The state herald., 1892-01-01
FARMING NEWS.

The growers of alfalfa near Las Cruces
aro receiving sl2 per ton for their product
this fall.
There is no vegetable that grows TO bot
ter advantage in New Mexico than the
native onion. Recently the Pioneer cauaI
company In the Pecos valley received
81, 200 for the onions raised on ono acre Of
ground.
Close estimates of the cattle being fed
for market in Larimer county, on the
Cache la Poudre, Big and Little Thompson
rivers, place the number ct 1000. This
will require 100000 tons Of alfalfa and
other hay.
Settlers are now crowding In the direc.
tion of Eddy and Chaves counties, New
Mexico, In consequence OF the induce
ments offered by an irrigation company
which has 300, 900 acres Of land under
ditch in that part Of the country.
The allotment Of l50,0o acres Of land In
Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, TO Jscar-
lila Apache Indians has been completed BY
special agent. John X. Rankin. The rc-
mainder of the reservation will be sur
veyed and sold to white settlers.
The cattle inspector Of Socorro county,
New Mexico, reports the cattle IN dis
tressed condition, poor In flesh, almost tot
tering In their migrations and pitiable In
the extreme. The plains are devoid Of
grass and the springs and wells arc dry.
The Saguache Crescent says Fort Col
lns is to have beet sugar factory. What
is the matter with having sugar factory
In the San Luis Valley! Surely there 10
no trouble about raising sugar beets In
ample quantity aud richness, tc make such
au enterprise complete success. Who
will start the agitationi
The Touring mill at Mosca turned out
its first grist last week, and the flour was
distributed gratuitously among the people.
The -four Is of fine grade and cannot be
surpassed by any mill in the west. A
3O, ,OoO bushel capacity warehouse IS nearly
completed which will be used to store grain
in until the elevator is built.
Mr.. Longneclicr, cattleman from near
Trinidad, was at Rocky Ford, Otero coun-
ty, last week and invested a large sum Of
money in alfalfa hay to feed stock cattle,
and pasturage, and has returned to drive
Of the Arkansas valley is becoming tho
regular feeding ground for numerous cat.
tlemen and this fact assures the ranchmen
good prices for their produce. Field and
Farm.
There is an organization formed by the
county alliance Of Otero county for the
purpose Of marketing tho products Of the
farm as nearly direct to the consumers as
possible and II they edeem 1t necessary 10
purchase the supplies needed by them. Tho
exchange has two warehouses-one At Ia
Junta and one at Rocky Ford. The bus
mess is controlled by business manager,
who is under 5000 bonds for the faithful
performance OF his duties.
The agricultural department ut Washing
ton recently published figures to show the
Importance of our forests to the industries
and business Of the United States. The
total annual product of all our woods ID
about 81, 900, 900, 900, being about ten times
that Of the entire gold and silver output,
three times the product OF all the coal and
other minerals and nearly three times the
value OF the wheat crop. It exceeds the
gross income Of all the railroads and other
transportation companies.
The Brewster boys, Jim and Arthur, and
NJ. l.. Leach, are hard at work on their
reservoir and ditch, trying to solve for
themselves the water question, and We
think they will succeed. The ditch, which
will be some three miles long, about four
feet wide In the bottom and two feet deep,
will take the water that now goes 70 waste
In Paradox creek In the winter and carly
spring, and convey II TO a reservoir cover
ing 100 acres and will be fifteen fcor desp
there to hold 1t for summer use, and In
this way they expect TO water thrcs
ranches.-Norrood Tribune.
e. G. Gale, for the Beaver Land Com
pany, is engaged In constructing fume
and ditch IRON the artesian well recently
struck on their property on the north side
OF the river, TO irrlgato u sixty y-acre tract
OF beautiful land about 5c0 yards from the
well. The water is raised TO . height OF
thirty feet by means Of live and I've
eighths-inch Pipe. From this elevation q
ilume has been built to the land, and from
here the water will DO distributed by
means OF bitches. A sixty acre fruit
orchard will DO set out in the spring. With
the success attained In drilling this we'll.
II Is u surprise TO us that other wells are
not going down over therc.-Etorence Re
hner.
Last years peach crop had the effect OF
dbl ig nearly 1909 acres to the orchard
ARIA Of Grand Valley. Fruit prognoatica-
tors predict even a more bountiful yield
next season. What will the result bel
A more general recognition Of our claims,
the planting OF more orchards. the dsvsl-
opment Of more latent resources, An Ia
crease In population, the expenditure Of
more capital, and grand furtherancs Of
our prosperity toward that point when .
elimination OF our toll aud energy will
place us In n position to challenge tho I'd.
miratlon OF the state. the aid aud respect
OF capital. Let us hope the swelling buds
on the limbs Of our peach trees will safely
withstand the frost Of winter aud bursi
forth In early springtimc, covering
orchards with II myriad Of bloom, filling all
the land with fragrance. The peach 10
our boomer; upon Its yearly success de.
pends to great degree our welfare
Grand Junction NolcS