her 30 long.-Junction City Times.
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