El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01

shipped out quite a cOnslQeL aLD-e 4La-
+ftv Alfalfa has been shipped from
mis- region for many years and the
farmers always produce FOUR crops
each as heavy as any single crop IN
the Rio Grande valley, and the quallty
of the forage is OF. the best
Actual Results.
R. B. Ellison, who came here In 1888
and bought a small piece OF cultivated
land from a pioneer, two and hair
miles southeast Of town. now has one
of the finest orchards and alfalfa
farms in New MeLicO-and yet he does
not give il his personal attention He
is in the general merchandise Dus1-
ness in Santa Rosa and rents his place
TO natives, yet their crops are heavy.
He has over 40 acres in alfalfa under
the ditch and cut and baled four heavy
I crops this year. He has his own ditch
and water right from one Of the nu-
merous lakes in the mountains around
Santa Rosa and the cost OF production
from the standpoint Of water has been
extremely light
Many of the pear and apple trees
upon the place=he has 500 old ones
and over 400 new Ones-are over 80
years old and still producing as
healthy a quality Of fruit as one would
wish to see. 1t is no trouble to drive
with a horse and buggy beneath the
I bottom limbs Of these giant fruit trees
COttOnWOOds, willows and other shade
trees line the bitches, one Of the cot
LOuWOOds measuring over 13 feet in
circumference He raised a good crop
OF peaches, plums and nectarines in
addition to his apples and pears, and
the farm also produced chile, beans,
tomatoes, onions and various other
garden products in marketable guam
titles In q seasOnable year, the aver
age net returns from an acre OF fruit
are $1,000 to $1,000. The present year.
Mr.. Ellison admits, was IAN or year.
1 although water was plentiful and the
net profit was nOt so large.
Mr.. Ellison is not the only man who
has demonstrated the success Of the
valley as q producer Of fruit and al
falfa- Ramon Laberdie, whose father
hOmesteaded the Ellison farm. lives
across the ditch from Mr.. Ellison and
irrigares a fruit patch and a garden
from the Ellison ditch, with the result
that he makes a good living from
very few acres. He is known as a
careful cultivatOr and has model
place.
Immense Springs.
Below Mr.. Ellison, irrigated By a
ditch from the Aqua Negro, Estanfs-
laus OrtegO and ~. B. Giddings have
farms that produce good crops OF al
talfas fruit garden truck and any 9TH
in the southwest.
The Page ranch and the Baca farm
are Two other places that have made a
record for producing irrigated crops.
These are Watered from a ditch that
runs from what IS known as The
Blue Hole, a very deep cavity in the
rock that appears to be bottomIess
/ and sends out tremendous supply OF
water
In the valleys. on much Of the land
Lne tan growth OF wild grass IS cut
Tor forage and 1t pays the owners well
without any blowing and planting. OF
course only one crop is yielded but
the hay when baled. Is now bringing
80 ton, and much OF 1T is being de-
uVered In town at the present time to
lne dealers Mr.. Ellison, the Moye firm
az
Moye firm is one OF the biggest sup
ply houses In central eastern New
Mexico and does a big annual bust
ness with the people of Santa Rosa
and surrounding regions. The HELD
company, Of Las Vegas, has a big
wholesale supply house here.
With Rainfall Only.
IN addition to the irrigation enter
P pI,- herea62outs, many have made
success OF farming on the rainfall
Win no attempt 10 aid nature Mons
or these with the exception of ~ u
smith, has made any ATTEMPT at scf-
s stl..- cui,tlvatlon- All Of the farming
tAaL mas been done without irrigation
mas been mostly Of the hit and miss
Var1ety-the old time method of p1ort-
ing and letting the crops take care Of
S themselves except an occasional ploW-
l1l6 ana wedding and in some Instances
Lnese have not been thorough vet
uoLWltnsr landing, crops have been mo
duced that have startled the old TIM
-. " IT, smith, who has given some
sLuug 20 SOIL conditions and has taken
advantage OF the storm water bv
p1anllng his crops in rows parallel
Win the mountains. so that all the
Lloou"aters are caught, has produced
5OIu6 very me corn on his ranch near
sunshine mesa Mr. smith is a menn-
Der OF the school board for his dis
lIlct and one OF the substantial citi-
zens Of the community
j. H. Borden. living 16 miles south
east of Santa Rosa, has this year pro-
Quced is acres Of frijOles that win net
MN sum that has been a surprise TO
nlmselI. BE came here this year from
the vicinity Of Carlsbad. where he had
Deen pracricing irrigation on property
owned by ]. Hise Myers, formerly Of
II FasO, and his brOtherfnlaW He
proved his land out on the prairie and
put In his beans this spring and the
crop has been a big success. The plants
are knee high and loaded with well
naLured beans He SAYS the season
TINS year was not unusual in rainfall
on MS place and most Of the peOuIe
say IL was an extra dry season in this
region, although the rest of the cOun-
try surrounding has had heavier rains
than usual This is one Of the freak
conditions in this part OF New Mexico
sometimes Il rains all around a com
munity yet slips that one place for al
most a whole season.
J. C. Cole, % miles from town near
Riddle, has good crop OF milo maize
Many Of the farmers have produced
good cantalOupes and watermelons. I
both on irrigated and unirrigated land.
ana the flavor is equal to the best
The Mesilla valley and the Rocky Ford
region do not produce sweeter or larg-
er cantalOupes
Good Town to Live In.
Santa Rosa is the county seat Of
torrance county, and was at one time
a division point on the Ell Paso &
southwestern, but the shops were
taken from here to Tucumcari. How
ever, the town continues to progress
and has several hotels. a number Of I
good stores, a prosperous bank a I
bakery, telephone exchange with I
long distance connection north with Z
Denver and south with FL Paso. a drug
store and ice cream and confectionery /
parlor, a butcher shop, and one sa-.|
loon The tOwnsite company controls I
this matter and no other saloon is I
permitted TO begin operations here.
C. r. Jones, who conducts it. Is one /
Of the owners Of the townsite He is I
anxious to see the town grow. and ne I
makes IL a point to see that the saloon
privilege is not abused The result is Z
that there is very little disorder here I
and the jail is seldom used A new
jail is now building