Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-09-30
The D0CKWEILER RANCH.
An Example of What Can Be Done by In
dustry and Perseverance, in New
Mexico,

A drive to the "esuoua valley at this
time of the year is very pleasant. The
green orchards, the prosperous and tidy
homes, the beautiful and magnificent
surroundings which nature constructed
long before the first settlers came, all
unite to make trip to the prosperous
settlement of Rio Tesuque delightful.
Among the orchards and ranches in the
valley that of A. Dockweiler especially
is an example of what industry can ac-
complsh in New Mexico. Eight years
ago the ranch was neglected piece of
property, without trees, without fence
and no better than the thousands of
acres of uncnltivated land which still
stretch from the Tesuque valley over to
the Rio Grande. Mr.. Dockweiler went
into debt $500 to acquire this unpromis-
ing piece of land for home. Today
the ranch is worth $4,000 and is beauty
spot indeed. The substantial farm
house is as cosy as one could wish; the
clubhouse and stables are substantial and
ample for the purpose of conducting a
large farm; in one orchard are 1000
bearing trees, mostly apple, which look
clean and vigorous. In another orchard
several hundred young trees of all yari-
eties have been set out; several hundred
grape vines have been planted and the
vegetable garden and the small fruits
have proved to be mint. Some very
fertile meadow land overgrown with
willow and other brush has been partly
cleared. Cows, pigs, chickens, rabbits,
etc., prove good source of income. In
fact, everything needed for the table is
raised on the Dockweiler farm and fire.
quent trips are made to Santa Fe to
take to market the surplus products ard
turn them into money.
Mr.. Dockweiler, with Postmaster
Simon Nussbaum, has lately completed
a reservoir on the hillside south of the
ranch thatis the largest private reser-
voir in this part of the country. 1t is
forty feet above the Tesugue river at
that point. On three sides are the
mountains while the fourth bank slop-
ing down to the river is partly artificial
and partly natural. The intake is about
two miles east of the reservoir. The
ditch is piece of skillful engineering
work, being in part fume forty or
more feet above wide arroyo. The
lion gallons of water and in seasons of
drouth will be worth large sum to the
Dockweiler and the Nussbaum ranches.
There is an air of success and prosperity
about tho Dockweiler ranch that de-
notes intelligent industry that is always
certain to pay better in New Mexico
than anywhere else and that will give
any man q competency, If not wealth in
a decade or less. What Mr.. DOckweiler
has done any other man can do. There
is no secret about it. The recipe Is New
Mexico soil, New Mexico sunshine, New
Mexico climate, a good water supply
created artificially or natural and intel
igent industry.
The water supply of the Tesque is
not exhausted as yet by any means.
Millions of gallons of water flowed to
waste this year. BY digging several
inches into the wide river bed an abund-
ant supply can be secured in the dryest
season. All that is needed to reclaim |
several thousand more acres in the val !
ley is the construction of irrigation |
works such as Messrs. Dockweiler and |
Nussbaum have constructed for them
selves.