The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

confluence with IL. Las Animas at
Pennington.
The Las Animas ',dds S55 cubic feet
per second at Farmi >,ton
PRODUCTS OF san JUAN COUNTY.
Alfalfa is u staple agricultural crop
of all irrigated sections of the West.
Alfalfa does well in almost every class
of soil if it has just caough water, but it
has been said by SoYc writer that al
falfa will not stant wet feet" which
means that it will not grow in water
logged soil The nc' profit in growing
alfalfa nnder irrigais,n is considerably
larger than the average net profits re-
allied on wheat anG corn in the older
agricultural sections. The demand for
alfalfa comes from 1e cities and towns
of the mountain districts and mining
and railroad camps md from the isolat
ed stock ranches whore none is raised,
vEoET ,RLEs.
Celery can be grow to perfection in
the soil of San Juan county, only re-
quiring, as this veg 5able always does,
brains mixed with W ter and soil.
The finest Rocky FORD" cantaloupes
are grown here, One man cleared above
all expenses over S5tO from one acre Of
cantaloupcs this seas,-n.
The tomato grows to perfection and is
destined to become an important re-
source of the valley in furnishing can
ming stock as well as ior shipping to the
contiguous mountain towns,
SUGAR BEETs.
New Mexic6 ranks very high among
the t6bntries best SUI ed to the growth
of high-grade sugar hcets.
HORTICULTURE PRoDUtTs.
Fruit growing is tic lcading industry
of San Juan tudhty. As transportation
facilities open tip new markets 1t is like
ly to supersede almt't every other in
terest in value.
The Animas valley district is essen
TALLY peach section and that fruit is
destined to lead all others in value us it
is quick producer y. brings good re-
Gums. OF III f,TA@....l, -4eellst..l
peach regions in the Mountain states
this is the most extensive and successful
and has an extensive market almost eX-
tclusively its own in the mining districts
,ef southwestern Colorado and with the
facilities Of rail- raosDortation-,,.,.ttii I'll il
last year unavailable acreage and
output Of peaches will rapidly inttesse
Under the disadvantages IF sixtyamilt
wagon haul $500 an acre has frequently
been realized from peach orchards.
Apple orchards vary from small fam
lily places to commercial orchards of 81
acres. The apple has been THE leading
fruit owing to the imperfect shipping
facilities for more perishdble fruits. Al
standard varieties of apples are grown
but cXperienCe Is demonstrating that fo
commercial purposes some half dozer
T varieties of winter apples yield the mts
satisfactory returnsj many orchaid
yielding from $500 to $500 per acre.
All small fruits and berries of all kind
grow to perfection and yield very larg
t crops.
? tLIMATEi
New Mexico Is essentially land o
4 sunshine and blue skys; and it is thes
= qualities of air and sky that hav
5 caused this favored region tt be know
4 over the civilized world as "1'he Ian,
a of Sunshine" The days of sunshine il
= every year average from 400 to 32C
= partly cloudy days from % to As an
= cloudy days from 20 to 80, there bein
: more cloudy days In simmer than i
= winter. During the six mbhths includ
5 ing the winter months eudlhg March
1904, the United States weather. btirea
o at Santa Fe did not fbcbrt u singl
S cloudy day
! SAN JUAN COUNTY LANDS;
y There afe now thOusandb bf atres
:. fine, rich, fertile lands, vacant govern
= ment government lands, thdt eiin an
|, will be reclaimed and Brought Under il
It rigatlon that are lying idle and unoccl
h pied In a few years from this thes
|, with the great developments which al
IS surely coming and the boundless pro.
perity that is in store for this favore
C section, the man who Is fUrtuna
,f enough to get possession of SOME Of tn
j. land will look out upon towns and Citi
8 and beautiful Orchards and gHfdehs an
be glad that he came before IL reduirC
a small fortune to become the possessC
l. Of even ten acre tract, as 1t does no
r in many sections of Colorado, where t.
n years ago the conditions were much {
a they are nov in San Juan county.
IS Potatoes and sugar beets have sprur
northern Colorado farming lahds fro
is $50 an acre few years ago, Up To S1i
IS to $500 an acre how. Shgsr beet
r water melons, cantalOupesI with son
e alfalfa. Have advanced Rocky Fol
: lands in Cbl5rldo from S25 an acre,
5. few years ago Dip 70 from 500 to sS(
C an Acfe now Ftuits and alfalfa alor
It have advanced Grdhd Junction an
}, Delta frtlt lands fr6lh low prices Up
t 5000 Is s4OO On dcfe IN y sBBft tim
0 Fruits, almost alonel have made lant
: srd,ird Canon CITY ~tlvsnch tb tha .,