Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-13
MAGNIFICENT MORA
A Rich and Prosperous Re-
gion which is the Pride of
All New Mexico.
Fine Ranches and Fruitful
Farms Peopled by a Hos
pitable Community.
Thousands Of Acres of Fertile
Lands Awaiting the Building
Of Storage Reservoirs.
Simple Irrigation Propositions
ard the Big Profits they Pro-
mise Promoters.
The Percheron and Clydesdale Horse
Breeding District of the South
west-An Inviting Country.

Mora is one of the most beautiful coun.
ties of New Mexico, and occupies posi-
ton favorable to agriculture ard stock
raising in the north central part of the
territory. 1t comprises about 2,7OO,OOO
acres, of which three. quarters are arabic
and cultiyable if water can be brought
onto the land The climate is mild and
equable, although tho altitude ranges
from 1000 to 1000 feet.
THE wATRoUs VALLEY
May be taken as typical of the county
and of northern New Mexico. 1t is wat
cred by two streams, the Sapello and the
Mora. From these the farmers have
taken out small bitches and brought under
high state of cultivation over 1000
acres, which may be divided as follows:
The Clyde ranch, owned by Hadley 4
Hallett, about 1000 acres cultivated; ;
the Phoenix ranch, owned by r. Il. Head,
1000 acres; Jos. B. Watrous, 800 acres;
Wm. kroenig, 1000 acres; Carl Widen
stein, $50 acres; Don Lorenzo Lopez, Is
acres; Don Bernardo Salazar, chairman
of the board Of county commissioners,
16O acres in good cultivation Just across
the river from the Clyde ranch; Don San
tiago Bonney, so acres; Mr.. Martinez, 100
acres, and Mrs. s. B. Watrous, 80 acres.
These lands were originally part of the
John Scolly grant, and to see them in
full bloom of life and beauty is won
deTfu sight.
LOOKING DOWN THE VALLEY
from above the Clyde ranch, wide alfalfa
telds, groves of cottonwoods, small
orchards, blooming gardens, and delight
ful homes dot the landscape.
The writer will never forget his
first impression of this valley. The
first view of it was as the night bright
ened and blushed into day. The western
horizon, along the submits of the Las
Vegas and Santa Fe ranges was filled with
vivid white clouds, the east glowing with
crimson and orange; the zenith dark
purple blue, splashed here and there
with the radiant white of passing cloud.
Up and down the valley the homes and
were revealed as in picture.
Add to this pure atmosphere that
searched the system and invigorated it.
The people of Watrous believe there is no
valley in the world more lovely than
theirs; and such an introduction inclines
one to subscribe to the opinion.
Through the hospitality of Gov. 0. A.
Hadley, | was enabled to see all this
country thoroughly. At the Phoenix
ranch there are 1000 acres under cultiva-
ton and about 1000 acres fenced. 1t is
a cattle and alfalfa ranch of high type,
we'll laid out and highly cultivated. Mr..
Head is not wholly dependent on the
low of the river as he has considerable
reservoir on his place; from which in the
Try season he can eke out his irrigation.
THE CLYDE RANCH
owned by Gov. Hadley and W. Fl. Halett,
IS just across the Mora river, is a model
IN its layout and management. Every
Dit of fence timber is in place, all the
'arm gates are strong and self-latching,
he roads we'll kept and the bitches clean.
In going over this place the governor
showed me large fields of alfalfa that no
planted year ago on the prairie sod and
On growing timothy that would run we'll
IN to two tons at the second cutting then
being made. Also in another field he
showed me field sowed with alfalfa on
the natural sod this spring. AS is well
known water this year has been too scarce
% use in experiments, consequently this
field went unwatered until the July rains.
1t has been irrigated once since, aud as
usual with such lands the surface has split
INTO innumerable small cracks. Through
Every one of these tiny tendrils and
shoots of the alfalfa were actually crowd
ng. 1t would be hardly within bounds
% endorse or advise this system of alfalfa
planting. 1t is against all the pre- CON
,eived ideas, but the governor says with
. smile sit has been successful" What
more does one want?
OUT ON THE RANGE.
Gov. Hadley has some splendid Clydes-
lale and Percheron horses, and further
out still fine herd of black Galloway
'attle. Everything about the place is
made to yield some profit. There is n
mall orchard on this ranch and kitchen