El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-18

as to make it pay from the first year.
naturally compare any mans water
supply with the water available from
a pumping plant. and he has a little
minute The ground was quite rough
and uneven to start with, and he has
conducted his water along high lines,
cementing where Seepage was too
heavy. You can find Just such evil
dences of the certain results following
thrifty, Intelligent cultivation in every
community which I visited.
CarrfEOEO'S Experiment Farm.
AT CarrizOZo the business men this
year have made up a little pool and
have Just started an experiment farm.
around CarriZOZO are surprising; SOme
of the best apples in the whole state
are found in the valley up around
Lincoln Last winters freeze hurt the
fruit pretty generally throughout the
state, but it wouldn't sprprise me a
bit if Lincoln county made one Of the
best ShOwingS at the state fair of any
OF the counties of the state TularOSa
has wonderful soil and an abundance
OF water for all of its present
operations 1t boasts of two of the
biggest and best chicken ranches in
the state I had time TO see only one
of them, but the operations Of R S
Cornell, If widely known, would give a
great impetus to the raising of pOul-
try. He counts his hens by the thou
sands and his arrangements are so
the intricacy of the business half so
much as ne is with the ease Of it Mr.
Connel makes money not only out Of
his chickens, but with flowers which
he raises for the Chicago market as
well. He is coming to the state fair
to talk about the comercial side of the
poultry business
AIamOgOrdO Picking Up.
Things have been a little quiet in
AlamogOrdo for a few years, but they
are Just beginning to pick up It IS
largely a pumping district similar to
Deming. ] saw several of their wells
and things look very promising. The
best feature of AlamogordO, from my
point of view, is that their own people
are doing their development The
banker has his farm. Several merchants
and other citizens of the town
are putting a little money into small
outlying orchards and vineyards. eve
~ one Of which looks fine. When a
community believes sufficiently In its
resources and possibilities so that its
own people are spending money along
these lines. there is no reason to doubt
pears and grapes are replacing mes
quite all around that beautiful little
town, and AlamOgOrdO will come to the
state fair with tangible results show
ing the reason for the faith of its peO-
pie in the resources of that locality
&C. L Ballard. Of Roswell, chairman
Of the New Mexico Cattle Sanitary
board, has consented to act as superin-
of the state fair and is going at the
work of his department with a Zest
Mr. Ballard hopes to introduce the
raisers of thoroughbred Hereford and
Durham cattle II the state to the range
stock men in such a way that New
Mexico win ultimately produce its own
thoroughbred bulls for its ranges. At
the present time, so far as thorough-
bred cattle are used at all, they come
to US largely from Oklahoma, Kansas
and missouri They might Just as well
be raised at home, and the great sum
o! money paid out every year for this
high grade stuff kept here"
Mr.. Ely's next intinerary will be I'm
the Rio Grande as far as Bernalillo
county, then across on the cutOff to
Clovis, thence down the Pecos valley
to Roswell and Carlsbad
R. Bedichek. secretary Of the Deuine
chamber Of commerce, left Sunday
evneing FOR Montainair, n. NJ, to adj
dress the Chautauqua, his subject be
ing HARMONY Community's Chief
Asset"
Only Two Votes Against School
The board of county commissioners
canvassed the returns of the recent