El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
FARMING
TO PUT OUT 1880
ROSES At ROSWELL
Twelve Miles of Shade Trees
and Thousands Of Flow
ers for Land Tract.
WILIs,LMOOR Chi

Roswell, n n, March 21.-An order
has been placed for $500 roses and
honey-suckles to be used for deeora-
tive purposes along the drives through
the BerrendO farms. These viii be
placed along the fences. most Of them
being climbing roses. 1t Is the idea to
have miles Of these rose-lined drives
through this tract One OF the good
features about the Improvement on the
BerrendO is the enthusiasm shown by
the property owners themselves. and
especially those who are here. The
more familiar they become with con-
Cluons the more anxious they are 70
see just such improvements made.
All of those who have built their
houses have planned for flower gar
dens in laying out the grounds They
propose to add to the natural COM
forts Of their homes provided for in
modern convenience such as electric
lights, telephone and m OOern plumb
ing They are anxious TO make their
places attractive and are putting out
flowers ana vines to accomplish this
In the list OF roses ordered are Prai-
RE Queen, Crimson Rambler. Dorothy
Perkins, Trier, Baltimore Belle and La
dy Gray.
Twelve miles Of shade trees were set
out no the BerrendO tract last year
and something Ike 20 miles will be put
out this spring Not only are the shade
trees being placed along the roads,
but in many cases completely around
the farms.
At the swiss Farm
The Swiss farm. Max Hess. manager.
is becoming one of the well developed
pieces Of land in the valley Mr. Hess
mas just completed 70-fOot concrete
irrigation dam and Just received a
carload Of material for culverts and "a
inch corrugated iron for irrigation.
Within the next week he will plant so
acres in new orchard. The varieties
to be used are jonathan. Ben Davis
and Black Twigs.
"3Ian Who Makes RAIN
The man who makes il rain" is to
be the title of the man who does the
irrigating on the Berrendo farms. A
plan is now on foot, in fact Is being
worked out TO have one man with
each well to do the irrigating The
property owners are arranging this
plan OF having enc man follow the
pump schedule. They realize that once
a man has irrigated piece OF land
he can DO it much easier the next time.
In this way the same man would be
irrigating the same piece of land all
through the season.
Transforming a Ranch.
Development of raw land, or trans
forming of prairie land to orchards, al
falfa fields, and. truck gardens is tax
ing place so fast in the Roswell cOun-
try now that even home people cannot
appreciate what is being done The
Berrend0 farms tract. the largest tract
being DEVELOPED at the present time. Is
a revelation TO Roswell people, to say
nothing of the smaller Development
being done in other sections
To the people who know this place
as the Alilne-Bush cattle ranch, this
change is almost unbelievable hast
year remarkable progress was made on
this tract. but the advance tbs season
viii be more than double.
No less than 500 acres of raw prai-
RE land will be converted into farms
this season. This figure will probably
reach 1000 before IL is too late 10 put
in CROPS for the spring. Last year
a bout 1900 acres were nloWed for the
first time, making total acreage OF
new land under cultivation this year
thar had never been DlOwed two years
ago 800. In addition TO this there
was 500 acres of alfalfa on the old
ranch which has been suodlvided into
small tracts and sold TO good farmers,
raisina the total to $500 acres
Something near $50 acres of orchard
is being set this spring. The work
now is practically completed. Four
hundred acres Of alfalfa in round num-
hers viii be put out this season, leaV-
ing about 500 acres for other crops on
the raw land Most Of this 500 acres I
win be put in alfalfa and orchard in
the fall
Apple Packing Demonstration.
The latter part Of last October and
the first Of November /. w Adams
packed II different varieties Of HOndo
valley mountain apples with the ex-
press purpose Of demonstra ting TO the
fruit growers what he has always told
the growers in this section: that the
diamond pack Is the most practical: I
and where the apple is neatly wrapped
and packed preceded by careful pick I
Ing and the proper grading, will keep
several months, and if followed by the [
grower and kept until the flush of the |
season is over, realize from 20 to 80 |
per cent more for the crop net
The fact was clearly demonstrated !
when Mr.. Adams took several fruit |
growers over TO the old Electric Light I
company brick warehouse, where the !
apples have been stored, and opening /
the boxes one by one and unpacking
them, proved just what apples were the !
best keepers under different condi- |
tons.
The apples used by Mr.. Adams were /
mountain ones. The unwrapped apples I
showed a shrinkage. while the wrapped !