Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-12-12
ne, Valley upon the map.

ores Valley upon tn" map.
The work of development in the
valley : steadily going forward.
believe II l. cOnsrrvntiVelV cstimut-
rd that during the past season there
have been aud are now in actual cul.
llvatlon, ten thousand acres. and with
the work now being done by the
Mmbrrs Valley Alfalfa Farms Com
pany and allied corporations (com-
monty referred io a> the Mci>Sc
uc"prD: by the Rio Mimbrc> lrrigu-
ton Company on what j. known ~
the Spaldmg- Fisher tract: BY the
Drmnng Dairy and Alfalfa Farms
I umpanl, successors to the Home
Plot and Deming Real Estate Il
Improvement Companies: and by the
Alfalfa Farms and Orchards Com
pany, who are developing the lands
IL Lester and sherman, alone. will
! am confident show from ihirty-hvr
Iu forty thousand acres i'm cultivation
before the CLOSE 81 another yrur-tu
LAY nothing about the additional de-.
vrlopmrnt that will be- done by in
divdual~. IN connection with some
of this Company Development. want
10 express the thanks of this Cham
I.4I ~ 4 g.. Nj /.
our State Engineer and 81 h;s staff.
and I" State Land COMMISSIONER.
Robert j. Eryiru. for the splendid
interest they have taken. and their
prompt approval of the wells and
various other things which had to
be approved IN order that these com.
pau'r> could sell the land
Perhaps the biggest factor in aid
of individual development in the Val
ley has been the organization of and
successful operation. during the past
year, Of the Farmers Co-opcrativr
on Buyers Association. The efforts
81 tins organization for the co- opera.
tive marketing of crops will also
prove ut ncuIrulahlc benefit To- the
farmers.
IN connection with agriculture and
agricultural development in the Min
br"N Valley. permit me tu suggest Ia
the Chamber ot Commerce and par
tlcnIarly to the incoming admin strn
ton. that one of the things which the
present administration tried 90 yet
last Spring bul in which We were not
successful, should not be- allowed 10
90 over another year wilhou, being
an assured and permanent institu-
ton, aud that Is an Agricultural Ex-
pert. The three large dcvelopmen,
companies nf which have spoken see
the necessity and the value of such
man. and are paying out big sums
Of money for the best that can be
had III that line. And how much more
feasible, necessary and economical
II would be Ia have such an eypert
for the valley at large. Only Tins
can We retutc the charge made by
Dr. Houston, Secretary of Agn-
culture. before the National Grange,
when he sud that less than 10 per
cent oi the cultivated land in the
United States could he called even
reasonably well cultivated and that
less lhah II per cent Is Welding re.
turns approaching the maximum
economic output. OF course, he
spoke OF Ife United States generally
but what Is true of the country Al
large aud the older communities. NAV
well be- true among people with
whom farming by irrigation is more
"r less an experiment.
Another thing of far reaching i'm
portance To Deming and To the Val
icy ] cannot pass without mention.
my briefly. and that is the splendid
Effort made in our behalf by the
State Corporation Commission and
liS Rate Clerk. Mr.. Stevenson. in
their hight To secure for Us better
freight rates. Messrs. Mahoney.
Jarrod. ). J. Smith and myself were
present during the hearings in Albu-
querque, November 20, u and %.