Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-19
MESS|lLA VALLEY
WILL HAVE: BIG
ALFALFA CROP
Record Yield in All Lines is
Assured Because the Supply
of Water is Best in Many
Years.

T. mua drouth for th, past U.,
wears u1a caused the Mosilln tnIi,. at
r,I a- uiH,r sections uf the south
s,-t Zoo ull tpr water tor TIgu.
tuu Tau .onr the drouth has ,uJ.
rd THIS season tu, valley lands Nu
tuld Oh u,.tN harvest ANA the farmer.
arc uapp. u,.ausc they see their
bitches tlI ul vut.r. which b. SEQ o..
trutiai tu tHpIi success They ~,"
/ hefor, tp'm t ,,ar of prospcrt, ana
achievement 90 year that Viii mako
h.stur for this Naucv % year that
4 hct have long waited f'r
The past i,N wears have Welded
! good 'rppe bot the farmers haze
| worked against odds Last year the
! Eiu Gr1nd' our main water supply,
/ ceased 60 fpW as rurlt ue june 20.
aud tine farmers N,r" forced tu SEQ
their crops burned under hot SUM
, mcr's sun q sun that be- $50 ncccs-
/ gary when properly used.
Vt present the farms of the Mrilh
valley Yield oni> ouc-hali What they
should. MANY farmers last year
cleared So on alfalfa uiur, The
cantaioupc crop vas cut oti 40 the
middle OF the season. bat aith this
draw back cantaloupc growers Melted
from 5000 TO S3uU an acr, the Hiu
Gande has contained less water th,
past thr," wears than the oldest resi-
dents can remember VERY uttlo SNOW
or rain has fallen IN southern Colu-
D..
tllc. 1ut this year q large quantity
~ SNOW has fallen ana viii probably
continue our water suppl lar into
IN. summer with the average rain
fan Cor the balance of the spring and
summer the farmers are assured of
enough water to mature their DJuta.
luup, corn and wheat crops and Al
least three ur four cuttings of alfalfa
> owing Geo the shortage OF last wears
alfalfa crop. IN" present high price 8,
netting almost what full crop would
bring
Prospects for Cantaloup' crops this
ses7on are twice as good as any pre-
Vious year. the principal reason being
IN addition TO the abundance of water
that the growers have discovered b,
preparing land In the winter ant
planting only thu best land tsnch AZ
old alfalfa lHndp, ana using seed beds
, similar 10 those used I'm gardening
the Mcsilla valley melons can b" pu
on the market by July T. hearty 1
not all the crop S. marketed before
the Rocky Ford season opens II
addition TO- better soils aud iuorr wa
ter. many planters are taking M
lth .fs.If In,
plants sometimes the river docs -
drN. Dut the underground floV ha
never been known to fan II is all,
a notable fact that melons growi
, here tor the past Few years haVl
been pronounced by eastern buyers
the very finest quality that ever cam
into their markets. nud the grow"
has no trouble Ia disposing uf hi
crop sun, with the exception 81
tire. or four growers. no field -
cantaloupcs iu this valley ever re-
, cciVcs onc-half IN" attention urccs
snry {" grow melons Ina other states
The pront on cpntalouprs S yer
, large. one grower last year nett"
$l,os5 on three acres notwith
r. standing the fact that water gave ON
b just when hc needed 1t most A. IN
) was the onll grower said To- hay" pr,
pared and cared FOR his ground prop
crly, his wonderful success stands a
an example of what may hr done tn
year with thr right selection uf soil
and plenty Of water Growers thi
year viii no doubt profit by thu provi
Gus Years oi experience. Al the soil
in this valley viii produce r.,nta
loupcs. but the heavier soils retail
moisture better than lighter soils.
There rs now fore, 90 over ,o
men at work ON the Elephant Butt
dam and this force IL being increased
dullN. II rs expected by June ! tina
all the buildings. roads aud other pre-
liminary work viii be unIshodl an'
fuzzy i.o0o men actually cngagrd II
eNcayating ny the cNt"nsiy" rrepat
ations being made by the engineer
before the eXcayating starts thcS hop'
20 push this project through To- com
pletion without interruption. and tn
farmers and land owners have ever
reason to believe that by the tim
the irrigation Ecassn OF 1915 open
the dam win Dee 50 tar along tina
flood waters can be stored 20 MAX
Ian ample supply from that time on
win an these facts In view th" resi-
dents of this valley viii be- satisfies
n They receive only q half supply @
Wat"r for the next two wears. kno"
ing that half crop here viii conpar
/, tavorahly with a full crop IN an
other point of the United states an
at the end of two wears they viii u
the most favored people ana liV" !
the beat valley ia the world, huVih
IN, largest irrigation system, the nm
est soils and tho best climai" I" u
, found anywhere in the United state
Las cruces. the county seat has
population of 1000 and each da
. brings newcomers. The preparatio
Z being made rs the business men
> almost unbelievable. over score
. the old time business mon are seen
. ing modern buildings, Installing ne
equipment and increasing their SUI
| ply at goods. several new buildinI
o are in course OF construction on MAJ
> street The Murphy building. ii
. Freeman building, the Mitchell an
{, the new bank buildings are mnkln
the county seat Of pona Ana count
4 look quite metropolitan S"vort ne
. streets have been opened and oth'