El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-10


supply of water. Analysis Of the water
here shows from 80 to So parts Of total
solids in 100000 parts Of water. 1t is
free from alkau gypsum or lime salts
It's temporary hardness IS about ~ us
permanent hardness is about 9. 1t IS
the purest water in the southwest
That II exists in an inexhausttble guam
tity IS demonstrated.
Where the Water Goes.
1t is safe TO say that 100000 acre
feet OF water sink into the underground
system annually. This would allow At
least three acre feet per acre for 1Zo,UUU
acres, granting that all Of this amount
OF land were under actual cultivation.
Other questions that arise are WIZ
the soil producer That has been
demonstrated beyond question Next. is
there a mark ct for the products raised :
Alfalfa, Mexican beans, forage crops
potatoes, onions and fruits are legal
tender. Again, Is there sufficient mar
gin Of profit left to the farmer after
the expense Of watering his land is
paid?
Alfalfa yields five cuttings per sea
son, a. ton and g half per cutting The
price ranges from So TO Sll per ton
giving an average gross yield OF $50
per acre The watering cost for this
per year.
Mexican beans yield from 1900 to
1900 pounds per acre. The price varies
from y to 81 cents per pound fair
The watering cost Of this crop varies
from 1915 to $3.50 per acre
Onions yield as high as 10000 pounds
per acre. The price varies from ! y to
cents per pound. The watering cost Of
this crop varies from 81 to $40 per
acre.
Potatoes yield as high as 10000
pounds per acre. The price ranges from
IL to 81 cents per pound, depending
on the season. The cost Of watering this
crop varies from IS TO 81 per acre.
The Profit
There is no question as to the margin
OF profit above the watering cost. The
labor item in this community Is about
the same as IN all the other irrigating
valleys in the southwest
The possibilities here are shown IN
the following conversatives figures:
Land Tor $50 per acre the water right
at not to exceed $50 per acre; improve
ments, stock. tools, etc. $780, leveling
and preparing the land from SIS TO $50
per acre-the ultimate cost being not
Tar from 800 per acre for a completely
improved farm with water right. Meas
uring profits along side Of this cost,
the possibilities OF land In this valley
are easily calculated This IS the Op-
portunity the Mimbres valley offers 70
homeseekers.
Each 40 or so acres requires a well.
casing ana screen, g pump and power,
either gasoline or crude oil engine. or
electricity A central power plant Is a
FEASIBLE proposition II electricity can
De produced to compete with gasoline
at II cents per gallon or crude oil at 8
cents. am informed that this can be
done. This is the opportunity the MINI
pres valley offers to industrial enter
prises Of that kind.
have endeavored to give you above
a brief. impersonal and accurate de-
scr1ption OF irrigating conditions and
opportunities existing in the Mimbres
valley.
/ have been interested in mining, and
cattle. and the commercial eutarn7isae
IN this country for the past 30 years
The real prosperity OF the valley is but
Just commenced. and unhesitatingly
recommend It to your firm for your
personal Investigation.
trust you will feel free to call up
on me for any specific Information you
may desire, and it viii please me great
" to be able 10 comply with any re-
quest YOU may desire to make Very
respectfully yours.
John Corbett, Mayor.
R. II. Case. Civil Engineer.