Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-07-28
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In the metropolitan markets of the west
ernv states New Msxico's horticulturnI
products command from 5 to Is per cent,
.gieaters price than the California products,
owing to their Ska. richness In color and
peculiarly deticsts Bavor. In grapes, for
which the Rio Grande Valley famous.
the Flame, Tokay, the Mascats, tho Black
Hambargs aud similar choice varieties ave
grown to perfection. Ia every quarter OF
the Territory are profitable orchards OF ap-
pies, paeras peacher, cherries. ptums, nsc-
~sarinss and all the email fruits indigenous
to the temperate and somi. troric gone,
/ SUGAR BEETS.
Experiments covering a perirl OF three
years demons trate that New Mexico excsls
any otbsT county or.ss,tionsin tho world
in the q ian.ity and quality OF sugar bssts.
In 1876, ia thu Pecos Valley, soma 400
acres o: bas,s were harvested. The average
yield per aors was a little cvsr 10 tons,
aud tho average percentage OF e~accharins
matter vas Owe l6,the h~ighest,rscord ever
made. The gross retufhs to tbs farmer
averaged sG7. &C per acre. aud tte oost of
raisii c the crop was q little less than s:c9.0o
Ter scrs Tte AMOS. perpetual aanshins
during the growing seaaon is the csu.s OF
the extra percentage of angar in the ne u,
and tie richness and .adsptahirity Of the
soil ACC aats for the heavy Yield.
CEREALS AND VEGETABLES
OF innnmerabie variety ars rrofssbly
prodcced ID New Mexico. The latter are no.
able for size AM flavor, ss well al thar
keeping qualities, RIO Grande vsllsy 0ats
took the sscon ! prize at ting Worlds Pair.
Every fsld crop and eli classes OF veget.
fabI. $ can be and are grown with success
and pruA..
MIN ERALS,
IL Ia no sxaggeration to al3rn thAt,is point
of natural frsouFc~s, none OF TAG peerless
Rocky Mountain states exceed New Mex
loo. Gcld, silver, copper. alnc, lead. coal
t~anthracits and bitumInous), hre clay.
alum, snlphur, salt, gs sum, ete.. are found
In paying qiinntitie. ia slmost svery county
In tae Territory. la many localities are
valuable deposits OF onyx and marble,
while the turquoise supply OF the world Il
furnishedgIh by New Mexico ninee.
TIMBERAND coal.
These essentials to the home-seahsr are
plentiful and cheap In New Mexico. Tracts
of virgin forest, large or smril. may be
purchased row at astohishlngiy low
ixusss, siace the u. s. court has rendered
timely service In settling titles to the
iaud ira Is
MINERAL pPRINGa,
Tbs attention. OF tAe tourist aud health.
s. eker II especially Invited to the numhar |
and waited character OF the mineral waters
in New Mex co: These nre assiiy Nccaasthls
BY rail and offer every reasonable accom-.
to the visitor, AmonR such ye
setta sTs ibs las Vegas Ho, springs the
Hpdson,s Hot Springs the Sulphur Hot
and the Macbeth and Taylor
water wells. and Coyote Hprinas.
"a DESIRABLE LANDS,
Thousands OF acres OF Wild lsuds. are 4,
be had hy complain % With The y. a Hand
much et vi SeA Ia coRtigpous 10 water
aud de3ireEle Tar e~pfpnizatiou purposes
Fhaa ditchSs ard water storage r~eservolrs
are provided. The land grant question Is no
longer bua.a.boo In New Mexico end
20 vast tracts have been cleared MP and
SETTLED. Some millions af acres hays baSS /
~ the courts to pr,vsta NJ
ship. while in the other kanSs ~ eouaIl
acreage hes heaA rtjectRa - far IS the
lFahf e{asN8Kts arc concerned ana the
IsAGH addfd TO the prbllY donaih ana Il
'nolaftdo entry under the government. Il
NOTES.
New Mexico boasts the fpeas all- the
rear round climate an "a continent.
Churches end gfedpa public and private
nunisy sheep and cattle raising 'src
lunong the leading indnstsfee cf s<t< Tar
itory. Under Legislative snAetaas ht, al
rect sugar factorits,a oolen miIia.kmo{forSt
efning and reduction Wor4 sfN<eci1dln4