The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-03
ALAMOGORDO WILL
OFFER FARM
PRIZES
Interesting Contest Planned
by Business Men to EncOur-
age Irrigation by Pumping.
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Especial cerrespsadeaes O. III ueralsI
Alamogordo. n. NJ, Feb. es.-At a
well attended meeting OF the Commer-
cial club this week IL was determined
to inaugurnte a farm contest ~ Otero
county, offering substantial prizes for
the best results. The contest will be
limited to users Of well for irrigation.
There will also be a separate contest
for those using irrigation water aside
from that rom wells.
The size OF ground used In either
contest viii be az least one acre and
all In one a for each contestant.
Each man entered may use his own
method Of irrigation and cultivation.
The only condition shall be that In the
pumping plant demonstrations water
tor irrigation must come n ON wells.
In both contests an crops must have
been started this year.
Judges viii be appointed By the
Commercial club to inspect each tract
and score the different contestants at
least once a month.
Contestants viii be allowed to sell
or retain all produce and this contest
Will In nc way Interfere with the regu-
lar cultivation OF their ground.
Contestants Will be asked to keep
account OF all costs n returns on all
produce raised. as this viii enable the
club To determine which are the most
profitable crops for this locality.
IL IL suggested that at least nve
different products be planted on each
tract, nv the greater the number OF
crops successfully raised tbs better
h Demonstration will be.
Euher teh garden Irhck or forage
crops or both may be tried out ON
this acre. Fruit trees may also be
grown on this acre tract but they
alone will not score In this contest.
Every owner of n pumping outfit
or acre tract IN urged to enter this
contest, stake on his demonstration
tract, prepare the ground and decide
on what products viii be planted.
Whether or not they win a prize
~ v farm will benefit very much by
sue,i "A demonatrution and win receive
considerable advertising as the contest
progresses.
Al least $500 will be offered By the
Commercial club In prize money.
One hundred dollars for best dem
onstrati0n on an acre irrigated BY well
water.
One hundred dollars for best dem
nostrat.on on an acre irrigated from
ditch or flood water and one hundred
dollars for the best exhibit OF a vari-
ETY. OF products raised by any contest
ant within ten miles OF ~Alamogordo.
regardless os method OF irrigation.
l6snchInnn Rays Town Home.
August Richter, who recently re-
moved from JOrdantown. Tex. 10 Al
amogordo a. improve his ranch OF 40
acres. has bought the residence OF DR..
Il. u. Jarvis on Michigan avenue he
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets. The consideration was si,2s0.
Mr.. Aliard and family VIII reside In
Alamogordo. while the son and his
family Will live on the ranch, which
" located on the la Lng boulevard.
about a mile north OF Alamogordo.
MT. Richter intends 10 put all OF the
ltV acres int cultivation just as rap
idlt as possible. He ii now making
plans TO have a well put down and
VIII install the most modern and pow
efful ~ pumping plants. J.. n. Elcan
handled the transactions which MIR.
Richter.
Tennesseean Buys Ranch.
a. - Rose Of Mckenzie. Tenn, has
bought h i've acres Of improved
land on h J. =. Mcdonald tract, ly-
ing southwest OF Tom Boatright's
ranch, one mile and a halt southwest
OF Alamosordo. Mr.. Rose IL accom-
panied by his family and IL now get
tlnE ready 20 move out on to the
ranch. He expects "a grow fruit and
garden truck exclusively. lie may
put down a well later. but for the
present he viii use water from the
AiAmogordo Waterworks company.
his ranch II m the ditch. 80 he can
get the overflow % water from the
eity reservoir. Mr. Rose decided to
locate here after he had looked prao-
uealty all over the southwest. Mr..
hoairight succeeded in bringing him
10 AinmOgOrdo.