Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-08-09
FINE CATTLE ARE
SHIPPED FROM
CARLSBAD
Condition. of $500 Steers
Demonstrates New Mexico
Grama Grass Is Best in the
World.

( A. M. Hove. of Carlsbad. writing to
the Chicago Farmers and Drovers'
Journal has the following to say about
Carlsbad as cattle shipping point:
The shipment of cattle for this sea-
son is over: $500 steers, largely ones
and twos, were loaded from the Carls-
bad pens last week. They came from
the east of the river and were dipped
before loading This was the finest
bunch of stuff that the writer has ever
had the pleasure of seeing, with the
exception of a thousand ones loaded
out about six weeks earlier The steers
we're very uniform in size and color
and showed little or no trace of the
old long horn Spanish stock. This
bunch goes north to pasturage and
will find their way into the feed lots
before fall.
Conditions Are Good.
The range conditions are most ex-
cellent. The spring was dry and un-
usually windy. and grass became
short by June | and conditions were
becoming serious when the first
shower of any consequence came June
"a. During July the rains have been
general and enough moisture has fall
en- to insure the finest fall and win
ter pasturage that the Pecos slope has
ever had. The grama grass. the most
nutritious grass in the world. does not
really take a start until in August,
when IL 1t has the proper amount of
moisture it grows very rapidly and
cures into the finest pasture that the
stock grower can ever desire.
Land Being Improved.
The agricultural development of the
Pecos slope is going forward very rap
irly in spite of the hard times. The
streams of immigration of actual set
tiers has kept heavy even during the
dull months of June and July. I'm
provement Is the order of the day.
New land is being cleared, new homes
are being built and old farms are be-
| ing placed in better condition. The
day of the large farm is past. The
new settlers seem 70 realize that the
small irrigated farm home is the most
desirable of all In a climate like the
Pecos slope can offer. The planting
OF alfalfa Is already under way and
many thousands of acres will be plant
ed throughout the valley In the next
three months. Winter oats have prov.
en- to be a very profitable crop. and
| the acreage that will be planted this
year will be many thousand acres
more than has ever been planted II
this valley heretofore,
The yield will average from .45 t.
! so bushels to the acre Some fieldi
this spring yielded as high as seventy
| FIVE bushels. The lowest price was
at the time OF threshIng. when oat,
brought $155 per / pounds. Now
oats are worth $1.s5 per 100 pounds.
Peach Crop Excellent.
The peaehe crop in the valley is goot
and peaches find ready sale at price:
that net the producer 6 to 6 cents 6
pound. The European grape that ha'
but lately been introduced is also pro.
duclng exceeding well. The quality IS
high and the prices received very
profitable. The new settlers in the
past three or four years have ma
terially changed the style of farming
heretofore in vogue and are making
much better returns from the land.
on the whole this has been very
! satisfactory season so far for the peo
pie on the Pecos slope. The cattle
men, the fiockmaster, the horsemar
have all Jared wen. The farmer, th'
fruit grower and the feeder have rear
son to be satisfied with the results sc
far. The valley is entering on new
era of prosperity.