The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-11-06
NEW MHx1co's STATE FLOWER.

adoption of the cosmos as the state
flower Of New Mexico, because, Hrst,
IL is sufficiently beautiful to deserve
such an honor; second, because IL IL
q native Of the territory, and third,
because IL Is the last lower Of the
year to bloom, and therefore peculiarly
6tted to represent the last bud to
blossom in Uncle Sam 5 grand boquei
Of states. Somebody, without any
sense Of the fitness Of things, has sug.
gcsted the cactus, but our people do
not want that; the cactus karks back
to the DESERT and the desert Is what
We are trying to get away from. Let
the state dower be the cosmos; ii is
beautiful, 1t Is appropriate, 1t Is in
iigenous, aud It t~estihcs to the for.
tility Of the soil"
Here Is where the News IL In agree.
ment with the Albuquerque journal,
and maybe it is as well that 1t should
begin with flowers as politics. We don I
want any cactus, no raj in the South.
west ever thinks Of cactus and keeps
In humor at the same time. There Is
nothing in the cactus to commend 1t to
any living creature and there 10 4
magnitude that eau be condemned.
The cosmos is a beautiful flower, its
foliage Is worth the cost Of its pro.
duction and when September arrives it
flowers in pink, white and red. Yes,
let 3 have the cosmos.-Tucumcati
News.
II is a little hard TO disagree with
such veterans a. Dean Burke and Sid
Wharton, but right here Is where
have to do IL. They are both reminded
that | settled the state flower business
several years ago, in an article, which,
II | mistake not, was published in the
Journal. In that article | named al.
! falfa as the state flower, and that Is
what 1t is. There Is some class to
alfalfa. For right down beauty Of
dover II has the cosmos skinned a milo,
and you can smell a field Of 1t two
miles when the wind u right, and it
will yield ten pounds Of honey, which
sells for zoe 4 pound, to the acre. As
it will do this honey stunt four to six
times 4 year, 1t is surely a sweet old
thing. Then again the color Of the
foliage is something right. The fellow
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and deserves to have his chewing to.
bacco taken away from him. 1t il
gleeorious all the Year round. II you
don't believe II, steal one Of your
wife's jardiniers, which is one of
those big flower pots which look like
a spittoon but ain Z, aud transplant
q bunch Of alfalfa after the first hard
freeze and set 1t in the sitting room
window. IL will bloom all winter,
delighting the eye with its living green
and its delicate perfume. VI course
it isn't necessary TO dwell on the
utilitarisn features Of alfalfa. II is
too well known in New Mexico. where
it produces from four to six crops g
year Of 4 ton to the acre or better,
many fields in the Pecos Valley aver
aging an annual ircome Of $50 pei
acre from the hay, with II good wide
margin for pasture and such like on
the side. Fed whole, alfalfa is the bes,
balanced straight feed in the world
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anything from 4 dominicker chicken
70 an old maid, and they say II IAN I
so worse for greens for humans. /,
has n lineage and a pedigree that make,
Hereford Chief 2463;s look glaring
y new. The more 1t is used, the NOR,
is use Is demonstrated IL seems &C
me that there is no room for debate Al
to the desirability Of alfalfa over cos
nos a. the state flower. Cosmos is {
kind Of overgrown asparagus, but tn,
likeness ends there, for nothing OF
earth will eat IL. The flower itseli
; doesn Z mount TO much, and IL IL il
said to be passable that is the end o.
" ~ W S'ibaAA aliolAh ~ tue pro
per flower for the state Of New Mex
) leo, Lincoln, Or whatever else It i
called. There is nothing else to 1t
Register. Tribune.
. Well then, IL IL In settled, alrigh,
: The News is thankful that you skippe,
the cactus in the settlement. Reckon
priority TO discovery should hold Il
this case as in most others, and wha
you say about the feed stuff is unique.
! tionable; II has the flower and III
. aurora borcalis, and the bees buzz an
, the humming birds hum in il, and tn
! hooking birds sing over IL and tn
beasts Of the field fStten of IL.
! puts dough in the pocket Of the fArme
and tallow on the sides of his animal,
. and turns a good deal Of wampum loOs
down the channels of trade in Ne,
, Mexicoj 20 the News will have TO sid,
J step, like Peary In his pole wrangl'
salute Alfalfa Bill, and acknowledR
= that in this state flower business h
. has us skun. Alfalfa has a whole pa,
. sic the best Of Il.
Mr.. Irwin w. Hennig fro St. Loui
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