Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-13

CuI :. MhilC tht SOuNAtIh ldllluut
is a safeguard against the cold blasts
of winter.
There are 5000, 900 sheep in New
Mexico, including lambs. FULLY a tenth
of this number is shipped out of the
territory to eastern markets every
year. The annual wool clip aggregates
20, OOO, 900 pounds. The wool is of
every grade from the finest to the
coarsest. 1t is nearly all secured in
the territory, which process reduces
the weight about 60 per cent, and in
the near future there will be wooden
mills that will consume a large part
of the product locally. Already there
Is a number of %tanneries and wool
pulling concerns in the territory, hand
ling hides and pelts, from which cloth
ing is manufactured.
No business offers greater induce
ments for investment at the present
time than sheep-raising and the allied
industries. The annual cost Of main-
tanning sheep is about 80 cents per
head. Shearing costs from az to 4
CIt u uCdu, Out thio lltlu, as VIGIL 40
herding, lambing, dipping and taxes, is
included in the above estimate. In
crease of herds Is rapid, and lambs net
the grower an average of 81 a head. A
home market completes the advant-
ages.
OF recent years the Angora goat in
dustry has grown to great prominence
in New Mexico. This hardy little ami
NAL, Indigenous to the Pyranees, pros
psrs better in New Mexico than on his
native range. There are probably 1885,
900 head of Angoras in the territory
now, and the herds are increasing with
great rapidity. They require but little
attention, foraging for themselves and
overrunning the foothills with the nim-
bleness of the wild goat. Their fleece
is very fine and finds a ready sale.
Cattle and horses.
The cattle industry is hardly second
in Importance to sheep and wool grow
ing. There are nearly a million head,
including calves, within the borders OF
the territory. Grant and Lincoln coun-
ties are the leaders in this industry,
but stock thrives in all Of the counties.
There are many herds Of thorough
breds, but the best stock for CONNER
cial purposes is graded or interbred,
so as to gain weight and at the same
time preserve the self-supporting in
stincts of the native prairie stock. The
ranges are covered with luxuriant
grasses that cure on the root, and no
other provender than nature provides
is required summer or winter.
There are not less than 100, 900
horses in New Mexico. Some Of these
are fine registered animals with track
records, but 1t is not of the bloodsd
stock that New Mexico derives
nue.. The range bred horse, known as
the mustang" wiry and tireless under
the saddle and in harness. is the ami
NAL that is in demand today. The gov
eminent wants cavalry horses that
have endurance, and buys in New Mex
leo, where horses are bred to endure,
horses that can carry a rider a hun
dred miles a day and feed On the
prairie at the end of the journey. This,
the hardest horse1esh in America, is
bred without cost and sold for the
price of a blanket. And for intelli-
gence they ask no odds OF the thor
o~ughbred. The best polo horses in
America are trained mustangs"
Agriculture.
All products of the soil grown in the
north temperate zone flourish in New
Mexico. The orchard and vineyard
products of San Juan and Otero coun-
ties surpass in form and flavor the
famed fruits of California; and New
Mexico wheat took the first premium
at the worlds fair, 1t has been said
by way of criticism that irrigation is
necessary in New Mexico. A sufficient
answer is a reference to the excellence
of the product and the fact that the
agriculturist is not dependent on the
rains of the season, which may be
timely or otherwise, and is not subject
to ruin by the dread droughts of other
actions. It is true there are millions
of acres that can never be brought
lbt llliBdllOnt NHNt 1871 W. NoA
Germ those who come while there are
yet millions of acres hat can be irri-
~gated-except that it should bring
them in time to secure the more de-
sirable locations.
Irrigation has passed the expert
mental stage, and yet it is new enough
30 that comparatively little Of the irri-
gable area in the so-called arid"
regions has been improved. There are
a number of fine streams in New Mex
leo and innumerable creeks and trib-
utaries. Along these there is a natural
sub-irrigation and bitches are not al
ways required, but the general slope
Of the ground is such that canals may
be constructed TO water vast tracts
with comparatively little outlay of
capital.
There is on exhibit at the territorial
fair. his wear. one Of the finest collec-