Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-21
Of New Mexico.
FRUIT.

In the metropolitan markets OF the west
ern states New Mex,co's horticultural
products command from 5 to 10 per cent,
greater price than the California products,
owing to their size, richness ia color and
peculiarly delicate flavor. In grapes, for
which the Rio Grande Valley is famous,
the Flame, Toksy, the Muscats, the Black
Handbags and similar choice varieties are
grown to perfection. In every quarter OF
the Territory are profitable orchards Of ap-
ples, pears, peaches, cherries, plume, nee
tarines and all the small fruits indigenous
to the temperate and semi tropic zone.
q SUGAR BETS.
q Experiments covering II period OF three.
years demons trate that New Mexico excels
any other country or section In the world
in the quantity and qlalIty Of sugar bsets.
In 1896, in thu Pecos Valley, some l,4Oo
acres of bee.s were harvested. This average
weld per acre wasa little ovsr is tons,
and the average percentage OF saccharine
matter was over 10, the highest record ever
made. The gross returns to the farmer
averaged $67 co per acre, ana the cost of
raising the crop was a little less than e22 %
GER acre. The almost perpetual sunshile
during the growing season Is the OF
the extra perceutage of sugar in the beets,
and the richness and adaptabiiity OF tho
soil accounts for the heavy yield.
CEREALS AND VEGETABLES
OF innumerable variety are rrodtably
producsd in New Mexico. Ths latter are no.
table for size and flavor, as we'll as their
keeping qualities. Rio Grande Valley oats
took the second prize at the Worlds Fair.
Every field crop and all classes OF veget-
tables can be and are grown with success
and profit.
MIN ERALS.
1t Is no exaggeration to affirm that,in point
of natural resources, none CT the peerless
Rocky Mountain states ex0oed New Mex.
leo. Gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead coai
| (anthracite and bitumlnous), fire clay,
| alum, sulphur, salt, gypsum, etc, are found
in having quantities in almost every county
| in the Territory. In many localities are
valuable deposits OF onyx and marble,
| while the turquoise supply of the world Is
furnished by NV Mexico mines.
TIMBER AND COAL.
These essentials to the home-seeker are
plentiful and cheap in New Mexico. Tracts
Of virgin forest, large or small, may be
purchased now at astonishingiy low
ieures. since the u. s. court has rendered
such timely service in settling titles to the
land grants.
MINERAL SPRINGS.
The atteation OF the tourist and health
seeker Is especially invited to the number
land varied character of the mineral waters
in New Mex co. These are e1sily accessible
by rail and offer every reasonable accom-
mediation to the visitor. Among such re
sorts are the Las Vegas Hot Springs thu
49, Ifok GnriuUss fha OJ1 #OAI10nbe,
Hudson's Hot Springs; the SULPHUR Hot
Springs, N the Macbeth and Taylor
mineral water wells, anc Coyote Springs
DESIRABLE LANDS.
Thousands of acres OF Wild lands are {
ne had by compliance with the U. 8. lane
laws. much OF which is contiguous to waite
and desirable for coloniz ition purposes
when bitches and water storage reservoirs
are proyidad, The land grant question is NJ
LONGER a bug-a-boo ia New Mexico ant
through the action Of the land court, title
to vast tracts have been cleared up ant
settled. Sore millions of acres have beer
confirmed by he courts to private owner
ship, while on the other hand an eqla
acreage has been rejected SO far as r.,
grant claimants are concerned and tn
land added to the public domain and j
suhject to entry under the government
land laws.
NOTES.
New Mexico boasts the fnost a!-the
year round climate on the continent
Churches and graded public and privat
schools are maintained in every CON
muaity. Sheep and cattle raising ar
m1ng the leading industries OF the Ter
itory. Under legislative enactment, al
beet sugar faotories,w oolen mills, smelters
refining and reduction works, including
100 acres of land for each factory or mill
eni1ys immunity from taxation for
period Of FIVE years IL erected prior t