The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-10-11
The Pecos Valley of New Mexico.

ne FCCOS valley OF NEW MCNICOs
Editor of the Earth:
Complying with our request that
I should write you my views of the
Pecos Valley in its adaptability to
the needs of an infiowing population,
the following statement of facts for
the careful consideration of obser-
| want emigrants:
First of all the climate is remark
able in it's mildness and its absolute
purity.
The winters are tempered by the
favorable southern latitude and are
| without extreme cold or billiards..
The summers are tempered by the
altitude and are without extreme
heat. Some rather warm days will be
had in June and July, but they will
dency to prostration from heat. The
dry air is always invigorating and
| men work in the sunshine the hottest
weather without discomfort. The
nights are always zoe and refresh
ing, and some covering is always es-
sential to comfort.
Malaria is Eve found in the air
| with its deliberating and pernicious
influence. But, in its stead, ozone
abounds and health and vigor pre-
vail.
In short, the climate is as nearly
| norfaot n G tho in, oi N nation oan aop
| ceive, and is a source of constant com
fort and pleasure to the inhabitants
Thus the first and most important con
sideration to the homeseeker is pro
vided more perfectly than can be
found elsewhere.
Should the emigrant seek a loca-
ton suitable for the raising of live
stock, he can not find one more de-
sirable than in New Mexico.
Good native grass grows in abun-
distributed.
The pasture lands are neld in com
mon and anyone may free-graze his
herds and focks al libitum.
Should he wish to breed and grow
live stock of superior quality the con-
ditions are peculiarly favorable. The
| irrigated farms, with their forage pro
| ducts and perpetual paturage, con-
duce to the cheapest and best posi-
BILE development. Nowhere does live
stock thrive or develop better than
in the Pecos Valley of New Mexico.
Should the emigrant seek a location
| for the conduct of a general farming
| business, with good markets for all
| his products, he would never find a
| better place than from Roswell or
| Carlsbad.
With an irrigated farm his pro-
ducts would be varied and the yield
per acre large, whilst a market close
at hand would consume all he could
produce at remunerative prices
For illustration: He can produce
three TO five tons of alfalfa hay per
acre, worth So to $12 per ton in his
home market; fifty bushels of corn
worth always so to so cents per bush
| ell; immense crops of potatoes worth
1k to 2 cents per pound; 500 to 1900
pounds of beans per acre worth 4 TO
6 cents per pound; eighteen to thirty
bushels of wheat at 81 per bushel.
Many other farm products are
grown successfully. In his garden
he can grow in perfection all varie-
ties of vegetables. Cabbage, onions.
ana beets grow superbly; as also do
c~aulifiowers, cantaloupes. watermel-
ons and omatoes
In mis- orchard he a grow in per
lection all varieties of fruits and Der
ries adapted 10 a temperate climate;
and it is surprising how finely they
develop and with what n flavor.
His poultry and dairy products
would be a valuable source of income
at profitable prices. Spring Chickens
command 80 and 35 cents each; eggs
20 to 80 cents per dozen. and butter