Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-27
new MEXICO'S WELFARE.
How the Territory's Best Interests Are
Being Fostered by Worthy
Institution,
The Agricultural College at Las Cruces
and Its Foundation for
Great Work.

New Mexico, with her vast area, hei
variety Of soil her extensive grazing in.
terests, the possibilities OF large dairy
products, her arid regions that may yet
support multitudes, her known adoption
to horticulture, her wonderful production
OF alfalfa and other fosage plants, ali
these in region whose climate is not
excelled by any other subdivision OF the
American continent, and having a market
that, in the very nature Of things, can
never be over-supplied, offer at once a
stimulous and incentive to all labor,
and especially constitutes an extern
sive and inviting field of usefulness
for an experimental station dealing
with horticulture and agriculture.
The New MEXICAN has been permitted
to examine the first annual report of the
board of regents of the agricultural COL
ege of New Mexico, submitted to the
governor and by that official laid before
the legislative assembly, and some facts
have been culled therefrom for the bene-
fit OF the reading public This is a joint
national and home institution, congress
having enacted law for aiding in the
maintenance of the experimental station
while the local authorize les are expected
to provide for the maintenance OF the col
ege department. notwithstanding the
fact that thus far only limited means
have been at the disposal of the man
sgement for preparing and laying the
foundation of this. promising institution,
now in successful operation for something
over year, the work seems to have been
admirably planned and energetically
pushed forward by the board of regents,
of which Hon. John r. McFie is president
and Hon. W. L. Rynerson is secretary
and treasurer. The faculty consists
of Hiram Hadley, A. NJ, president
of faculty and director of station ;
A. E. Blount, A. NJ, professor of agricul-
ture, Elmer 0. Wooton, B. &c., botany
and chemistry; John P. Owen, history
and civics; Phoebe A. Haines, NJ. &C.,
drawing; Coaette Rynerson, instrumental
music; Ida M. Jones, teacher of elemen-
tary class; Prof. j. A. Christman, prin-
cipal OF commercial department. The
expenses in the college and the prepara-
tory departments are but So per year.
Text books are loaned free of expense to
all pupils, and where desirable pupils will
be allowed 10 pay for their tuition in labor
on the experimental farm. This latter is
an excellent feature that will give many a
poor boy an opportunity to secure first
class education.
The college is now in the second year
pf, to utitI l.,
attendance, temporary buildings having
been occupied up to this time but about
the I'd of next month the institution will
take up quarters in its elegant new home
near Las Cruces. A cut OF this structure
is here given, but it scarcely does justice
to the original, not showing cup the fine
basement as it should. The structure Is
of brick. the interior finished in yellow
pine, and so arranged as to provide every
convenience, having a fine library OF
some 500 volumes of scientific and tech
nical works on agriculture, and horticul-
ture, irrigation, etc., and a chemical labo-
ratory that is deemed good enough to
begin with.
This building occupies a commanding
site in the midst of u tract OF 200 acres
that has come to the territory through the
liberaity CT Las Cruces citizens. This
consists partly of what is termed first and
second "bottom land" and partly Of mesa.
Says the annual report: Believing that
New Mexico is pre-eminently adapted to
horticulture. including the cultivation of
all kinds Of fruits, and that knowledge
Of successful methods Of cultivation and
best varieties to cultivate, was much in
demand, the board has planned its first