Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-16
FARM PRODUCTS.

FARM PRODUCTS.
Santa Fe is not as we'll represented in the
line OF vegetables and cereals as she should
have been; but the truth is that local pro-
duCers have been too busy with their ship
ments this year to take the matter in hand.
When man who owns four acres of land
is coming money at the rate of $25 day
he does MT take time to consider anything
but his own particular business.
However, the display in this depart
ment is superb. San Miguel county, our
neighbor on the east beside its fine fruit col
lection, has vegetable display Snow fake
and Peach-blow, potatoes, squash, kale,
celery, pumpkins, beats, melons, etc., are
there. There is oats eight feet high from
the Sapello ranch of Mr.. Barney DAILY,
Timothy or Herds grass, as it is called
IN the west, six feet high, and blue grass
long and NITROUS. Red top is another
pasturage that reaches the limit of excel
lence about Las Vegas. Of barley,
threshed there are two kinds, beardless
and bearded. Wheat, five kinds, and
buckwhe one variety. Banner oats, OF
which are both threshed and on stalk
has a record as wonderful producer,
its average being 43 pounds to the bushel.
The Mesilla valley shows twenty-five
varieties of onions, sixteen OF beets, six
of Irish potatoes, four of sweet, twelve Of
cabbage, four of carrots, four of tomatoes
and four kinds of sweet peppers. All of
these are grown to an immense size. To-
bacco and cotton have both proved to be
a success. Of the latter five species are
on exhibition Sea Island, Prolific, Big
Boil, Upland and Poorman's. The Poor
mans is destined to be extensively cult
waited, because it is all that it's name i'm
plies, early and heavily boiled. The
Prolific also earns its name, being mar
vel of industry. From one seed is shown
a plant one stem of which bears 100 bolls
of bursting Mite bolls while near the top
it is yet blossoming. There are also here
hops, ramie plant and peanuts. The
Meslla valley farms also send seventy
eight varieties Of apples, eight of pears,
six of peaches, thirty-three of grapes; all
foreign and all rare. Ounces, of which
there are several varieties were sent from
the Meslla farm of Mrs. Sarah V. CasarG
Mann Bros, of Albuquerque, make a
fine display of vegetables and melons,
among which are giant nutmegs, and
watermelons, parsnips, radishes, carrots,
onions, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers,
cabbage and pieplant.
FAIR NOTES.
Arthur Boyle, of Santa Fe, is an en-
thusiast, an artist and successful Cul-
tivator and presents one of the lovIlest dis
plays in the hall. Of small fruits there
are native mountain currants, raspber-
ries, Wilson Junior and Lawton black
berries, II varieties of plums, twenty-five
French, numerous kinds of hardy grapes,
Clarendon and white; forty different kinds
of apples, four of apricots, seven Of
peaches. Albuquerque Democrat.
Mr.. R. E. Twitchell returned this NOR
ming from the fair where he ably repre-
scented the New MEXICAN. He says this
paper has host of friends in the Duke
city and he was the recipient of many
courtesles at the hands of the people. The
arrangement for looking to the COM
fort and entertainment of members of the
pr ess could scarcely be more complete.
Gen. McCook, of Los Angeles, and
two aides are the guests of the Albuquer-
que Commercial club. The dress parade
and morning guard mounting of the
regulars and the evening concerts by the
military band catch the crowds.
John Morton is selling Santa Fe fruits
on the fair grounds by the ton. His rust
ling assistant here, Charlie Brosier,
shipped another invoice of 200 pounds
last night.
The Prescott base ball team had the
game won to the eighth inning. They
are smooth players, and can, it is be-
lieved, defeat the Maroons in another
contest.
| Ed. Miller, of Santa Fe county, has
eleven acres of orchard from which he
shows apples, pears, plums, peaches and
Siberian crab apples.
Judge Morrison's fine peaches and Mrs
Manderfed's luscious peaches, plums
and other fruits are to be seen among the
exhibits.
"Navajo Jake" the Indian siversmith
who makes jewelry in the main hall, has
hundreds of people flock about him.
The shiny game yesterday afternoon
between forty Mojave bucks was the most
thrilling piece OF sport imaginable.
The Santa Fe "Kd" base balIists 90
down on Friday to play game of ball at
the fair with the Las Vegas juveniles.
San Miguel county's collection OF
grasses and grains is wonderful.
The Albuquerque merchants have done
themselves proud in their exhibits.