Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-22

That every one OF tho twenty-slS
counties OF New Mexico has some land
under irrigation. thbt no county has
over ave per cent Of rs area irrigat-
ed that only eight counties Bernal-
lilo, Dona Ana, Santa Fc Eddy, Mora,
Colfax. Taos and RIO Atriba have
more than one per cent Of their acre.
age under actual cultivation. and that
the other eighteen countics have less
than one per cent cultivated are in
teresting facts shown IN outline maps
accompanying census bulletin ON ir-
rlgation IN New Mexico.
The ave counties that are properly
dry farming districts. less than five
per cent 81 their farms being irriEa.
ton farms. are: Union, Quay. Curry.
Roosevelt and Torrance. In Guadn-
lupe county less than 25 per cent of
the farms arc irrigated. Grant, Luna.
Dtero, Eddy. ChaVea, Lincoln, Aic-
Kiniey. San Miguel, Mora and colfax
have less than iifty pei cent OF their
farms under irrigation; socorro, Sicr-
"a and santa re counties have be-
tween so and 15 per cent OF their
Sandcyai and san Juan IS to 80 per
cent, and Dona Ana, Rio Arriba aud
Taos more than 90 per cent.
or this s5.6T6 farms enumerated IN
the 1910 census, 1875 pene irrigated,
as against a,Ias ten years before. an
increase 81 10 per cent OF the l,Atf-
1871 acres OF improved land in flvms
foi,7tS acres were irrigated. as
against 203,Sa3 ten years before, an
increase Of i27 per cent, There was
enough water supply Ia the irriga-
ton Eystema existing, TO irrigate Gaf.-
e70 acres, while i,i09.a81 acres were
included Under All existing projects.
The county having the largest area of
| irrigated lands ia ChoYcs, df 064
acres. Three other counties. Eddy,
RIO Arriba and Taos had more than
10000 acres each and three others,
| Colfax, Done Ana and Valencia had
between 0.N0u and 10000 irrigated
acres each. san Juan county had
20, SEQ acres under irritation. while
/ tho following had between 10000 and
| 2O,ONU acres. S0ndnNal. Santa no.
| which han 1880 acres under ifriea
tion. socprr0 san Miguel Mora, ncr-
nalillo and Grant.
The average cost 90 Irrigation sys-
TENS per acre irrigated. Is k19.N3, the
cusg 0f construction per acre OF land
under ditch, ~ $lOa6. Tie county
showing the lowest average cost per
acre ls sierra. SAGE; while the high
est cost per acre SI2T52. b. That FOR
4 the group " committees including curry
quay. Roosevelt and Torrance. or tho
/ dYy farmlnp counties. la Eddy and
Chayes county, the average cost per
uoro WIS SEIZE and s27g0 respeo-
lively.
This crop reports are. perhaps. most
interesting. Cf l,fGf,9l0 bushels oi
corn raised in New MoNico in enc ccn-
sus year 1iA7io were rcnsod on b.
rlgafcd land. OF 100000 bushels 81
oats. 10000 came from irrigated
acres; 81 f9a. 7aa huanels or wheat
nearly an. on fbo,b3t bushels We're
reused under ditch. of t3.fso bushels
/ OF barley 95,39t bushels, aud of a.afa
bushels OF rye 1874 bushels came
from irrigated farms OF i.B6H bush.
els of alfalfa seed the irrigated farms
| furnished 1858 bushelai OF b6,I0h
bushels Of beans 26.sNS bushels came
from Irrigated acres. of 10,A29 BUSH
oils Of pcna. 2t,s89 came from irri-
gated landH Of eab,e55 bushels oi
potatoes. 1924 bushels wore irrifat-
ga product8i OF t635.1fs worth OF or.
chard products tffT,iH9 came from
irrigated orchards ana OF t9,35b worth
of small fruit 46.6ef waa from irri,
gated land OF 36h,G22 toms OF alfalfa
tUl,gS0 were yaised on irrigated land