Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-12-06
FREEDOM OF WEST
FAST VANISHING
H. w. Adams Says Days of
the Real Cowboy Are
Numbered
DRY FARMING IN HIGHLANDS
Manager of Bartlett Estate Tells
Where Alfalfa Seems
to Pay.

That the freedom OF the west and
southwest famed in story. drama and
song is fast disappearing, and the
vast tracts Of land over which the
cowboy formerly rode in reckless free
dom is being cut up into farms and
put under fence were declarations
made today by H. w. Adams, manager
of Bartlett estate Of 100000 acres in
Nermeio Park, Colfax county, and
who has had a score or more years
ranching and managing huge ranches
in New Mexico and Arizona.
Mr.. Adams was seen at the Palace
! hotel this morning and he said that
he had come here to testify in the
! Costilla land case which comes up be.
fore Judge McFie tomorrow. He is a
man Of middle age. with the clear eye
that could direct a bullet with unerr-
ing accuracy and the physique that
could keep him in the saddle for two
days and nights managing a great
/ herd of cattle
/ Asked about the ranch Of William
Fl. Bartlett the Chicago millionaire,
Mr.. Adams said that Mr. Bartlett has
205,000 acres Of his own and 10000
more acres under lease During the
past two years $50 men are employed
on this ranch over which roam thou.
sands of cattle.
! This ranch, however. is not the
largest ranch in the Territory for the
Bell ranch on the Fable Montoya
grant contains 100000 acres.
But the day" he said. 'is fast com.
ing when these immense ranches will
be a thing of the past We see that
in Texas Then, too, the fact that
even the big ranches are being put
under fence, will make the great rid.
ing feats of cowboys less needed. Ami.
mails too will become more tame and
/ there will be no more broncho busting
as it was in the old days"
Asked about farming prospects in
New Mexico Mr.. Adams said: "Of
course much depends Oh the nan IN.
also on getting water on the land.
Look at Roswell What was that sec.
/ ton IS years ago? And there are
many other such phenomenal develop.
ments in almost no time. because of
the supply of water STILL the dry
farmer has chance and in my opin-
ion he has the better chance in high
attitudes where IS inches of rainfall
must do as much good as "a inches
on the lower lands"
Discusses Alfalfa.
! Asked about alfalfa Mr.. Adams
said: ut is unquestionably a great
crop for the grower who has land that
will produce four and five crops in
i year. This can be done in the south.
ern part of New Mexico without a
doubt. In the northern part two or
/ three crops are obtained. | would not
ADVISE man to go into alfalfa ex.
tensively except where he can get
these four or five crops per year"
| Mr.. Adams is a native of Maine but
he spent dozen or more years in
Arizona and he spoke highly today Of
the winter climate of Phoenix though
he admitted that the summer climate
there is awful hot" He now is on
his way to Los Angeles where he will
take a vacation. He has been mana
ger for some years Of Mr.. Bartlett's
ranch or estate. Mr.. Bartlett has
erected one of the finest houses of
stone in the west and lives there with
mis- family. His son, Norman H. Bart
LETT was delegate to the constitu.
tional convention which adjourned
last month.