Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-01-10
rHs Mo esAyps yI,iy,.

rHE MO ssAspt VALLEY.
| Frum Ilernalillo sruth a. Han Marcial, = die
,ane" ~ little morr than one hundr,-i miles.
tho AlluviA botto,n land ~ tho valley hAs an
average width 80 Abpu, four miles. Over the
whole ~ this. vat~r maJ h. rs-ilJ carri..i from
N" river In ditchr~ that may he made si,h cofn-
| IpGativrly little lalnr ~ eIIsnr-, and the con-
struction ~ which l. readily within ~. cumia.s
| ~ individual ur n%lshl,urhUsi effort. The plan
usually Ndopte.iis ,o construct main ditch By
all the p--,pla ~ = s.,tlrn~nf, ~hiie smallsr
dtche- lead ~ frum this tn eacb individual
farm uf sar'ian. H. ,his Ny an sbundAnt rup-
plJ ~ water 1. olaAine-i. and at no eSi-,n-" ~
oept the comparatively litth lAlor t,-luir,-i to
cl'an unt the dtche~ e,ery spring, and keep
them IN orler Ah,u, une-,nnth ~ th. lAud ~
this character In tho valley is nov uncl~r rrftiva-
ton Upon this tenth lar ~ tho irrisnble land
~ the district have b'"n pr-luc,- all tho grains,
,o.-,abls~ and fruits which have maintained The
reputation which this ,Allc, has enjoyed for
more than ,~o c-nunric-, ~ b.irs tho ,ar,isn
rI-, - tho t.rritnrJ. NcNrlJ all the land ~ the
| remaining hih"-t"nth- L. Just ~ s,-d l. AlHo~,
identical In character and b, the application uf
water can h. made ju-, NJ i-rtil" and productive
| ~ any ~ that nov und-F cultivation. N. num-
t-r ~ Isr~,ns ~hu nuS make their liyins direct
lJ uui ~ tho snl, within the district under c,,n.
| -td-ratiun, is Abuut iO0sl-sad II uns.-trnth -
th" land will Support l0,up I~utlc. III. whola
~ H. ~ brought under cultivation ought tu Afford
n livins =" i1lOo And that there l. r,.um In tho
| Rin UtAnds VALLEY ft that Iuut.r ~ ler.uns
I" make = sv-i living at farming sAr,I.nins aud
fruit sr"~irs, ls nni b, am means eStra,AaAnt,
f"F " must H. rrmrmlsr~i that with ~. cI,-a
| cul,i,atiun tha' 10 prActicri Whor, farming IL
| catris-i "n 10y irrisAiiuu much smaller ,rnrt %
land vail suffice I" furnish living fur family
| than where N" farmer d.Is,nd- uI-,n the rain.
| fail
~HEas - rut N,RKIIs
u is nw "nJ hs~,-sArl fur tho tuAn Nhu rulu.
rat'- the .i to t- abl" ,n rni-- .r-sI cr,,t. hu,
I" have T-si market f,t h- surIln- rr,.iurts.
III" farmer ~ kaiasa-, Nrirsta AMI Iowa NJ,
ahl" I" rNi-' rh"rn"u- cr"i.- ~ corn. lnt Il
fr~Iu"ntlS hArI-ns, IL many pnrti"ns ~ th.s,
states that ~" corn IL practically uurthl,-s by
rrA-nn 81 N" fact that " c,--- NOR. Il. haul /, to
| market than Il can h. ruid fm aitrr~Ar,I and ~
iS n"i An unr"nin"n thing f"t the cnrn faru.ru
~ th'-- -ta,-- Ia u--' corn instead ~ u,-.I ar
c"al fm fuel, and therrfnrc u" IAn,ls, aIth,ush
| '"rJ rr'slnctiS" arr net Ncty profitable To th.
man VII" "SI-sts tn make his living b, cultivn-
| tins tho srnund. sui market /. nearly ~ i'm.
I"rtAn, ~ Ws-i soi Tor unle.. h. can disl-.-., ~
hi S1rpiu" n, iAr prices there c4,nnoa l-, much
| uut cum- b, the business
At nuaE
N all tho lands of the Rio UtAndo ,All., wen.
put unh', cultivation, and ~uSk-i tn their nj.
m'-t cApacitJ th"rr u n ,~.a,nsil, certainty
that rV"r) Isnnd ~ their surplus pr-iucts will
always L. relnir,d to mes, N. demands ~ IN.
hnn'" market, Tor II must h" bnrnr ia mind that
III" le"dins ipdu-trie- ~ New M.sico are, and
1 In tha pf thtn.n-