Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-01-14
Ah.N ENttO.
Favorable suiprc--i.a . pom n Mercer
Hoy a R' .umr Of the Advantages.

Favorable .mprr--i"a Z pom n Mercer
Hoy a R'.ume OF the Advantages.
The following rscently appeared IN
the renuryIyau,a Dispatch and Repub-
hcan. published at Mercer, Pa The
writer is u wealthy farmer ot that coun.
y, who came TO Albuquerque Tor hIs
health, aud found what he Mas s,rk,ng:
AI.UuVrhEVuE, \ NJ. Dec H., ls9!.
IhiuKlng your many readers u,ight Ue
interested III snort letter irnm thls
city, you can insert the following IA your
valuaUi. paper u you See MT
Albuquerque IA situated 9ls " ICES west
OF Kansas City, gu the AtlHutlc n Pacific
and santa he railroads, the 10 the cen.
ter uf New Mexico, ~ the fertile valley
~ the RIO ,irauis river. The valley a.
tins point ~ HUuut twenty mI,ss wide,
h.dg.d III on all sides by mountains tow.
erln9 Ia height from 900 - lOt NJ feet,
/ h. city IL about $50 feet ABOVE the
s-a level and has a climate unsurpassrd
on this continent. Tine valley ~ one ~
the greatest fruit producing Regions ut
the southwest. lhr fruits suT ass ia
flavor Hnd marketable valu. that 81 Call.
turula. HrHpes, apples and pea 'Les are
produced IN great quantities. Several
WIUe producers IN this iinmed,Hts vicIn.
ny manufacture wines IN large guam
titles aud rhlp Il tu 81, LOUIS, Il. annual
vintage ~ many ut them OeIug frum one
to two hundred barrels. lhr Wiur IN
worth from 90 T. 50 per barri denv.
cred nj the railroad station here, lNights
or insects do not trouble the vines OF
fruit trrrs, and AZ frost rarely iutrrier-s
aud the country II under ItrIg .ton, -
that the water suppl! ~ Asusrd, full
crops usually prevail. Corn, wheat, oats,
barley and alfalfa are grown and do we'll.
What ia. country needs In AurTlcan
farmers, who know how to cut waite the
sutl and WHO are Wiling Ia farm ~ farm
lus IN carried ON IN the eastern states.
| think there are few places IA lhr tui.
ted States that the farmer would get
Uettsr returns for his labor and invest.
meut than here. Thls territory Consumes
much more gram, hay, fruits. pstato-s,
etc. than IT produces. These articles
are rhipped Ia from Kansas aud tie Mis.
siss,ppi valley states. Apples are now
worth ~ per hush-l, and pOiato-s about
the same. Alfalfa Ia worth sl2 To tl5
per ton. All thess things can be grown
here in abundance, Il there only we're
farmers with energy enough 10 grow
them. Alfalfa produces from thr-c to
tive tons to the acre, annually. Three
crops are eat frum the same lard Ia Que
year. IoOd land eau Us had here from
81 10 800 per acre, according 10 lis prox'
unity to the city.
Albuquerque N the market Tor central
New Mexico, or rather for thir central
RIO Graude region. As no farming IL done
uU tsIde ~ tins valley within Que hundred
mlles of the city. Albuquerque IL tbs
largest town in the territory. IL hiss
ahout 1900 people, mostly Americans
the majority having come from the east
sTn staies, This IN a thoroughly pro
gressive town and IN growing very rapid
ly. The state Unlvsfs,ty N located here
The Atlantic X Pacific railroad has Il
eastern terminus at Albuquerque, also
shops aud offices The ludica, IONS are
that other railroads will b- buI To this
point aoop, THIS being IN the center Vi
the tsrrlt0ry and the largest town, Il II
the objective point uf all rallruaus enter
lug New Mexico. OUTSIDE tls RE
Grsnde valley the territory is pr ncipall)
Table land aud mountains, over which
pasture immense ilucks 10 she, u, som,
tiocks numbering O,uD aud 10000
sheep live the year round on H. ase pas
lures. New Mexico ~ cunsId' red IN,
beet sheep raising country IN tn" Cnit"c
StHtes. New Mexico II about tie size q
New England, New Jersey aud New
York combined. This comparson WI
give you some idea Of the amount U
past urag- there 10 Tor stock. II IN prin
, c,pally all government land, outside o
the valleys, hence pasture coats po,hing
The country Is rather dry Tor csttle
therefore cattle meu are RAPIDLY leavln'
= the country. Albnquerqu. IL th" larg~s
wool market 10 the soutbwest, ShseI
are shOrn twice . year, IN March an'
I September,
!. We have had good health Flnoe W
! cams here. not eysn having heard Of
chill, much less having one. Thus 10 un
l. WAIIAnH