Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-06
Of New. Mexico.
RUIZ

/ FRUIT.
10 Cls metropolitan markets Of the west
ern states Nsw Mexico's horticultural
products command from + 70 f5 per cant.
greater price thar the california products,
owing to their size, richness III 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 ofap-
Piles, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, nec-
tarines and all the small fruits indigenous
to the temperate and semi-tropic zone.
SUGAR BEETS atqsB ossa
Experiments covering q period of three
years demonstrate that New Mexico, excels
any other country or section In the world
in the quantity and quality OF sugar, baets.
In 1895, in the Pecos Valley, some '1,400
acres OF beets were harvested. The average
yield per acre was q little over 16 tons,
and the average percentage of saccharine
matter was over 6,the highest record ever
made. TIL gross returns to the farmer
averaged $751; 90 per acre, ana the cost Of
raising the crop was a little less than 500 90
per acre. The almost perpetual sunshine
during the growing season is the cause OF
sAe ~ - sA0 00Otog
and the richness and a~daptability of the
soil accounts for the heavy yield.
CEREALS AND VEGETABLES
OF innumerable variety are proftabIy
produced in New Mexico. The latter are no.
table for size n 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.
MINERALS.
1t Is 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 bituminous), fire clay,
alum, sulphur, salt, gypsum, ETC., are found
in paying 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 New Mexico mines.
TIMBEh AMI CUAL.
These essentials to the home-seeker ara
plentiful and cheap in New Mexico. Tracts
of virgin forest. large or small, NAV he
purchased now at aetnnishingIy low
figures, since the U. s. court has fenaevad
such timely service in settling titles to the
land grants.
MINERAL SPRINGS.
The attention Of the tourist and health
seeker Is especially invited to the number
and varied character of the mineral waters
in New Mexico. 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 SPRING.
DESIRABLE LANDS.
Thousands of acres of wild lands are to
had by compliance with the u. 8. land
much of which is contiguous to water
and desirable for colonization purposes
when bitches and water storage reservoirs
are provided. The land grant question is no
longer a bug-a-boo9 In New Mexico and
to vast tracts have been cleared up and
Some millions of acres have been
by the courts to private owner
ship, while on the other hand an equal
acreage has been rejected so far as the
grant claimants are concerned and the
land added to the public domain and is
to entry under the government
land laws.
NOTES.
New Mexico boasts the finest all the
year round climate on the continent.
and graded public and private
are maintained In every CON-
Sheep and cattle raising are
mong the leading industries of the Ter
tory. Under legislative enactment. nil
beet sugar factories, wooden mills, smelters,
and reduction works, including
100 acres of land for each factory or mill,
immunity from taxation for a
period Of FIVE years II erected prior t
January !, 1897