The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-03
ON THE
TRAIL Of CANNING
FACTORY
Industry Assured if Acreage
can be Guaranteed to Keep
it Running Big Acreage
in CantalOupes.

Especial Csrrespoadesee 90 the Herald
Portales. n. a., Feb. 2S.-Portales
and the surrounding valley can have
"a canning factory for the asking. This
was made certain by Settlers received
here during the pastweek from a
company OF large canning operators
who have been over the local field
and who believe they want a plant
here.
The establishment OF the plant
rests with the farmers OF the shallow
water belt. IL they will pledge a GER
tain number Of acres 60 production
OF canning products the plant will
come IN. The campaign 10 secure the
requisite acreage will begin at once.
Portaies has joined the band Of big
cantaloupe producers OF New Mexico
and will have probably the largest
acreage OF any section OF the state In
melons this year. Two hundred and
nifty acres are assured and AS market
ing contracts have been made and the
ground is ready the prospects for a
successful year are bright.
A large acreage also Is being put In
onions here this season. being chiefly
the Giant Gibralter and DANA var
ieties for which there is a strong de-
mand from the city retail merchants.
for table consumption.
Good Farm showing.
Mr.. l.. G, wymer, who farms the
old walter Morris place. seven miles
northwest OF town. vas in town his
week. Mr.. Wymer has just finished
threshing his alfalfa. which. he says.
made two and one-haif bushels 81 seed
20 the acre which. az the prevailing
price. Il equivalent 10 $4,000 per acre,
In cash. He had twenty acres in this
patch. thus giving him $40 for his
twenty acres. Besides this seed crop,
he got two cuttings Of exceptionally
fine hay. about forty tons which, al
lowing tie a ton for n. and that Is
80 per ton under the market price.
would add $3.50 to the $40 received
FOR the seed, making n total OF 5000
received IN cash value from this
twenty acre patch OF alfalfa. No
yet. Is this all. Mr.. wymer pas;ured
this field 90 some extent. nus reali1- /
ing the value NJ the feed saved by so
doing.
while there Is no doubt but the
showing made Is a splendid one. yet
Il should he remembered that this
was Mr.. Wymer's FIRST experience on
nm irrigated farm, as u was, also. In
growing alfalfa, consequently. he
could not be expected to learn IL all
In one season. There II every reason
10 believe that he will make even a
better thing out OF Il this year.
Mr.. wymer claims no special exper-
fence in farming. nearly al his life
having been devoted 10 the breeding
Of trottlng horses, % which he. at
present. has quite "a string. In the
bunch he mas here Is Silverthorne, Jr.
(37fi2) probably the greatest sire and
the best individual there Is In the
state. He also has, at his former
home at Eureka, Kansas, two more
sircs who come from the most Illus
trious ancestry and which have full
nlied every promise held out by their
royal p%rotgnitors. Besides silver
thorne, Jr, Mr., wymer has here sew
tn Niles that are calculated Ia give
iseen competition wherever they may
be shown. Mir. Wymer is. first Of all.
a horseman. yet he has no reason to
complain Of his first years exper-
fence on an Irrigated farm In the
Portaies valley % New Mexico.
Commercial club Busy.
The Commercial club here Ii show
ing marked signs OF renewed activity.
Weekly meetings aaye hSen held for
several weeks past which ave been
well attended.
DR.. w. Il. Patterson has been ap-
pointed county health officer for the
year 1914 by the board Of county
commissioners. An election for JUS
tice OF the peace and constable has
been called In precinct Is for March
2ist.
To Investigate SliOs.
w. q. Oldham, q. AZ. Williamson.
Carl johnson. Harry buchanan, and
| George smith left today for Hereford,
Texas where they will spend sunday
inveatignting silos In use In that vicin-
ity. All Of these gentlemen In addi-
ton TO their business Interests, are
| farmers and land owners and are go
ing to install silos before h SUM
mer. II Is a part OF The permanent
development OF the Portales valley
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