El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-19
FARMING
FARM STATISTICS
FOR NEW MEXICO

OIG IN II w mG<A4OO
Production. of Cattle, Fruits, Butter,
Potatoes, Berries, sheep, Wool and
Other Farm Products.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 19.-Statis-
tics for farm products for New Mexico
are presented in a bulletin issued by
director Durand, OF the bureau of the
census.
Dairy Products.
The number of farms in New Mexico
reporting dairy cows on April Is, 1910,
was 1859, but only 10,206 reported
dairy products in 1903. The number OF
dairy cows on farms on April 10, 1910,
was 32,023. The amount of milk re-
ported was 6,816,OO0 gallons. The but
ter made on farms in 1903 was valued
at 100000.
Wool.
The total number of sheep of shear
ing age in New Mexico on April 10.
1910. was 2,S95,000, representing a de-
crease of 1872 percent, as compared
with the number on June J. 1900 g.,
334,O0OO The approximate production
OF wool during 1903 was 3,093, 600
fleeces, weighing 16,994,O0O pounds and
valued at SS,132,00O.
Poultry Products.
The total number of fowls on New
Mexico farms on April Is, 1910, was
532, 600. Of the 1880 farms reporting
fowls 5SSS did not report any eggs pro-
duced. The production of eggs &C
y
2,273,000 dozens, valued at S522,000.
According to the twelfth census report
the production of eggs in 1899 was
$4,000 dozens, the value being $157, 900.
Animals Sold or Slaughtered.
The total value of domestic animals
sold during 1903 was $1O,00O,0 600 and
that of animals slaughtered on farms
$4,000, making an aggregate of s1O.-
942, 600. This total however, involves
considerable duplication, resulting
from the resale or slaughter of ami
mails which had been purchased by
the farmers during the same year.
The value of the cattle (including
calves sold during 1909 represented
nearly three-fifths of the total value
of animals sold. and the value of sheep
sold represented nearly one-third Of
the total
The total value of crops in New Mex
leo in 1903 was SS,922,000 The COM
bined acreage of crops for which acre,
age was reported was 632,769, repre-
senting 4S.1 percent of the total i'm
proved land in farms 1,467, 191 acres.)
Most Of the remaining improved land
doubtless consisted of improved pas
ture, land lying fallow, house and
farm yards, and land occupied by or
chards and vineyards, the acreage for
which was not reported
The general character of New Mexico
agriculture is indicated by the fact
that about one-fourth (26.7 percent) of
the total value of the crops in 1908
was contributed by cereals and about
one-half (50.1 percent) by hay and
forage. The remainder, representing
2S-2 percent of the total consisted
mostly of potatoes and other vege-
tables and fruits and nuts.
Vegetables.
In 1909 the total acreage of pota-
toes and other vegetables was 1860
and their value $4,000. Excluding
potatoes sweet potatoes and yams, the
acreage of vegetables was S219 and
their value 1861, 600.
Small Fruits.
The total production of small fruits
in New Mexico in 1909 was 1852
quarts and in 1893, $3.50, and the
value was 1885 in 1909, as compared
with S5,76S in 1899. The most impo- t
ant Of the small fruits in 1909 were
strawberries.
The strawberry crop was valued at
s40S6.
Fruits, Grapes and Nuts.
The total quantity of orchard fruits
produced in 1909 was 504 900 bushels,
valued at $500. 600. Apples contributed
about four-fifths of this quantity. The
production of grapes in 1909 was 425,-
600 pounds, valued at s16.101, while
that Of nuts was unimpOrtant.
The production Of all orchard fruits
together in 1909 was SS.2 percent more
in quantity than that in 1893, while
the production of grapes decreased de-
cidedly. The value Of orchard fruits
increased from $4,000 in 1899 to
100000 in 1909, while that Of grapes
declined from SS3,717 in 1893 to $I6,-
101 in 1903.