Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-01-13
IN SMALLER
TRACTS
Land Around Roswell and
in the Pecos Valley Will
be Cultivated.
A BLOOMING GARDEN SPOT
There is Apparently no Limit to
the the Fine Quality Of
Water to be
Founu.

James f. Hinkle, we'll and favorably
known in Santa Fe, and now general
manager of the South Springs Cattle
Company, of which J. J. Hagerman and
Sons are stockholders, while here at
| tending the meetings of the territorial
| board of equalization of which he is
| member, said to a New Mexican repor-
| ter:
| prospecting as never before. The great
Hagerman ranches consist of 100000
acres of grazing land, and 1000 acres
of land in alfalfa. The management is
stocking the land with high grade cat
| tie and nothing but the best will be
! raised. The possibility of the country
| seems to be unlimited. 1t was but
short time ago that the artesian water
| belt was thought to be about 8 miles
wide, but now fine water has been
struck in abundant quantities so as to
make belt miles wide. There is as
yet no signs of the quality of the water
deterioriating and the quantity remains
as great as ever. The average price of
alfalfa land in the valley is about SIS
per acre, and it has sold from $50 an
acre to $125. The town of Roswell has
felt the improvement and prosperity of
the section and it has about doubled it's
population during the last two years.
Six substantial business houses are now
under course of construction of which
five are brick and one is of stone. There
is steady influx of people into the val
solid class. Every train bears new set
tiers and the majority of them are men
who have left good farms in tho Mis-
souri, river valley to better their condi-
ton. They have money to invest and
are a most desirable acquisition to the
territory. During the last so days land
values have doubled. But the prosperity
is not confined 10 Roswell alone. but
other towns in that section are show
mig the benefit Of the development Of
the valley.
"The great desire of Roswell now IS
that the Santa Fe Central road may be
extended to the town in order that
cheap fuel may be secured. 1t is now
necessary to haul wood for 90 miles and
coal is expensive. Should the Santa Fe
Central be extended to Roswell 1t will
give direct connection with coal fields
and would result in great benefit to the
10 A Of
tions will be started at once If suitable
arrangement is made for fuel.
"There has recently been inaugurated
a policy that will be of great benefit to
the country in that the large tracts Of
land are being cut up into 40 acre tracts
of land. A tract of 5000 acres of the
Hagerman ranch has been so divided
and placed on the market. 1t has been
found that the greatest success attends
the cultivation of the smaller tracts and
they are made more productive. Many
new orchards are being put in and
three different people this year have
put in 100 acres of land each. The or
chards are found profitable with less
irrigation than alfalfa and garden pro-
ducts as one we'll in the Pecos valley
will irrigate from so to 100 acres Of or
chard and only about 20 acres of alfalfa
or garden product. The Pecos valley is
rapidly acquiring a reputation for cam
taloupes that bids fair to rival Rocky
Ford while the celery that is raised is
of the highest grade. With it's DIVERSE
fed products, all of high quality, and
the stocking of land with a high grade
of cattle, Roswell can truly be called
the garden spot of New Mexico"