Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-12-25

AGRICULTURAL JANUS VI Tue territory, III
common With other PORTIONS ~ the tern.
tnt,, II ha, had u PROSPEROUS year, all
due. tao doubt. ~ the election ot Mckin.
Icy. During the past ten Years decided
progress has Trlt male III bringing
under cultivation the rich aud AlluNial
Suilz. Where. lu,a short time Agu the
mesquite AMI toIulliu held undi-vutrd
pT-,-"S-iOn INA, h- found comfortable
homes surrounded ny beautiful orchards
aud productive tatm- las fuce- IL the
chief town e the valley, tut IT Al-o con.
tain- several Villages
Th,r. IL yrpuin, ,,,It,l, IN turning IA,
the surrunndtu, r,uuin AMI Irving Tor
hours through IA, ,,,Iruc,.- ~ coufor,
and prosperity that every where abound
hufing the ten lehr' spoken %. this val.
lev hNr been passing through II expert.
mental stage. Much lAtnf has t~pn per.
fufmei that did not Weld Cnmmrn-ur.
ate trtarn, Ia planting II Wa not known
What fruits aud 'Atl ties aud what crops
would grow hest aud yield the best
profits. Irrigation hal r'@n performed
tpr many Years III The most cfI IL man.
u-t. AID much had 10 be- learned ~ Ia
the h--t manner u ecuuumiIing aud ap.
pl,ing the water. For that matter. much
has H. b. lratnri yet When you lind
snr Highways hllrd with water that has
"-caI-si from the lrrlgAtius bitches you
may know that a sluNrniy farmer lives
III that neighbOfhOri aud before he pros
par, he has ~ learn the art ~ doing
thing we'll. Hut the ctIclAl period has
pa-sNi The valley contains many IN.
tcll'grnt, economical farmers who are
constantly hunting Tor better way ~
doing things.
I, can b. asserted without iyar of sue.
cr-- ,.iI r.utfanr,i,n v,, IA th..,.lIr,
.r,,rn 1t b., nr,n.! ,ur r,.,, , finer
.o.r ~. .,r. ,n M. L,n'. i-,,t,, hts
wh..rlI.ur a,,l ru.i,u to ni, ,l,.,r,c--.
aud n ,. lee. th,.r h.nli, I..mr.t,uc,.
...,.u, .nd tnliu na.,-,r. /, -,,c,.,
n un, nn-,n,. vlo.l.nd I,l.y In
,..r,,nr. gaining pr. p.fn ,u.n ,,at.
Apll ON lI,. rn,Ii,r,ulr,;.prr and H..
., ,nirncr
II ,ou 4 ,nt Ia Luy Gle n ,.-. good
49,, managed farms. ,uu vii Hud the,
ate not fnr sale. carefully examined
on, -, them with n view IA .,nrntnv
What WAS grown and how IL WAS done.
Il CONTAINED about 10, acres devoted
r'l, ny 10 alfalfa. with stock h,v. and
cattle sufficient 10 .ut IN, waste. md
IA. winter pas,vye after IN. fourth
cutting Of alfalfa TAI been ga,h
cred. We found imm.n.. ricks Of slfslt,
scattered here ana there over the farm.
abnu, ninp,, head Of cattle: hvrs.~ f,t
farming. riding aud driving: hogs fa,
t,ninp for the wears provision and .o,n.
for market; and An Immense droy, of
tame turkeys gubbling and waiting 10
celebrate Christmas In their osu pacul.
lar way. Tn. ptopr,rtor told ~ that IA.
pasture then on the ground would Keen
his cattle without further feeding until
March. a. showed IN HIS u.thod Of If.
rivatlou. by mean. Of which hs was anl.
10 ruls. his immense crop. hy Irritating
only thrr. month. ia tho wear. A. .aid
81 began irripu,ing on the Ia, OF March.
and these nslds-yith II stu,s then nj.
most knee hiyh-hay. had no water sinc.
the 10Th OF June" Exp.rieDce has
laugh, HIM how. lie too, ha. grn.
through the experimental stagr. In
brief hi4 plan 10 10 heavily "hord.r"
his land, and thu. divide Il into
nmparatiyely email regular tracts. sur.
rounded by the.. high bord.rs and ditch
banka, and ia IN. spring. when water il
IN abundance. he dIls and r.aIls these
Artificial "raaaryoirs" and nntil ,hs anil
ben, ath Ia saturated 10 a dapth Nd great
tina, n rsou,rsa nj, summs, for thu wa,.,
In r.arh The su,f.cs and sysn,r.,a lila
has no complaint 10 max. abou, insufB.
CHENEY NJ wa,sr h,cau.. he lisa. int.IIi.
GENT, and .conomicaIl, what hs has
sousibiny like the folloxiny conys,.a.
tion waa had with him, "wh,, bsy. VA,
received from this farm mi. ,.a,y" 81
hay. marketed AS tons OF alfalfa and I
have IN ,h..a stacks that Won ..e I'm ,ons
more, which | Am holding ,,r IN. All.
vance In price. sure 10 come. shall ..lI
from m, stock an hand nearly ~ M,
onits. sICn IN yaIus mors N, ma,
nroata win reach nearly Atom can
raise alfalfa and nut n On tina cars Tar
tl5o pet ton. This dos. not ,aks
into account taxa interest, Ven, and
,aa, n, m.chin.,, nm, s,m,Iy IN. o,,.
Isy far labor" "whs, amnnn, a, mi.
wo,s An van ns,,o,m yonr..,,y, Ia haId
on, On. psIm, Of nj. hands IN .hov ma