The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-02-28

I1On from the east, seeking mV0St
ment for their capital. Inasmuch a.
the government will allow no indivi
dual to retain control of more than {
quarter section under the new irri
cation system, much of the irrigab1e
land in the Mesilla valley and vicin
ity must change hands before long
The phenomenal success of Oscar C
Snow, the alfalfa king, and others
ed a great deal of attention to this
part of New Mexico, and nothing can
possibly interfere with the rapid de
.velopment of the agricultural resour
,ces of a strip of land about 100 miles
in length down there. Mr.. Snow has
recently made some experiments in
the culture of macaroni wheat for the
department of agriculture, and though
the results of his experiments have
not yet been made public by the de-
partment, he expresses the belief that
the product will ultimately become
the basis for an exceedingly profit
able industry in the Mesilla valley.
Dwarf milo maize-commonly known
as Kaffir corn, is also proving a most
profitable crop.
81 was tremendously surprised at
the great variety of fruit proftably
in the canyon through which
the railroad from Alamogordo to
Cloudcroft rum Not only do many
varieties of apples attain almost the
limit of perfection in that picturesque
and exceedingly fertile valley, but
pears, p1ums, cherries, grapes and ev-
figs and almonds are grown there
most successfully.
I'm the vicinity of Deming the de-
of the underground river
irrigation purposes is being push
ed rapidly. The supply is practically
limitless. Land that is now desert
will bloom like a rose within two or
three years.
Agriculture, 1 firmly believe. will
prove the basis for the greater part
Of our wealth in the future. The pos
in this direction in New Mex |
leo are just beginning to be known
and appreciated. When a man a
pay $25 or $50 an acre for and, have
he money returned to him as the re-
of two years operation of his
farm, and give it a market value of
'romfour to five times that sum with
n three or four years, after turning
soil for the first time, an easy ex-
1lanation of the rapidly increasing de
nand for land and the consequent
doubling and TRIPPING of its market
price is found.
"By the way, the ne wtown of Orc
1rande, just off the Ell Paso South
western railroad in Otero county, is
like a mushroom. 1t now
a little less than 1000 inhab- |
tants, and at a little distance looks
Llmost as much like a lumber yard as
thriving town. The houses are all
lew, of course, and generally unpaint
d. But they are substantially built
nd the paint will come soon. Think
# bringing water in iron pipes from
Sacramento mountains, between
wenty and twenty-five miles distant,
or placer mining. That is what the
mining company down there
S doing now. The placer field is big
to make that town a good
BUSINESS center for generations to
ONE.
thousands of dollars are also be-
ng invested in development work in
ne mining districts of the Organ
A number of mining men
nth whom have talked prophesy a
future for that district. Sill
City and its surrounding mining
lelds are also regainig their old time
restige. The copper mines in the
mountains will ultimately be-
ONE gold mines, in the opinion of
many experts. The ores taken from
he Santa Ritas are becoming richer
richer, and just across the river
a the Mimbres valley, a great garden