Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-01-10
WV uyxUo ~ GENERAL.

w" EplulhNtu " WV aeht'p W tN0' WV
iip0oo and b, tho c.n.us ~ ispo Il is $4,000, an
incr-a.e In ten PEARS ~ sl,oo, 10 ter cent. Al
thoash THE increa.s IL no, NJ great II has heen
In many 81 the nsw states. h 10 considerably
more than the average % tho eoantry at larse.
Tho increa.e has b.en almoe, entirely frpm Inn
migration. and the diaer-nc- of popuia,iou ~
po and that of W. represents an increase ~ th"
American element In the tetritosy In ten ycarp.
tn. principal enterpriss~ insasuraied In the
tssrito,y during the period under consideration
have been railroads. irrisatins canals, rinclieS~.
stamp mills and factories of various kinds.
Prior 10 isD,hs peopis of the territory werc en-
snsed almost sxclusiyely In agricultural pur-
suits-cul,iyating the soil and vool sruwins
very few cattle we're FRisst here prior To irsl.
and tho-s wsrc % inferior grade, no, much at
,en,ion vs- given to fruit gruwinr and What
little fruit was rsired ws. 81 very inferior
character. eHcep' tho grapes The.- ARE Df the
variety known w. thu mission srapc-." which,
though no, ~ the h--t quality for wine making,
IL rrckonsd th. finest table grape grown, aud -
nov largely shipicj To other paris ~ the cunn.
tfy; sud ~ ds everywhere sUh sale.
lArsr numbers ot cattle Ar. rsis'Sl In the
tsrritor, and many ~ the hst,ls show ycrJ de-
cids-l improvement in character. The number
of beef amin ,ir shipi'sl Ia markr, lRst spring
frnm New Mexico were estimated at iiOUD, aud
thrr, will prubabl, br an equal number during
the coinin. spring The annual wool clip ~ N"
t.rrit,,r, |. eptinatci n, 25.OUOtsD pounds, the
mu-, II which IL nov shipISsi FROM Albupu"rpur
to manufacturing points In the eWt and s"r,
larsr proportion of which comes back in tho
form ~ blankets.
Mining, at which thsrr was ver, little done Ia
the t.rri,or, trn ,, sr- aso. has nov becnne un"
a h.. tuluatrt.a nuI tFpla.llN
give~ employment Ia ~ many men a- are cin.
plo,cd In any other Line ~ business.
Fruit growing has also rrceiNr-i much a,tcn-
tinn Many th"asands ~ ,r,~- ~ the n,-' i'm.
proved varieties ot fruit have bssen pui ou, dur
ing III. la, few years and the numb.r u incrg,s-
Ing every ,enf. Much now land !. beinz pui un
dor cultivation for this purpose and III" rt-ults
thus Tar hn," hcrn cminently satisfactory. ih"
quality 81 fiuIt where s,'pd varieties are planted
H. very .ulat,ur The almost I-rp-tual sunshine
OF u,i- climRi" causes trs- ~ IA. Sain" 'sfi,,,
To- yield fruits much superior In hSVm I" tl'-''
grown anywhere In ths stat.-.
III. cultivation ~ alfalfa hAs also received
muc attention. This plant ~as comparatively \
unknown her" t"n ,eAr. Asu, hat helds of It naS
nov H. found in -yery I'art ~ the territory, bud
tho native gruwn alfalfa has is rapidly SnpplHnt-
Ing the praisi. s,a-- formerly shipped In fr"m
TeIas II L. cut fcur times a year, and averages
one AMI u half tone to the cutting.
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CONSTITUTION
haiir""i uu'uihH I'm" ""' 'us' '.''''""no'" =.
i~o, ,h"fr S'hs /" u"' une very 'es '"'." o'
ro"i In '"" Territory n"~ the main I'm" "i 'h'
At'hi-"h' i"p"k" Saiau' re 'N"o"' run
through III" '"rn'"s from ho'""a-' :" "uo'
vc@s' henoe to 6ua,m,.s IN i'"wcr california
Springs. san,a W.. Mas,iaiena. Carthage, Il
Pasa. Lake Valley aud silver Civ The Allan
tic and Pacific railr.ad runs frm Albuquerque
To the WESTERN border VI III. territory and ,honr'
Ia Nan Francisco. A rad proieciei to Albu