Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-11-14
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Everyone ~hO hHs ever gwen ANY at
teUtion 10 the matter knoUa that one ~
the gr Atest obstacles 10 the way ~ Ncl
MeNico'- prosperity ~ IN the fact tina
We s-nd ~ much money away tn' articl-r
that We ought to produce NJ h"mr, and
were II not for H.. Fact that our Ia n-s
aud ranches are steadily butstg VI
such larg. sums this p,llcy ~ buy ,ug ~"
much that We ought To RAISE uurs-lv-.
would soon exhaust u. But the fact
that the sum ~e send abroad Tor certain
articles imported 10 ov-rbalanc-d b. that
received Tor other articles exported does
not meet tho case. "" must not only
bring IN IN much as We can, but keep ~
much Of It 40 po.sibls from gpipg cut
agnin. and 10 do that We must give more
attention 70 making and producing at
home those articles which We purchase
abroad. We have frequently called al.
teptiou To the enormous sums which are
sent out Of the territory every year to
pay for fruits aud vegetables which are
raised aud canned 10 other districts.
while New Mexico 10 the finest fruit.
growing county TN the continent, 10 hot
10 lie exoelled in the quality and guam.
THY Of its v-g-tabl. products, aud ought
10 be putting up millions OF cana ot such
articles every year, not only supplyIn
the home demand but shipping 10 other
parts Of the country. In the matter Of
grsiu growing. We shall pro, ably never
DO able To compete with Kansas aud
Missouri, and il 10 doubtless just ~ Sell
for rs TO bny our grain frum those states
and use our owl lands Tor other things,
10 which there il much more profit, but
We are importing from tho same states
mentioned more than tso Thousand tons
OF hay every yenr, which costs US, freight
and all. about ten d,llars q ton by The
oar load, And every pound ot this could
aud should be grown at home. There 10
no quarter Of the world IN which alfalfa
grows more luxuriautly than ip New
kieIico and tue alfalfa hay 10 Tar gu.
per,or in every respect To the prairie bay
Of Kansas. Where an abundance OF
water can be had Tor iriisatina. or ON
the lower bottom lands along the river
where u docs not need irrigation, four
crops car be obtained every year, and
some seasons Ave, aud i, can be depended
on 10 yield . ton aud half at q cutting,
or siI tone . year. There II good deal
Of low, moist laud in places, along the
Rio 0rande, which cannot be used TO
advantage Tor other purposes, but which
makes tho beet alfalfa land there 10, aud
can 10 made 90 pay better return than
any other class oi farming land. Judge
Trimble, al his ranch Just below town,
has given us one OF the best illustrations
We could have OF This. lie had piece
OF about twenty acres, near the river,
which was too low for most crops. and
he seeded It 10 alfalfa; il has never had
any irrigation, aud has mover needed any,
and 10 nov one ot the hoest and most
productive hay fields in New Msxico
OF course, the amount u land in the
territory that will grow alfalfa without
irrigation 10 comparatively small, but
even with the labor and expense OF irri.
eating, the crop 10 still one Of the meet
valuable that can he raised. and every
additional TOP OF hay that 10 made means
about ten dollars kept Al homo and 10
ciroulatinn amsng ouraalyaa