Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-31

bten tftdttu NJ NtW Mt>ito the past
decade and n half. 10y dry farmers The
success Of dry farming has depended
much upon the selection of drouth-
resisting crops, the application OF Sci
entific methods. supplementary dairy
lng. poultry raising and silos There
have been lamcntable Encouragement
and failure occasionally. due to IN
experience or lack of energy or sur
ficicnt capital. Further experiment.
alton is necessary to make certain the
growing of crops In sections with less
rainfall than fifteen inches year.
There are portions of New Mexico,
especially IN tue higher mountain wall
lcys, where the rainfall is heavy
enough for what IL called temporal
farming. or the raising Of crops with
out irrigation or dry farming meth
DDS. In the Moreno valley, for in
stance. $4,000 pounds OF potatoes rer
acre are produced on temporal farms
In the Sacramentos. on the upper Pc
cos. on Johnson's mesa and In other
sections. thousands Of acres are In
temporal farms on which, despite
short seasons. satisfactory harvests
are garncred.
Free land stu Abundant.
Less than 100000 acres out OF the
$4,000. 00o acres In the state are un-
der cultivation. Although there are
almost l0.000,000 acres In forest re-
serves. $4,000 GOO acres OF state lands,
huge areas In private land grants aud
Indian reservations, there remain SUBJ
ject 10 entry under the public land
laws of the United States 10000, 600
Acres an area exceeding that OF the
state of New York. Much OF 1t is
subject TO the s2o-acre homestead act
and VIII come under the proposed
s40-acre homestead act, which assures
the homesteader a living even In the
newest Of dry farming sections, by
giving him sufficient pasture for
dairy and poultry purposes. There
are five federal land offices In the
state at which fcntries may be made
and having jurisdiction over def
nitely portion OF the state In the Las
Cruces district, almost 12,0o0,0O0
acres are still subject to entry; IN the
Santa Re land district almost 5000
300 acres; In the Roswell district. -
800. 900 acres; Fort Sumner district,
? 100000. and the Clayton district,
$50. 600 acres.
The state lands cover almost TO-
200. 900 acres. are open TO lease and
N part to purchase at competitive
public sales. There exist colonial
ion projects under which irrigated
ands may be purchased on longtime
payments. Under the United States
projects. long time IL
granted to pay off the cost OF water
lights. Under community systems.
he landholder pays his prorata either
n money or In labor for maintaining
he headgates and bitches. Under ir-
'igation, the farmer regulates his
showers to suit his crops: the sun
Ihine which Is so constant In New
Mexico, helps him to produce the
that the land can be made
o yield. makes certain the garnering
II the crops in their season. to a
argc extent eliminating the elements
If uncertainty. II is the ideal meth
I'd of farming. II makes possible
he community life. for under irriga-
ion the small farm unit Is the most
profitable.
livestock.
Next to farming, the raising OF
livestock is the principal Industry OF
he Sunshine State. For several de-
AIDES past. New Mexico has been one
# the leading wool producers of the
Union. Conditions are very favor-
Ible for sheep raising and the number
# sheep in the state has been as high
is 5000. 200. though at present less
han 1890. 000.. as, the grading of
locks has a tendency 10 decrease
hem numerically. The wool ship
nents exceed 2e,o00,000 pounds an
Iuaiiy, yielding q return Of $1,000
90. The vast extent OF the public
angc. the comparatively open win
crs. the protection of the range and
IS equitable apportionmcnt by the
crest service, all conduce to make |
he business a profitable one. To Il
iilI be added sooner or later, Athe |
ecding of livestock for market. 1t ~
long this line that capital and enter
rise would find profitable openings
for New Mexico has not |
My the public range and large areas !
/ state lands which can be leased for |
few cents an acre, but also raises |
ne fodder and has the farms on
'hioh the fattening of mutton AMI
eeves should be exceedingly profit
BILE
with 5000 cattle on Its ranges,
ew Mexico Is among the heaviest
title growing states. Here the typi-
II cowboy of western song and story
still swinging his lariat. To the
rye cattle outfits have been added
mailer concerns and more than one
,wboy, beginning with an Invest
ent In few head Of stock. has
rospered and Is now cattle king.
More than half a million goats
rowsc on the underhrush of New
cxico foothills, delectable range for
Ia sure-footed and hardy animals. In
ezra and Grant counties especially,
% raising Of goats has been very
Iccessful. but In all of the other
ountlinous sections OF the state al
!. particularly In Sandoval.- Socorro
lnta re, Lincoln. Mckinley. Mora
ter0, Rio Arriba and even In Chases
Id Eddy counties, tens OF thousands
goats are to be found on the ranges
OF horses New Mexico has quar-
r million and the state is apt TO be-
me a heavy producer of horsefles.l
r army and commercial purposes. ,
of hogs there are more than $4,000.
id hog raising on u large scale has
owed quite profitable.
Mules number more than 10000,
ID the burro has been q transporta- =
IN standby for centuries.
Dairying and poultry raising are
owing to be important specialized i
cupations and will add materially to n
e income OF farm and range. Il
Marvellous Growth. II
In 1890, New Mexico had 4,45S 4
rms Of more than three acres each; n
n years later II had 1884 such j
rms. in 1910 it had 35,67s farms, I
cording to the census bureau, or 4
increase of $50 per cent in TWEEN
years In 1890, the value OF farm !
operty syas sSa,54S.f4l: In 1909 1t
rs $53.737,Ss4. and in 1910 1t had
mbed to $1bg,447.s90. Domestic q
finals we're valued at S25,1il,202 IN 4