Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-02-18

The display OF products OF Mesilla
valley was one Of the finest showings
made In the building.
In addition to these projects Of
the national reclamation service,
exhibits were made from a dozen
private irrigation projects, which
In the aggregate reclaim more than
two hundred thousand acres, while
photographs and maps were on dis
play, showing proposed projects on
which work Is under way, or soon
to be begun, and which in the aggre-
gate will reclaim half a million acres,
The old time estimate Of one mil
lion irrigable acres in New Mexico
has long since been set aside. The
territorial engineering department,
now making a complete hydrogra-
phic survey, covering the entire
territory, has shown beyond any
question Of doubt that the territory
has two million acres which may be
irrigated from practical projects,
and this includes only development
about which there is no question.
The general estimate of the men
who have studied New Mexico Is
that in the final development it will
have between two and half and
three million irrigated acres.
The display at the land show was
a revelation Of the territory's agri-
cultural resources, and one which
attracted wide attention.
THE WESTERN WORLD.
The Western World, a development
magazine of wide influence has the
following:
The Land of Sunshine"
The Land Of Opportunity"
These were the interesting legends
which decorated the corners Of the
New Mexico display, a display which
formed one Of the most effective
ones in the biggest land show on
record. No one who has studied
the record Of New Mexico's sunshine
will question that 1t Is the land of
sunshine, and the display at the land
show was entirely convincing that
New Mexico is equally the land of |
opportunity.
Here were represented the pro-
ducts of irrigated lands and dry |
farm lands, views showing vast irri-
cation projects well under way, |
views Of far-reaching dry farm dis
tricts where hundreds of thousands
of Americans are finding homes.
This display was made by the
New Mexico Bureau of immigration |
an official body maintained by the |
territory for immigration and de |
velopment work. The secretary of |
the board, who makes his head
quarters at Albuquerque, had person.
al charge Of the exhibit.
There have been 10000 original
land entries in New Mexico within
the last three years, withdrawing
from the public domain a total of
100000 acres. The territory still
has 30.000,0O acres Of government
land open to entry, much of which
may be entered under the 320-acre
law. 1t has three national reclama-
tion projects, two of which are
complete, and the third. the great
Elephant Butte storage project, well
under way.
1t has some fifty private irrigation
enterprises reclaiming tracts from
1000 Ia. $4,000 acres, and it has a
large number of private projects on
which work will soon be begun.
New Mexico, as recent investiga-
tions have proven, has 2,5OO,OOO
acres of irrigable lands which may
be reclaimed by projects that are
entirely practical. Of this vast area
only about five hundred thousand
acres are now under actual cultiva-
ton.
The splendid profit from irrigated
lands in the territory and from dry
farm lands as well were shown in
the territory display at the land
show. II was display which at
tracted tremendous volume Of in
quiry into this rich section Of the
far-southwest, now enjoying such
extraordinary development.
LARGEST STATE EXHIBIT THERE.
All of the magazines quoted carry
pictures Of the New Mexico exhibit.