Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-10-07
ideal as the Maker could devise.

The underhow of this pure water
is a gold mine of such fabulous rich.
ness, as fairly passes ones imagina.
ton. The lands are fertile. natur.
ally, but land without rain, without
moisture, can not produce. BY
putting water upon these soils, they
produce anything that can be raised
In the temperate zone, in most as
tonishing abundance, and so the
real source of our wealth is in our
water. Throughout the arid dis
tricts. land can be redeemed by ir-
rigation, and the marvel wrought
by scientific farming and by fruit
growing on these lands, the result
of irrigation. have been talked of
until the people of the East, and of
the North, and of the South, have
passed from astonishment to con-
viction, regarding profits derived.
Imagine, If you can, a farm or an
orchard. with an limited rainfall
with no problems of drainage. with
no alkali soil, with nothing between
the the thirsty crops and a good
harvest, except a few hours of
pumping. Imagine this condition,
then endeavor TO realize how re-
sponsive crops are to the applica-
tion Of water just when the water is
most needed. you can conceive of
what fertile lands, constant sun
shine, and an abundant and never
failing supply of water will do.
For example, n man is raising alfal-
ia. He is on a ditch that is owned in
common by himself and many 9TH
ers. and the ditch goes dry, or the
demands of his neighbors are prior
To his own for some reason. His
alfalfa suffers. Another man in the
vicinity of Deming is raising alfal-
ia. His crops require water and he
starts his great pump and pours
1900 gallons of water minute
100000 gallons an hour) into a
ditch. He covers an acre Of land
nearly four inches deep every hour
with this life-giying fluid, with the
result that he never has thirsty
crops, and he increases the yield of
his soil by at least one cutting n
year. Our farms are producing
from six to seven and one-half tons
per acre. They are selling il at
from $l2 to SIG per ton at harvest
ing and they pump their water at
not to exceed 81 per acre-foot, and
are using about two acre feet in the
course of season. With these
facts simply before you, compare
the hay crops of Deming with those
of your home community, and see
If we do not offer to you the second
condition which the homeseeker de-
mands, namely, a community in
which you can engage in profita-
bic calling right from the start.
What is true of alfalfa is equally
true of beans and other general
farm crops, and is especially true of
potatoes and onions. asparagus and
celery, apples and pears, peaches
and grapes. The more valuable the
crops and the larger the per cent of
the labor cost, the truer il is that
the timeliness of water during the
period Of its growth is invaluable.
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
We have seen that Deming af-
fords an opportunity for delightful
and comfortable existence: that il
affords a field for profitable invest
ment and remunerative employment
today. Now what of the future?
The development of the Southwest;
its mines, manufactures, and other
industries, is more rapid than in
agricultural growth, and this always
will be true. For we must depend
upon irrigation for agriculture, and
the water available is to be found
only in narrow limits, comparative.
ly. AS the population increases in