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

] TACT, almost all of them were killed
/ by the succeeding drouth before the
/ government took the project In hand
I and rebuilt the dam. Since the com
I pletiOn Of the government project
many new orchards have been set out
and the shipments this year were
/ practically all from new orchards
/ yielding their first crop. This fruit
Z was almost all peaches. as the apples
( DO not not begin TO bear soon. Only
from the old orchards that were
saved were any apples gathered this
year,
Big Shipments This Year.
Peach shipments are still IN prog
ress. but to date. the records Of the
fruit growers show that they have
shipped $4,000 boxes OF peaches, 1000
boxes TO the car. making q total Of IS
cars. This is in addition to the home
consumption. Most Of the peaches
were shipped to New York city. where
they brought on an average Of $500
a car. The highest price for any car
was $500. but any OF these prices
were far above the prevailing prices
FOR similar fruit from other sections
Of the United States. attesting to the
superior qualities Of the Pecos valley
product
The shipments Of alfalfa hay from
Carlsbad this season have been IN
usually heavy. The figures of the re-
clamation service to August Is, show
that the farmers had then shipped
10 cars from under the Carlsbad
project-tbis included shipments from
Loving and Malaga as well as Carls-
bad-and this shipment was practi-
cally all first cutting hay. W. NJ
Reed, engineer in charge Of the dis
trict for the reclamation service,
has compiled figures showing
that even from the first crop. 1900
acres were left for seed, from which
there was a yield of 125 pounds Of
seed per acre. or a total OF 100000
pounds valued at SIS 900 at 13 cents
a pound The threshed straw, Mr..
Reed estimates, is worth SIS a ton. or
a total Of so, 600. He estimates that
there viii be produced and shipped
before the end Of the season, another
100 carloads Of alfalfa which viii make
the total valley production 30 car
loads. exclusive OF the seed alfalfa
and threshed straw.
Carlsbad Cotton Production.
No figures have been prepared up
on the cotton production, but it is
believed that the cotton acreage win
net close to a bale to the acre. which
is the general average. There is
tYvo-stand gin in Carlsbad that is now
In operation and the Loving gin IS
having a third stand added The cot
ton production VIII be close TO 1000
bales at the Loving gin for the season.
and if past production is eqUaled this
year, and the farmers say there is
no reason to expect anything else,
the cotton crop win be no incense
quential part Of the Carlsbad income
as may be seen.
had q year with which its people are
content The distribution Of cash
from the crops is putting much money
into circulation and this is not the
sole income Of the town, for 1t is still
a big cattle shipping center and
numbers among its people many rail-
road men. whose total monthly pay
roll is large.
The cost to the water users under
the project is $500 per year, which
covers the original cost Of building
and the cost Of maintenance and re-
pairs. Fifty thousand dollars is now
being spent upon the project and yet
the cost TO the land owners will be /
reduced next year TO $4.57 half an acre. /
Improving Reclamation Project.
The Improvements now being made /