Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-28

any chance of the marine corps secur-
ing for a sanitarium for consumptives, |
giving his opinion about the different
sites. He made an exhaustive report
upon the subject, and agitation began
for the donation of some government
reservation in New Mexico to the ma
rine hospital corps to be used as a san
itarium for consumptives.
This agitation resulted in the corps
securing the abandoned reservation at
Fort stanton, with all its buildings and
improvements, and the surgeon general
considers it an ideal place for the pur-
pose. DR.. Cobb, of the marine corps, is
already on the ground with a strong
force ne laborers, and the work of put
ting the place in readiness for the re-
ception of patients is progressing rap
idly. There are thirty-eight good build
ings on the reservation, and it Is
accommodate all the consumptive pa
tents from the various hospitals now
being used along the coast, and as soon
/ as these buildings can be made ready
| for the reception of all patients of this
| class they will be taken there at once.
1t is hoped by physicians, and by the
| friends of humanity generally, that this
experiment will do much toward poins-
ing out the way to the ultimate control
| Of this terrible malady."
IRRIGATION PROJECTS.
The report says the governor regards
the irrigation commission as one of the
most important boards in the teratc;y,
and its work cannot help but result in
rendering great assistance toward pro
noting the interests Of irrigation IN
Now Mexico, besides the great good
end benefits derived by the school lands
donated by congress. Continuing, toe
governor observes:
1.-The valley Of the Rio Grande pre-
senis The most extensive field for oper-
atoms of this kind, as the present MR.
row strip of cultivated land can be
widened very materially by a probor
disposition of the water which flows so
abundantly from the north, and is now
allowed to be wasted. A few years will
find all the water now suffered useless
ly to run away utilized to the highest
degree, and enlarging the area of the
agricultural and horticultural land to
an extent almost fabulous. Meanwhile,
individual enterprise is increasing the
local supplies by the erection of multi
tudes of windmills, pumping from arle-
sian wells in various parts of the terri
tory. These prove the existence of great
bodies OF water underlying a large por-
ton of the territory. To the settler this
means much, and will add in a great
measure to the future possibilities OF
! production.
"The pronounced success in beet SUI
gar production in the Pecos valley has
o~ccas'oned widespread popular interes'
| in the cultivation of sugar beets
/, throughout New Mexico. During the
| past three years, from beet seed fur
nished by the agricultural department
, in Washington, under the direction o
: the college of agriculture at Las Cru
ces, the better class of farmers in tn
: territory have been raising sugar beet
e with uniform success. The fact Is clear
: ly demonstrated that on all the vale
o lands in New Mexico, with Irrigation
= may be grown the finest crops OF suga
beets Of the most satisfactory qualit'
for the manufacture of sugar.
SUGAR BEETS.
1T appears that beets of large size
c of small sugar content, may be grow
n almost anywhere with the ordinary at
tention given to a crop Of corn or pota
toes; but special conditions of soil an
IT climate seem to be necessary to Pre-
duce a crop of beets rich enough in 81
II gar to be profitable for purposes {
k manufacture of sugar. In deter1ninin
the presence or absence Of these cond
,e lions. our territory has occasion +
Is c~ongratulation in the a and goc
,r work of the college of agriculture
l. Las Cruces.
,e ~"Throughout the Rio Grande valle
N from Ell Paso to the Colorado line, r
ut suits appear to be uniformly satisfa'
at tory. In the central portion of the teri
Is tory, in the high valley region abo'
re Santa Fe, the conditions Of soil and cl
n mate appear to be specially suited
o. this crop. Here the uniform temper
US ture and almost perpetual sunshine du
to ing the growing season seem to develt
a larger percentage Of sugar IN the be
than in almost any other section OF t.
ne United States in which tests have be
n made. 1t appears from tests made
ct the experimental station last year tn
l. Santa Fe grown beets weighing over
ed pounds tested over II per cent sug
ed content, and smaller beets OF less thu
he 20 ounces contained more than 20 p
to cent Of sugar.
r. "The mineral wealth Of the terrific
p and the surrounding states puts q hig
err premium on agriculture in New Me