The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-07

Of Chaves and Eddy counties.
The second class embraces north.
western Union county, the greater
part Of Colfax county, eastern Taos
county, much Of Rio Arriba county,
northeastern San Juan county, much OF
Mora county, about the north half Of
San Miguel county, the northeastern
and south central parts OF Santa Fe
county, central and western Torrance
county, with the bordering portions
" BernsliIl0, Santa Fe and Valencia
counties which 40 to make up the
Estancia valley district, the Zuni
Mountain district in Mckinley aud
Valencia counties, the Datil, Mogollon
aud the Black Range districts In
Socorro, Grant, and Sierra counties,
and the Captain, White aud sacrsmen
to Mountain district in Lincoln and
Otero counties.
The dry farming localities Of Union,
county are reached from the fort
Worth aud Denver railroad, which
crosses the county north OF the center,
from the Rock Island railroad In Quay
county, and from the Dawson railroad
in San Miguel and Mora counties.
Southwestern San Miguel county
can be reached from both the Dawson
and Rock Island railroads. South cen.
trail San Miguel and northern Quad
alupe counties are reached from the
~ Pa.o and Southwestern railroad
which Joins the Rock Island road at
Tucumcari. Quay county il trhversed
through its northern portion by the
/ Rock Island. while the southern por.
Of the Santa Pc system.
Roosevelt county II traversed by
both the Pecos Valley railroad aud
fthe Belen cut On. Portale- an the
Pecos Valley railroad was the FIRST
dry farming district settled in New
Mexico. and Elida, twenty-five miles
south, was settled soon afterwards.
Dry farming was begun near Texico
about the same time and from these
places ~ centers the settlers have
spread out until there IL very little
government land left within twenty.
Ave miles Of the railroad.
Southern Guadalupe county and
central Torrance county have also
been opened M by the Belen cut of.
A erea, many people arc settling in
some Of the localities which are class.
ed NJ less favorable, hut these districts
have not been under cultivation long
enough to completely demonstrate
what they will do.
Northwestern Union county il trsv.
ersed nv the Fort Worth and Denver
railroad, and the ~. Louis, Rocky
Mountain and Pacific railroad at the
present time afford an outlet to Ration
and its adiacent conl camps. The
country IL rolling, with hills, valleys
and high mesns.
Colfax county il we'll supplied with
railroads. II contains the main lin,
Of the Santa Fe with numerous bran
ches, the Dawson branch Of the r.
Paso 4 Southwestern railroad, snd
the 81 Louis, Rocky Mountain a
Pacific. The eastern portion In high
mesa and the northern and western
sides are high mountains and yer,
high mesas, johnson = mesa, abou,
90 miles east Of Ration, affords 4,
hne illustration Of what ran he &c
complished at very high attitudes b,
dry farming. This IL n very broa,
mesa with an elevation Of 5000 fee
above sea level. There in a popula
ton Of 1000 and about 10000 acre
Of land under cultivation. The sea
sons are short, hut oats, wheat, rye
barley and potatoes are grown. Ian,
planted fourteen years SUCCESSFULLY II
oats now yields 40 bushels per acre
There il other dry farming land a
an elevation Of 5000 feet IA Oh,
we,sern part Of the county where tn
conditions are very similar and Oh,
prospects just as good The create
part Of this county is covered b,
grants so that 1t has a comparativel,
small amount Of land open to home
steaders, hut large areas have bee
put ON the market at fair prices durinI
the past wear.
The best dry farming land in Tao