Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-26
COLFAX COUNTY IS
IDEAL STOCK
COUNTRY
Home Packing Industry viii
Win if Men Go at 1t Right
Says Ranchman in Letter to.
Newspaper.

That Colfax county offers not only
splendid fnrminE conditions, but ~ an
ideal place for the establishment OF
a great southwestern meat industry
Ia set forth IN the following letter from
a well known citizen, published IN the
current issue 81 The Piaiudealcr, Of
Estancla, n AZ
The French P~laindenlcr, French,
N. NJ.
Gentlemen: i was deeply Interested
in the article in your last issue in re-
lation to the packing house plant at
koehicr Junction, | did not know
that there WAS such a plant IN that
part Of Tie territory. | hope and be-
llcye that il wili be o good thing for
the northeastern portion Of the terri
tory. ! have an c%ighty-acrc tract In
the French project, and ! am deeply
Interested IN anything that VIII be for
the best interest Of that portion OF
New Mexico, II does seem 70 me That
the company back Of this project, and
the farmers, who are beginning 10
open up their farms ought 70 work
together 20 specialize their crops, and
the packing house Industry can be
made an important factor IN the pros
rerity Of the valley. II was demon
htruted years ago that alfalfa viii
grow TO perfection In this locality.
Barley Is q good crop. too. other
grains can be grown. / do not believe
that All species OF indian corn VIII
mature there. az &c should. but sweet
corr and earlier field corns will make
a good growth and hundreds Of tons
Of %suceuient ensilage can be grown
from Il. There Is good water and a
climate that approaches the IDEAL No
better country for dairy farming eN-
lists than Antelope valley presents,
when IL Is once under cultivation.
Government statistics prove that this
is the most profitable form Of farming
known IN this country. Il ~ also one
OF the most Improbable whore not
followed by thuse having q practical
knowledge OF the btsinoss kanfnH ir
a great staiu Tor hogs ard frtll Prof
Popenoe. who was c0nne trtt with the
State Agricultural college rneily years
ago, noticed that ktnsas meat prod
ucts did not sell well abroad lie Nude
4 trip to Europe to learn. II possible,
why Kansas bacon WAS Disseminated
against in the foreign markets. He
found thcre That Danish bacon com
manded the highest price IN the mar
kets Of the countries he visited, II
was not made Of heavy sides, was nni-
form IN thickness. md vas heavily
streaked Win lean. wherever he went
in Europe ne found that this sort Of
bacon was sought by an WHO ate cured
meat of this type He visited Dem
mark to inquire into thu conditions
prevailing among the farmers Of that
country. lie found II denaely populnt-
ed and under q high state Of cultiva-
ton. II Is the dairy country of Eu-
rope. Ga bacon not only outsells ours
all over the world, but its dairy prod
ucts crowd ours aside. He found a
skimming station ut nearly every
cross roads. and a vast acreage of
barley growing that is 10 say, a vast
acreaKe for $50 small a country, The
hogs were grown upon skim milk ana
barley. The barley tends Go produce
can meat. or muscle, While corn
makes fat. We have been growing
hogs merely 10 make them take on
the greatest amount Of grease in the
shortest possible spnce of time. a. the
same thne. tho taste OF the meat ent-
ing population of the world rs being
educated 60 clll for less fat and more
lean IN its bacon a streak of sat ANA
AZ slreik nj lean b. the demand, and
81 Is growing stronger ail the time
ESQ is some of the bacon), and wc VIII
be- wise to iced 80. ID Seems 60 me that
in a few years hy iadiclous selec-