Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-08

fruits Is grown In great abundance
and a fine sugar beet factory will
soon add value to the area. |
might be added right here tina
New Mexico's sugar beets, like he
fair women are the sweetest in th,
world.
The Estancia Valley is doing won
ders around Willard and Estancia
thru the magic Of the pump. wher,
the cost Of an acre-foot OF water 1
S1.75, their products this year shov
1900 pounds Of beans per acre, 2O'
bushels Of potatoes. with other crop
In proportion; and truck farming
producing 5000 per acre or better
which latter fact applies to all oul
valleys.
At Alamogordo. the pump is ais,
becoming a great factor in profta
BILE farm development.
The Albuquerque region. and II
fact the whole Rio Grande Valley
Is taking on an air of prosperit,
thru the instrumentality Of life.giv.
ing water, pumped from the earth
to give necessary moisture for plan
growth. There are a number Of
small irrigation wells in the vincinit,
of Fort Bayard, the largest army
sanitorium in the United States
II not in the world. Speaking OF
sanitoriums, ii may be truthfully
stated that New Mexico is one
great sanitorium, where health
makes wealth easier and where Ma.
ture has been most lavish in hei
gifts to men.
Assuming that our largest daily
news paper, the Albuquerque
Journal, spoke intelegently when Il
said, The Mimbres Valley is show.
ing the world when il comes tc
pumping for irrigation" the atten.
ton Of the Congress Is directed
to what is actually being done
in this most forward region.
The Mimbres Valley is located in
the southwestern part of the state
and lies largely in Luna County. II
is surrounded on every side by noun.
tain ranges which effectually pro-
tect 1t from severe storms, an ap.
proach to clycone never having
been known. Its level area is well
described in a recently published re.
port Of Hon. Chas. d. Miller, Terri.
torial Engineer, which says:
Estimates of the possibilities OF
this valley place the figures of irri,
gable area from wells producing
from 500 to 1900 and even 1900 gal.
Ions of water per minute at 100000
acres. To this area il is conserva.
lively estimated that there may be
added 100000 acres irrigated from
wells producing 500 gallons down tc
possibly 200 gallons of water pei
minute"
The valley has an underground
basin filled with water filtered fol
many miles through sand and grav.
el, rendering it the purest body OF
water in America. The govern,
ment analysis last year of the water
used by the Deming City Water.
works. which is part of this un.
derground flow. gave 30 parts total
solids, chiefly magnesia and iron tC
100000 parts of water. Withou,
chemical treatment of any kind thi:
water is used for every purpose
scientific or domestic, and is applied
direct from the pump with absolute
safety to every form Of plant life
which means everything in the veg
etable kingdom, outside of citrus
fruits. Its quantity may be mos
easily and quickly understood wher
we say the report Of a Governmen,
engineer in charge of irrigation in
vestigations, this year, said; II
800, 900 acre feet were withdraw
from the underhow in one year, 9
condition almost impossible. II woulc
lower the water plane below but 81
inches"
From this underground sea NOR,
than 200 pumps. ranging'in volume
from 200 to 1000 gallons per minute
are truly making the desert blossom
as the rose.
The land-hungry Of the North an
East pay real money to come to thi
Congress to learn what is beinI
done in the irrigated sections of tn
country. They want to know hoy
much il costs and what are the pre-