Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-06
Of Now Mexico.
FRUIT.

FhUlI.
In the metropolitan markets Of the west
ern states New Mexico's horticultural
products command from 5 TO 10 per cent.
greater price han the California products
owing to their size, richness In color ant
peculiarly delicate flavor. In grapes, fol
which the Rio Grande Valley Is famous
the Flame, Tokay, the Muscats, the Blacl
Hamburgs and similar choice varieties are
grown to perfection. In every quarter Of
the Territory are profitable orchards Of APP
pies, pears, peaches, cherries, piums, 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 1895, In the Pecos Valley, some 400
acres Of beets were harvested. The average
yield per acre was little " 10 tons,
and the average percentage Of saccharine
matter was over 18,the highest record ever
made. The gross returns to the farmer
averaged $500 per acre, and the cost Of
raising the crop was q little less than so. 90
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 adaptability OF the
soil accounts for the heavy yield.
CEREALS AND VEGETABLES
OF innumerable variety are proftably |
produced in New Mexico. The latter are mo-
table for size and flavor, as well as their
qualities. Rio Grande Valley oats
the second prize at the Worlds Fair.
can be and are grown with success
and profit.
MINERALS.
tits no exaggeration to afirn, that, in point
Il natural resources, none Of the peerless
Rocky Mountain states exceed New Mex
DO. Gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, coal
and bituminous), fire clay,
lum, sulphur, salt, gypsum, etc, are found
paying quantities in almost every county
the Territory. In many localities are
deposits OF onyx and marble,
lille the turquoise supply Of the world Is /.
by New Mexico mines. II
TIMBER AMP COAL. 4
These essentials to the home-seeker are
and cheap In New Mexico. Tracts |
virgin forest, large or small, may be /
now at astonishingly low |
sures, since the u. 8. court has rendered 7
timely service In settling titles to the
grants.
MINERAL SPRINGS.
The attention OF the tourist and health r
eker is especially invited to the number y
d varied character Of the mineral waters
New Mex CO. These are easily accessible
rail and offer every reasonable accom-
,dation to the visitor. Among such re-
It's are the Las Vegas Hot Springs; the
mez Hot Springs; the Oi0 Caliente; II
Hot Springs; the SULPHUR Hot
rings, and the Macbeth and Taylor
neral water wells, and Coyote Springs. :
DESIRABLE LANDS.
thousands Of acres OF wild lands are to
had by compliance with the U. 9. land
rs, much OF which is contiguous to water Y
! desirable for colonizstion purposes
provided. The land grant question is no
ger q bug-a-boo In New Mexico and
Dugh the action Of the land court, titles
tracts ave been cleared mp and
led. Some millions OF acres have been
by the courts to private owner Ii
while on the other hand an equal oct
sage has been rejected so far as the ars
ut are CONCERNED and the 0 a
added to the public domain and is =
!ect to entry under the government 4
laws, gN
NOTES,
wv Mexico boasts the finest al 1.-the
? round climate on the continent.
rches and graded pnbffc and private 4
are maintained In every COM
Iity. Sheep and cattle raising are 4
the leading Industries Of the Ter :
y. Under legislative enactment, all
sugar factories, woolen milis,smelters,
ing and reduction works, including
OF landfor each factory or mill,
rs immunity from taxation for q
OF I've years if erected prior to d
larry 1, 1899. -
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