El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-09

per month.
~ EAIENG, n. NJ. July 9.-The party
of buyers that C. E 1Iiesse
brought down from Illinois and
Indiana returned home yesterday and
today The total amount of sales made
was T20 acres OF land with water de-
veloped, one-third seeded 20 alfalfa at
S100 an acre, the amount paid for the
same b45ng $4,000.
J. i. Lamp, OF Livingston county,
Ill, bought 100 acres and viii move here
within tee next few months to occupy
and improve the same. c. Z. Gold
smith. of the same county. . prominent
farmer and afterwards editor of one
OF the local papers, bought 50 acres
and viii soon move here to live j.
NJ Sterling, from Dixon, Ill, bought
100 acres and viii likely. move here
to engage in some character Of bust
ness, putting renters on his land Mr..
Sterling says that he has a brother IN
California who has bought at $500 an
acre land which he would not exchange
for land purchased in the Membres val
ley, for which ne paid 500 per acre
J. h Shirk, Of Milledgville, H. a
prominent merchant, purchased 50
acres and is preparing TO move here
in the near future J. T. Wilson,
Grant county, Ind, farmer. purchased
so acres of land and viii soon have
rentOr on it s. J. Butler, Of Grant
county, Ind, purchased so acres, and
has returned to get his wife and fam
lily in Indiana Mr.. Butler has Travelled
all over the United States and canada
looking at agricultural land and does
not hesitate to pronounce the MINI
bres valley the best proposition that
he has ever seen J. ". Winters VINO
was here with his wife, purchased 40
acres IN addition to land Whlch ne
purchased some months ago. He also
bought 40 acres for his nephew VINO
viii be here in a short time
Each OF the buyers also purchased
from one to ten town lots in the town
of AIiesse.
ley, manager for the Mimbres valley
Alfalfa Farms company, in Chicago,
bought so acres.
Developing New Farm.
Hank Jacobs, a former Iowa and
Idaho farmer. after two years expert
ence in the AIimbres valley developing
farming property. has begun TO de
veIOp a third farm about seven miles
west of Deming. He has 12O acres OF
this quarter section cleared, and about
half of it plowed, leveled and ready
for water He is sinking by novel
method, an irrigation well which VIII
deliver when completed 500 gallons OF
water per minute He is sinking this
wei by means Of a bucket pump and
is now down 81 feet with a six foot
pit, and has a drilled hole in the bot
tom of the pit 10 a depth Of 200 feet
Economic Pumping.
The Sherman and Jacobs place, four
miles west Of town, holds the record so
far as is known on economic delivery
Of water. A test run was made
short time ago Of so hours, using an
oil engine and bucket pump, and 46
gallons of six cent fuel was consumed
The pump was delivering 425 gallons
of water against a head Of 81 feet
In the so hours 1.275,0O0 gallons OF
water were delivered, or 80 acre feet
bringing the fuel consumption down
to about 20 cents for an acre foot OF
water delivered against q head Of 81
feet There may be instances Of low
CT fuel cost, but none has so far been
brought to public attention in this val
ley. This plant IS irrigatinE 50 acres
Of alfalfa on the Sherman and Jacobs
place.
Big Crops Of Oats.
The Jacobs home place. five miles
west Of Deming. shows the results OF
careful farming. Mr.. Jacobs is har-
vesting oats this week that are yield
ing IS bushels to the acre after acting
as a nurse crop for alfalfa for several
months. Mr.. Jacobs says that no one
should try to seed raw land to al
falfa, that no amount Of labor VIII
put raw land in shape for alfalfa the
first year He believes thoroughly In
the cOrrUgation system for watering