Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-28
Resources Of New Mexico.
FRUIT.

FRUIT.
In the metropolitan markets of the west-
ern states New Mexlco's horticultural
products command from B TO Is per cent,
greater price than the California products.
owing to their size, richness in color and
peculiarly delicate flavor. In grapes, for
which the Rio Grande Valley is famous,
the Flame, Tokay, the Muscats, the Black
Hamburgs and similar choice varieties are
grown to perfection. In every quarter Of
the Territory are profitable orchards Of APP
Piles, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, nee
tarines and all the small fruits indigenous
to the temperate and semi-tropic zone.
SUGAR BETS.
Experiments covering u period of three
years demonstrate that New Mexico excels
any other country or section In the world
in the quantity and quality OF sugar beets,
In 1896, in the Pecos Valley, some 1,400
acres OF beets were harvested. The average
yield per acre was a little over 16 tons,
and the average percentage of saccharinei
matter was over 16, the highest record even
made. The gross returns to the farpAfv
averaged 5000 per acre, and the cost "
raising the crop was a little less than $1,000
per acre The almost perpetual sunshine
during the growing season is the cause OF
the extra percentage of sugar in the beets,
and the richness and a~daptability of the
soil accounts for the heavy yield.
CEREALS AND VEGETABLES
OF innumerable variety are proftably
produced in New Mexico. The latter are no.
table for size n flavor, as well 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.
MINERALS.
It lie no exaggeration to affirm that, in point
of natural resources, none Of the peerless
Rocky Mountain states exceed New Mex
leo. Gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, coal
(anthracite and b~ituminous), fire clay,
alum, sulphur, salt, gypsum, etc., are found
in paying quantities in almost every .cou9y
In the Territory. In many localities are
valuable deposits of onyx and marble,
while the turquoise supply of the world Is
furnished by New 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 o at astonishingly low
/ figures, since the u. s.. court has rendered
such timely service in settling titles to the
land grants.
MINERAL OF hlN0Os
The attention of the tourist and health
seeker Is especially invited to the number
and varied character of the mineral waters
in New Mexlco. These are easily accessible
by rail- and offer every reasonable accom-
mediation to the visitor. Among such re-
sorts are the Las Vegas Hot Springs; the
Jemez Hot Springs; the Ojo Caliente /;
Hudson's Hot Springs; the Sulphur Hot
Springs, and the Macbeth and Taylor
mineral water wells, anc Coyote Springs
DESIRABLE LANDS.
Thousands of acres of wild lands are "
he had by compliance with the u. s. Ian
laws. much of which is contiguous to watT
and desirable for colonization purpose
when bitches and water storage reservoirs
are provided. The land grant question IS
longer a bug-a-boo in New Mexico al
through the action of the land court, TIT
to vast tracts have been cleared up a
settled. Some millions of acres have b9
confirmed by the courts to private own
: ship. while ON the other hand an eqr1
: acreage has been rejected SO far as tn'
: land added to the public domain and Il
subject to entry under the government
, land laws.
: New Mexico boasts the finest all-the
wear round climate on the continent
Churches and graded public and privat
schools are maintained in every com
:. munity. Sheep and cattle raising ar
!. mong the leading industries of the Ter
Iitory. Under legislative enactment, al
(. beet sugar factories, wooden mills, smelters
8 refining and reduction works, including
: 100 acres OF land for each factory or mil
ENJOYS immunity from taxation for
period Of five years II erected prior t
!: January 1, 1888.