Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-08
Aid the New Mexico Climate and Crop Service

Few people fully realize the import
ance Of the work being done by the
weather bureau. not only for the con-
%venience and comfort of the public and
the benefit of agricultIr raj and grazing
interests. but also, and especially in this
country. of the great southwest in adj
vertising the wonderfully ameliorating
and healing properties which the eli
mate of New Mexico possesses for GER
tain diseases.
The New Mexico Climate and Crop
Service may be taken as an example.
This section was organized in 1895 by
an official of the government weather
bureau. The territorial legislature of
that year appropriated 500 for the pur-
psse of printing and distributing the
climatic data of the territory. All other
expenses Of the service are met by the
United States government bureau.
There are about thirty-tive stations in
the territory, at which public spirited
citizens volunteer without remun-
Grafton. to take daily observations of
temperature, rain and snow fall, wind.
clouds, etc. and forward the results to
the central Office at Santa Fe. Here
the reports of all stations are carefully
and Systematically cO-ordinated. for each
month, and for the year, and printed in
a neat quarto pamphlet, which is dis
tributed free. under the government
mailing frank. throughout the country
to all interested in the study of clima-
tology, to public libraries, physicians,
etc.
The present appropriation admits of
the printing of 500 of the monthly re-
ports. and 800 of the ANNALS. The lists
of the applicants who receive copies of
the reports contain owe I'VE hundred
physicians. representing almost every
section of the country, but especially
the more densely populated sections of
the east. In addition to these monthly
and annual reports of Genealogical
data, during the growing season, there
is issued from the central office a weekly
bulletin. containing a brief discussion of
the state and condition of crops as in
tluenced by the current weather. This
information is also collected from volun.
teers in different localities of the terri
tory, and treats not only of crops prop
er. but also of the general conditions of
water supply and of grazing lands.
Although only 400 of those bulletins are
distributed from the central office
weekly, yet their duplication by the
press of the territory is estimated to be
about $4,000.
The climate of New Mexico, both in
it's relations to comfort and health, and
to agricultural interests. is one of its
most important attractions. and the bet
ter advertised this is, the more settlers
and sojourners will be drawn within her
borders. The proposition to erect a me-
mortal hall at the university at Albu-
querque, where scientific research will
be devoted principally to the study of
climatology. and especially to the heal
ing properties which our own climate
possesses in certain diseases, is a most
worthy move. Millions of dollars are
invested'in the health resorts of the Adj
irondack mountains in New York. and
it is proposed to invest millions more in
establishing immense sanitariums for
the treatment of pulmonary diseases Of
the poorer classes of that part of the
country. When it has been demon
strated scientifically and conclusively,
what those who live in New Mexico all
know. that while possessing Just as good
mineral springs, the territory has in adj
dition a climate vastly superior, a large
part of the money now being spent IN
these resorts in New York and else
where, will be attracted towards New
Mexico and will benefit every citizen
and every enterprise in the territory.