Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-01-05

| "'''' iapiulS lildn any Otncr section
during the past three years, In
1910 the total value of the New
Mexico fruit crop was $2OO, 600
The value of the Pccos Valley
apple crop alone this year will cX.
cecd Sl,OOO,0OO. More than ! COG
carloads of alfalfa have been shin.
ped from that section alone this
season. Irrigation is from artcsian
wells, pumps and by diversion and
storage.
The Carlsbad project, first of the
government irrigation projects to
be completed, is located in Eddy
county at the southern end of the
Pecos Valley in New Mexico. The
project reclaims 2O,OOO, practically
all OF which is now under cultiva.
ion. The peach is the principal
fruit crop under the project, and
this season several orchards earned
profits of $3.50 per acre net.
Fruit growing is rapidly brcom-
ing one Of the principal industries
OF the new state, Apples flourish
practically all over the state, AS do
pears, while a number of sections
are well adapted to peach growing
In the Rio Grandc Valley grades
have fourished for three hundred
years. Their commercial value has
only recently been discovered. The
result has been the planting of Il
large number of vineyards, which
are just coming to maturity.
1t is predicted that within the
next two years, the fruit crop of
New Mexico will be- worth $1,000
600 year. The smudgc pot has
recently come into general use, and
sclcnllilc orchartT cultivation, a fcW
yearr ago the exception, now is the
rule. Enormous acres of CONNER
cial orchards are being planted and
the acreage in fruit will he doubled
again in two years.
While the mainstay of agriculture
in New Mexico will hc irrigation,
dry farming or scientific soil cul-
turc without irrigation on lands of
little rainfall is making rapid
strides Over all the vast stretches
of plains, a few years ago open
ranges Of cattle and sncrp, railroads.
have been extended, homrstcadrrS
have taken up the land, and pros
porous towns have sprung up.
Al the end of the fiscal year
there remained 33,OOO.OOO acres of
public domain IN New Mexico.
About 2,jOG,OOO acres were taken
up during the preceding twelve
months lhc rate at which it is
going is increasing at the present
time II is the confident prediction
of those who have most carefully
observed the immigration move
mrnt into New Mexico that within
the next five years there will not br
an acre Of government land open to
entry suitable for agriculture in
any form,
The new state comes into the
Union with "A splendid endowment
Of land In 1905 congress granted
about 5000, ,OOO acres. chiefly for
educational purposes, 1000, ,OOO
acres going to the common schools.
Under the enabling act 6,OOO, ,OOO
acres more are granted making
totai of l2.OOO,OOO acres owned 10y
the state At its minimum value
Of - An acre the land stands aS an
endowment for the schools Of S36,-
goo .OOO.
Little of the land has been sold.
1t has not been the policy of the
territorial land department To sell
any Of the land at less than so per
acre, and it is likely that this policy
will br continued under the state
government. The land, when il is
sold, is sold on very easy terms,
the payments being extended over
thirty years at D per cent interest.
New Mexico already has II SpIcn-
did educational system, but It's en-
dowmrnt in land insurcS that this
system will keep pace with the
development of the state and the
increase of population without any
heavy tax on the people for school
purposes.
The resources of the new state
are by no means confined to agrI-
cultural land. Live stock range
over millions of acres. There are
upwards of $500, 600 sheep in New
Mexico earning for their owners Il
net income of Sl0, 0,OOO, 600 per year,
The cattle industry is scarcely less
important. Stock feeding is just
beginning, but, with the extension
Of the dry farming acreage, and
the production of the feed crops To
which the land is particularly adapt
,d f,cdinp is sure To become inn
portant,
The manufacture of lumber has
also become an important industry
during the past few years. One "i
the largest sash and door factories
in the West is located in Albuquer-