Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-07-01
DNDALE COUNTRY
IS BOOMING
ne Pumping Plants Going
Installed at a Rapid
Il Rate
ECETABLEs, FRUIT $
Iylor Well one Of the Finest
in the Whole Mimbres
Valley.

Mn. EDITOR: As have been es-
peeially requested to write some OF
improvements that are going on in
il This part Of the valley, ] will pro- |
cred with the same. 1t Is SO hard
for n man who sees 50 much that is
4ood in this, that | am almost
afraid | shall magnify the work done
here, but | believe this would be
The better way. than denouncing
everything and belittling 1t. |
win say that have been intimately
connected with Hondale and vicinity
for about four years. and ! am
more than gratifed at the way this
part of the country has pushed for
Ward. have spoken before OF Mr..
Colt's nice farm, but | want to say
have never given his crops the
close attention that i found they
deserved. lie has the finest pota-
toes have seen anywhere this year.
and he also has the incest new al
{alfa that | have seen. He is also
unntiug nice fruit orchard that
viii make him positively independent
Of any other means of support in a
very few years. Mr.. Colt is a
practical farmer and knows exactly
how to irrigate on the system that
conserves all the moisture. Mr..
M. Shinn is also another OF our
farmers who is doing things, he has
nice pumping plant installed and
II now planting his crops. Mr..
Phillips who lives near here has al
ready three acres of onions planted
and has very fine orchard that is
growing very nicely. These good
people are also planting quite a lot
of feed stuff and are preparing for
The future. Mr.. Perscher has a
iine crop of patoes and is now eat
Ing the same, his crops are very fine
and consist of all kinds of garden
truck besides feed, such as corn
milo maize and Katfir corn.
Mr.. Gus Harrison has n smal
pumping plant but is conserving al
the moisture he can get and thu
way his crops look shows that h
knows how to farm. 1t will pa,
any one who has the time to visi
Frank Cox, and see how man doe
things who knows exactly how. Mr.
Cox, has barley, oats, corn, potatoe
and alfalfa for his crops. He ha
about twenty acres of as fine alfalf
as any one would wish to see, he
cutting some of 1t the first tims
and says he thinks he will get tw
or three cuttings this year. He hs
a nice Lane 4 Bowler pump and
fine ooh p Alamo engine and tn
combination hitched will make
success anywhere.
All the people are invited out
inspect Mr.. A. l.. Taylor's pumpir
plant. feel sure he has the mo
expensive plant in the valley, b'
the cheapest to operate. This 5O-h
engine is of the crude oil kind, b
it is so constructed that he us
steam and by this plan he is able
develop at least one-third mo
power than any other engine that
not constructed on the same pla
II was real pleasure tc see Il
big machine work. The escape
exactly like q steam engine and
fact il is a combination, and this
where it gets so much power. n
Taylor is planting about thi'
acres of Irish potatoes and he al
to plant so acres of beans, and
sure his aim will come true. J
7. expects to plant all this land
orchard,
Our land Is for the most par'
dark chocolate and ! believe tn
Ii no richer silt land in the vail
Our town IL the pride Of all
people. We have good store
lumber yard, and above all q g
school. We, rs a people,
abreast Of the times, and It
been the general comment OF
preachers and other public speal
that no more intelligent class Of