Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-06-23
LAS CRUCES FARM
PAYS 80 PERCENT
ON INVESTMENT
Five Hundred Acre Ranch
Yields $4,000 This Year
Average Value of Land Be-.
ing 500 Per Acre.
,speclri ,orrc~pondsnrc 10 the Herald

especial correspondence 10 thr ueeass ,
las trIt, y " iuur % MANY
people grr OF The opinion thu, turn.
iug land iu fhc UDsG'a Va,.N viii not
pal proper M'rIcs, % b costs as much
us siub ppI gCrc Those who under.
stand ti. conditions believe that N
The land is properly managed. one
acre VIII Hlf nfnIu.f ON several hun.
dlcI dollars
\ \ Pope formerly railroad aud
iaicr q grocery man OF III paso. has
500 acres Just north oi bona Ana that
are giving excellent iosua The lund
Is divided into separate folds and
planted GO thr following crops alfalfa
POI acres wheat i2i acres. and milo
Waiso 80 fcrps
The es5 acres OF alfalfa Yielded $50
tons VA, iirs' cutting ma $50 IONS the
SECOND cutting Expense OF pruduc.
ton taxes water iaAcs. baling ana
hauling brought the net 20 about SO
per ton al si122 on the 225 acres
There are two on three more cuttings
that viii bring The to'al ~ 10 $1,000
or a. unu
The 1875 acres of wheat yielded DO.
tween 90 and 80 bushels per acre Al
81 the wheat has not been threshcd
set so The exact yiell can not be de-
tef.nined The average price per
bushol ranges from Soc 10 500 The
5000 bushels OF wheat Will sell for ST..
500 OF this amount IN. grower VIII
net $4,000
The $50 acres of milo malsc has not
Vet been cut The same field pro.
ducod 60 bushels per acre last year.
AMI this years crop will equal last
year. Milo mise sells from 7ic 10
800 per bush.l The 1900 bushels
viii sell ior $4,000 giving a net oi
$4,000
ihit sonnet mes the water fails aud
the grower ccts only halt crop but
estimating good year Hike this one
we arrive ~ the following results
Alfalfa 81 1000. wheat, siU0U milo
maise. sl,bUo. total sli,Upu The IN.
tcrest ON The 500 acres az "a per cent
would be $4,000 DeduC'iug the $1,000
for Interest. $4,000 IS left for prohi
Some times tho farmer gets only Il
half crop on account Of water short.
age. but very few fields ever fail TO
pay ~ least 10 per cont On the invest.
neni OF SO per acr, net.
MANY fields Of alfalfa have been
amazed lately on account ol the rain
fall lust as the sccun1 cutting WAS
under headway The rain began aud
light shovcrs have fallen nearly every
day While no held 81 has has been
ruined vet several nave sustained n
loss ON account 81 IN, hay being vet
boiorc u was stacked. causing 10 to
bleach
CONTINUITY 4. .w-t 4.s Cruces sectton
al the New Mexico National Guard, is
busy drilling for the territorial en-
10 hc held IN Las Vegas
about July - \ number of the mon
are praciicine ON targets ON the mesa
east Of Las Cruccs cndoavOring 10
make their score high enough "a be
20 the territorial rifle tcaal.
Las Cruces boys ranked hiEh in
marksmanship a. tho national meets
Inv past wears. ana from prcsent inhi-
cations some OF the high records VIII
be- broken
Mrs Fred Hess has returned from
a fov weeks visit With relatives ~
Las Ncsas
ATTORNEY Edwar3 G. wade. Ir spent
Thursday in ~ Paso on LEGAL busi-
noes
l.igh' showers have been falling
every Two o. three DAYS FOR The past
few wceks
Sheriff Lrceto ha' he alfalfa ~,
on The court house lawn THURSDAY
Mas Maude Craig. operator of the