The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
WONDERS ACCOMPLISHED ~
IRRIGATION.
fsTisis tiriis Have spTans Prom ,h.
DsssE,.-iio. Aif-if. improsss
toll Tsrn sog.s ..d
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What irris., GA IL. Doar-
Any man in middle age to-day can
remember the time when i, Was gener.
ally believed that California and Colo
tad0 would never is A5ls 10 produce
anything but silver and gold. and that
ali tho men engaged in mining la
ihosa states would have to bs fol by
other portions Of tho country; but
California to-day exports mors wheat
that any other state ia tho Union
ahi.s hsF fruits fresh Ani eanaod ars
RADIO IL not much behind her older
sister 90 tho rEriiri already
che ls not Only demonstrating but
has for shipment abroad
large annual surplus Of wheat. which
Tanss with the best Ia the
marEsls Of ihg world while hsr p0,a-
toes. which srg unsurpassed noW sup
ply the Nholo southwest And There
., M hing ia the natural conditions to
prevent tho experience q, these tso
states irOl being repeated ia Now
NrAlr1 10 tho oXlsnl ~ lpAs, of feed
lns her own people, the elemen, If
AHaH.HaHHH aAHhA NNH# HHAN ARaNAHHAAAHHN AA-H
same tho dlforohce shrro any eK-
!sia being Ia favor Of NeN Mexico
Ih7 c' .aH'a j. mildor ,hAn that Of
Colorado. l.Hi ~ compared with that
IT California !, superior ia all essen,
iiai respects for tho growing II oyrry
prliurt "p' iLr ml.lrop.rl,I fruit,
while lAe poser Of ,hu soil j, prAc.
llrli.y unlimited
The iWD gfrAi states named. Wh.n
H. IA condition Of nature. Wrr1 49, bar
rlI and an unprOdueliyr IS any other
sre,iun Ut shat 80 call tho arid
regions and all tho muulfruuca Of
thor present pf0Iuciiy.Goss IN duo "a.
,lrrly io Irrigation. II certain p1r-
,lpus %! tho des n can b. thus made
a. blossom ~ tho ross writes NuW
Mexican correspondent ~ the Ohio
iArmrr. will not Ito same means sp.
piled 10 other sections produce tho
same rrsult,g Who thrn WlIi assume
10 s-t a limit to tho counties millions
Of bushels Of grains and fruits which
u general and lHicliisun, system OF Ir,
r.gailou viii some time produce upon
tho now bArr-n plains Of tho great
product. will annually add 10 the as.
grcgain wealth Of tho nation, II tho
man who cause. two blades Of grn.s
Ia grow Nhar- bus ono grow before. II
public bpnu!ac,or. By whA, name
shall We characters. n .y.iSm which
shall cause tho food supply Of n mn.
,iJu ,o grow upon land on which only
cactus and sA.o brush have grown b.
,Crus
As mn j us,ra,lon Of wha, Irrigation
can accomplish for m otherwise bar
ron region. IL |. only necessary 10 look
n; tho valley Of tho Rio Grand,. Tor
nearly ihrco cuauric. ,hi. valley ha,
been known a- tho garden OF New
Mexico Long before the Ir-t Am-rl-
eau immIgran, rot foot upon H., .oil
ihl. country was celebrated among tho
spanish natives Of the territory for tho
fertility OF Its lands hnd beauty OF its
climate; It's lusc.ou. fruit. aud it, un.
surpassed vegetable. wore carried into
nil tho noighborlng districts while it,
genial and sunny climate caused II TO
DO sought ms u winter resort hy tho
wcalthirr classes who came here In
large numbers from hundrod.
of miles around to enjoy tho
bright skies and mild atmos.
phcro which hero constitute tho
-uio throughou, tho winter season.
And tho example which was thu. set
by oar predecessors hh, boon wisely
followed by tho Americans and the
comforts and benefits of tho delightful
winter climate Of this lovely valley
nrc now known and enjoyed by people
from not only every section of New
Mexico. but from many portions OF the
country abroad who come hero 10 cs-
cape The rigors OF tho winter In tho
Eastern states. by such persons the
winter scnson OF thi, district l. hardly
cons orci winter ut nil Tho sun
shines every day. tho air though
warm. Is dry and bracing and the
times when one may not sit out OF
doors on tho sunny Side OF tho house,
nrc the exceptions and not the rule.
But OF what value would DO its clua-
BILE climate. Its cloudlcss skies and ITS
perpetual sunshine, II irrigation had
not reclaimed tho desert md mndc
the orstwhilc barren lands OF the val.
ley TO bring forth their abundance?
All other conditions may be perfect.
yet without vegetation n country Is
not habitablc; and hence IL Is that ro-
gions OF tho southwest with soil and
climate surpassed by no division OF
the American continent must remain
uninhabi,ablc. till the genius. the on.
orgy and the progress of modern times
shall bring the fruc,!iying waters
which will make here tho homes of
millions. and what is now tho arid
regions will then become the store
house OF tho nation.
yyn,x Attain, vn,ur,,,. Gall