The state herald., 1891-09-25
WESTERN FARMS.

Professor Blount Of the New Mexico
Agricultural College at Las Cruces, WAS
At the Territorial Fair at Albuquerque and
made splendid showing of the produoes'
Of La Mesilla valley-the garden OF 10
southwest. There had never before BEEN
such showing Of Now Mexico products.
Reservoir companies are sprlnginR up
ali over the country. Lands hitherto con-
sidered waste ON account Of seepage water
are being drained into lakes, these con-
nected by laterals and used for irrigation.
purposes. Thus into the Horner lake,
near the Weld county line, water sufacieut-
for nearly half section has been saved
and put to useful purposes. The ket"hsl'
lake, too, has proved to bs good invsst~-
ment.
H. B. Gillespie is building handsome
and commodious frame house cf three
stories on his ranch on the Roaring Fork
near Emma. 1t is so situated that water
from large spring can be piped all over
tho house. The house will contain TEN
rooms, all modern In design and furnish.
ing. Mr.. Gillespie is also laying out neat,
grounds and outbuildings and will make
it In all respects home for his declining;
years.
Tho harvest In and about Las Animas has
been about completed. An estimate from
farmers Of Bent county places the average
wheat yield at twsnty-three bushels TO-
the acre. The alfalfa crop 10 enormous
and sufficient hay will be produced In lent
county alone TO hll the Southeastern
Colorado marker The farmers are
abunduntly satisfied with the season'a
results, and preparations are being Al
ready made for largely increased acre
age Of winter rwheat.-Irrigdtton Age.
The farmers along Mesa creek IN the
Plateau valley have Incorporated com
pany for tho purpose Of building an i'm
mense reservoir ut the head OF the first
mentioned stream. They will utilize the
largest Of the Mesa lakes and throw upan
embankment around 1t that will raise tbs
the water at least three feet. This scheme
insures an abundance Of water TO the
ranchmen Interested and will add
greater value to the many profitable farms
titled along Mesa acreck.-Grdnd Junction
Ne,os.
, A. S. Halstead last week finished pick
ing 225 gallons OF raspberries from quar-
ter of an acre patch. These berries sold
readily at dollar gallon and show what
may DO done with small fruit In this sec
tion. The yield is at the rate Of 800 per
acre per season. II thore is section in
the State that can make a better Allowing
the Prospector would like to know where
It is. An Industrious man can make moro
money from five acres well cared for near
Del Norte than he can from 100 acres In
many other states.-Dcl Nortc Proprietor
. On Wheat Ridge near Denver there IL
three acre patch Of mammoth Chill squash
that will yield l40 tons this year. These
squashcs sell at the canning factories at
from q to $40 q ton and are much sought
after. Jerry Coulehan Is the owner Of
this squash plantation and will make good
money from 1t this year. Mr.. Coulchan
also has a splended crop Of Rose Seeding
potatoes that he says will 20 450 bushels
to the acre. He is proud Of this yield and
says it is as good as he could expect in any
country.-Ficld and Farm.
The superior quality OF the onion grown
in tho New Mexico valleys has won for its
reputation all over the country which puts
1t in the front rank Of products Of its kind,
and causes 1t to command the highest price
in the market. II is so easily raised, and
vields 40 anorn.onalv that We ought to bs
able to send abroad thousands Of tons
every year, but instead Of that We arc
every year obliged TO meet part Of the
home demand by importing inferior cnions
from other portions Of the country. Both
soil and climate hero arc peculiarly favor
ablo to this product; 1t is not disturbed OF
injured by any sort Of enemy, and such
thing as crop failure is totally unknown.
Five tons to the acre may DO safely counted
on with fair cultivation, aud they are never
worth less than $50 .on. though generally
more. Dealers are always ready 70 make
contracts In advance for all that the
farmers can bring them.
Mr.. G. ID. Durham says that tho cheapest
reservoirs that u man can build on his
land for retaining water for irrigation
purposes is u tunnel run into hill An
open reservoir In canon or other suit
able place will lose one third of i,a water
during the summer from evaporation
while In u tunnel there is no loss. A small
spring will supply tunnel with sufficient
water for many purposes. He has illus.
trated this In practical manner. On his
own land In Mcsilla Valley he ran tun.
mel thirty i've feet into hill. In so doing
tapping q spring, this tunnel he damned
up, leaving space thirty five feet long
and the size OF the tunnel which IL about
live by six feet to be filled with water
The water he carried to his house In pipcs
and we observed that It supplied his
dwelling, another near by, his barn aud
drying house for raisins. Us well a. irri-
gated quito space devoted to flowers for
garden. He says that the tunnel Is the
cheapest and bcst form, and that for each
dollar expended one can obtain q space
equal to twenty .iiye cubic fce,.-Irriyattou
Iac.
One Of the recent enterprises Inaugur.
atod by Denver people Is that In which
tho Lost Canon Reservoir Company 10
now cnguged-the establishment OF q
water supply In tho mountains TO help
supply tho rapidly increasing demand 70,
irrigating purposes, and possibly 70 sup.
ply tho city OF Denver ~ no far distant
day. The Lost Canon, ut tho point where
1t Is proposed to establish u reservoir, 10
nifty miles In direct line west OF south
from Denver, but seventy. five miles by
the ,or,uous mountain roads by which Il
Is reached. Its In Park County and IL
Mt nn altitude OF 1900 feet The discov.
crcrs noticed that nature had seemed 70
mako an attempt 10 form huge mountain
reservoir. and that but little aid from man