Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06
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Mr., PARKER EARLE OF
ROSWELL HAS DREAMS
Positive That There Is AS Much
Potential Money in the Gil
mate and Sol! Of Territory as
in Northwest,

has potential which arr
equal to those of the great northwest
ern states. MI. Earle in a letter to
the Roswell Record says:
IN my recent reading of hat very
able and tasteful magazine-"Better
Fruit" published at Hood River, Ore,
have been very much impressed, not
only by the great crops of apples they
grow in the Columbia river valley and
the large profits their orchards yield
hut by the appreciation these people
have OF their w country, and by the
courage and persistency with which
they talk about il and advertise 1t to
the world. | think we might take les
sons from them in several ways.
They have a grand apple country in
eastern Oregon and Washington. They
have sold their apples in New York,
Boston and London for higher prices
than similar quantities of apples have
ever sold for. Buyers go there and
nav from one dollar up to two and a
half dollars per bushel box; and In
carloads. These apples sell for two
dollars and up TO four dollars a box
in the great markets. This is partly
because of variety. They grow many
S~pitzenburgs and Newtown Pippins.
Their climate seems to suit these old
f|avorite kinds. We do not plant them
here because they are slow to bear.
and generally fail to do well. But. we
grow JOnathans and Arkansas Blacks.
which are handsomer than either of
the others. ard as good to eat. Or If
the Arkansas falls a little below in
quality, It makes up for il by super
iority and unequalled beauty and DUR
ability.
But the leading reason for the great
prices those apples bring is the far
better methods of packing which those
neonle follow. Nothing but perfect
fruits are packed i'm number one boxes.
They are graded to size and are
packed in wen rows in paper lined
boxes II not wrapped-all very full
and solid, and each box opens up
handsomer than pictures. When we
grow our apples as well as they do,
and pack them as well, we shall get as
good prices I'm the same markets for
our best kinds. Perhaps this Is worth
trying for.
Let me quote from Better Fruit"
"Thc red winter apple. such as is
grown by irrigation. Is a wonder fruit.
II is already responsible for net profits
as high as $1,000 an acre. And m or
dlnarily good orchard of winter apples
can be reliably expected to turn off
an annual profit year by year. OF
$500 to 5000 and up to 500 an acre.
vi iNHlNf lItlt dlt iAittiN VlNAiAA W. VI
poor varieties. neglected and not
properly handled, where the profit IS
very ordinary" Again: I'm n irri-
gated district on the Columbia river,
the fruit farmers shipped one thousand
carloads of fruit TO market in 1906,
This fruit was taken from about 1000
acres Of orchard with the cost of box
ing and hauling TO shipping points
taken out. These orchardistS had a
balance of more han S5OO,0 600 from
only 1000 acres OF land"
Is there any reason why 1000 acres
of Pecos valley orchards. If equally
well handled. should not bring as
much proht2 | think not, But must
we bring the orchard men of Oregon
here TO do our spraying and our hand
ling of the crops? Let US hope this
will not be necessary.
But listen to Better Fruit a little
"Mr. Il. L.. Stewart, a fruit
grower in the Wenatchie valley, was
a Northern Pacific freight agent. He
his salary in building up a
.wenty-one acre ranch. of which six
acres were planted In apples. From
his s~ix-acre orchard Mr.. Stewart sold
N 1906. 1881 bushels of apples for
&c. 22S.9O. Hs total expenses were
4, 931.15. His net profit was S4,3l3.-
Is"
This is a pretty good net return on
and. II is over 500 an acre for the
crop. But Mr.. Stewards eN-
lenscs-cultivation. spraying. thin
ling. boxing. packing. etc, were over
an acre. When we spend that
nuch-or all that Is needed-on our
'rop growing and handling shall We
rot come nearer realizing these wealth
r%eturnsP believe that one or
.wo parties in this valley have already
about this profit.
But again Better Fruit" appeals TO
he Pecos Valley orchard grower:
One Of the greatest advantages OF an
irrigated country arise from the fact
hat the profits are so very large per
aero that large farms are not required.
A h%ve-acre fruit ranch In any of these
typical Columbia river valleys. set 10
right kind OF commercial fruits.
bring profits every g ranging
from $4,000 to $500 and sometimes
, great deal more. Therefore an irri-
yated country settles up like a village.
u rs to an intents and purposes a city
with its close neighbors. numerous
and schools. fine roads. ana
dozens OF automobiles owned by those
fortunate fruit raisers. Under proper
management a Eve or ten-acrc trut
orchard will make as much
'rofi as a whole $40 acres VIII bring
% Minnesota. Dakota. or other eastern
taies. The result Of this dense settle
Of irrigated lands Is that a cul-
waited society is built up, and II en-
.oys an the benefits Of city life.
Once more Better Fruit says:
Tn another colossal tract of $4,000
Icres which Is just now being brought
inder Irrigation a whole system ~
lectric freight and passenger rail-
f'Ys - being organized TO reach from
o. central town on the Columbia river
Cog thirty or forty miles through what
iml quickly become a town Of irrigated
richards. which. % is estimated, VIII
lfing over eight million dollars a year.
when in bearing. 70 the orchard owns
IN feet. electric railways ana
team roads. are all eager TO reach
hese ~yerdant. enormously profitable
Do ratrd valleys"
My Dear Editor. there is as much
'oiential money in New Mexico cti-
nate and soil a. there Is iu oregon
p Washington. But ID takes the men
energy and q high standard ui
low To DO THINGS to get 90 nu-
believe there are quite as good thlngs
p 7sihle % Us. as 90 the men on the
scihc slope. Am I merely q dreamer
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