Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-26

out alternately in apples and peaches,
seventy of each to the acre. Last year
his full bearing peaches yielded $40 per
tree or $500 to the acre. This does not
include the apples, which yielded in
proportion.
$50 thou and do likewise" might be
said, but few would give the labor and
intelligence to his business that Judge
Woods does. Early in the spring he goes
over his trees and strips them of all
superfous fruit In this way his trees
are not broken down, nor is the quality
of the ripened specimens deteriorated.
Each peach and apple is perfect and his
product sells from l to 21a cents per
pound over the best California fruit.
This is what brains does.
OTHER PRODUCTS.
Watermelons grow well. Mr.. Wandel
yearly supplies the Albuquerque fair with
them, and says he can raise any melon rs
we'll if not better than the eastern farm
ers. He says, 'the Dona Ana melons are
equal to any except the prize specimens
that horticuitusists Manufacture by
splitting the stem Of big melon, then
inserting long yarn and feeding it with
fresh, rich milk" They are on to allthe
tricks in that country.
BEE CULTURE
is source of profit in connection with all
the above. The wide stretching alfalfa
fields yield a peculiar variety of honey that
is exceptional as a remedy in consump-
tion and all throat and lung diseases.
A hive will yield fifty pounds of honey
per year, worth - to Ii cents per pound.
An acre of ground with $50 trees will &C.
commodate twice that number of hives.
The reader can make his own calculations
of from this source. Bee culture is
practical on every ranch in Dona Ana
county.
is an important industry. The Bennett
Stephenson puts out such rich silver
ore that it is running even at the present
low price of silver. mill capable of
turning out half ton of concentrates per
hour is working up this orc prior to
shipment to the smelter at Socorro. The
Modoc is also good shipper. Of late
the mines of the Organ mountains have
become such an important factor in the
wealth of Dona Ana, that a company,
headed by Judge CIV. Woods, has erected
largo concentrator at the depot in Las
Cruces, where most of this ore will re.
ceive its initial treatment. 1t is well and
| solidly constructed
TOWNS AND CITIES.
All the way along the Santa Fe from
Rincon to FL Paso the eye is gladdened
with the verdure and life of pretty little
towns. The most important of which
are Rincon, Dona Ana, Mesilla and Las
Cruces. The first is an important railroad
center, with good future prospects.
Las Cruces is the county seat. Has
good schools, fine court house, churches,
splended academy, conducted by the
| Sisters of Loretto, and contains the tori
| torial Aricultural college. This institu-
| tion is model of its kind. 1t has taken
up the culture of canaagria, and two
plats, one watered and the other not, are
devoted to study tho peculiaritios of this
plant. II is Also, by example, introduc-
ing the very latest methods among the
surrounding farmers. 1t teaches in its
classes the English and classic cours, s.,
besides such branches of agriculture and
science as will be fundamentally useful.
The chemistry of plants, botany and
entomology receive much attention. The
writer in recent investigation saw some
beautiful specimens and drawings made
from the microscope. All the work pos
sible about the place is done by the stu
dents themselves, and there is inculcated
practical tendency; and the board of
regents is now in correspondence with the
secretary of war for the purpose of having
military instructor detailed. The school
will then be placed under military dis
cipline. Prof. Hiram Hadley is head of
this model institution of practical train
ing.
HOTELS.
Notwithstanding the delightful climate
of Dona Ana, and its altitude about 5000,
calculated to benefit the sick or we'll, not
much could be said of it as temporary