Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-01-24
300,( zoo Acres Finest Graz
ing and 1000 Acres Mag
nifcent Farm Lands the
Company's Property.
], J, HAGERMAN AND
SONS THE OWNERS
J. F. Hinkle is General Manager
Ten Thousand Head Of High
Grade Cattle Purchased for
Ranch Which is Located Near
the Town of Roswell.

One of the finest estates In the ter
ritory is the property of the South
Springs Cattle Company in Chaves
county. The stockholders of this as
sociation consist of j. J. Hagerman,
one of the best known and most sue
cessful business men and captains or
finance of the great southwest, and of
his sons Percy Hagerman of Colorado
Springs and Herbert Hagerman OF
Roswell. The great land holdings OF
| this company consist of 10000 acres OF
the finest of farm lands at Roswell
and of three hundred thousand acres
of as magnificent body of grazing
land as can be found anywhere in I'm
Gle Sans domain, and for that matter,
anywhere upon this planet. Sometime
ago, the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
located about 100000 acres Of superior
grazing land some twenty or thirty
miles east of Roswell, the county seat
of Chaves county, under what is known
as Forest Reservation Script" Thus
securing the absolute control and title
| of this vast area direct from the gov
ernment of the United States.
During the past thirteen years, Mr..
Hagerman has, from time to time. ac-
auired valuable farm land holdings
near Roswell; these now amounting to
about 1000 acres, pat in apples and
other orchards, but major portion
| in alfalfa. Upon ate is situ-
ated Mr. Hager elegant
and commodi esidence.
costing $4,000 spends a
greater por e. the saiu~
brious an climate OF
I! Roswell n greatly. Mr..
Hager .cquired by pur-
chase FRI, a Fe Pacific Rail-
road the 300, .es of land described
for the South 81 .ings Cattle Company.
Portion of this domain Is already en-
closed with first-class wire fences; tine
enclosure of the remainder is getting
on rapidly and will be finished some-
time this spring. Within the enclosure
will be placed about ten thousand
head of high grade cattle, OF Whlch
about 5000 have already been pur-
chased, being a part of the well known
l.. e. herd of the Texas Panhandle and
consisting of the top of the herd bear
| ing that brand; a portion of these Is
falready on the pasture of the COM
pany.
| Water in abundance has been found
Iupon the land and can be had by
the drilling of wells at a depth of from
fifty to two hundred feet. In one well
| Just completed, at what is known as
the L. e. Ranch, twenty-five miles
east of Roswell, are one hundred feet
of water in hole one hundred and
NINETY feet deep. Windmills are used
to raise the water, and as this is very
cheap power a supply of water for
stock purposes is practically mex
haustible. The thoroughbred cattle
will be kept on the alfalfa farms near
Roswell, and the beeves will be also
Ifattened there. The irrigation system
of these farms is the very best and In
accordance with the principles of mod
ern irrigation engineering.
The water supply is also of the most
Iample proportions. The fruit orchards
upon these tracts are a marvel, and
next season bearing apple trees on six
hundred and forty acres will produce
there as fine apples as are grown any
where on this green earth. In addition
there are several hundreds Of acres
planted with other varieties of fruit
trees, such as plums. pears, peaches,
letc., and also many acres of vegetables.
The celery and cantaloupes produced,
being of the most delicate flavor and
toothsomeness.
Hon. j. F. Hinkle, of Roswell, who
has been a resident of Chaves county
land southwestern New Mexico for over
Fifteen years, and who is known as one
of the most competent, efficient and
honest ranch and range managers In
the southwest, has been appointed by
Mr.. Hagerman general manager Of
the South Springs Cattle Company and
it's coordinate interests. A better Sc
lection could not have been made and
Mr.. Hagerman's judgment in this Sc
lection could not be improved upon.
GRAND CANYON OF ARIZONA.