Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-03-05
DEMING, NEW MEXICO. MARCH 5. 1915
ON FAIR LUNA'S FERTILE PLAIN


Valley . New Mcsro-rnr Chicago
Agriculture the Mre, Valley has survived has
demonstrated conusiyey that the soil be made yield
tence to the husandnnn Practically farmer within radius
twelve miles of Dming. acquired title directly from the
by the ouryie and slow method honceang good Uncle
Sam ". never spent dollar directly to further the farming interests III
this region, and land with large have until recently
looked with suspicion local investments.
The Mmbre> Valley ha> under quarter
held subsidized projects,
spct capitalists who eagerly have sought
past two years was not very long that the United States
local citizen, laughed the idea farming
desert without visible supply of water.
The pioneers who here year, up land the
full belief that they would have match their against
greatest odds They were little disappointed at the quick cnptulaton
before their awny on-aug any they
succeeded! After ALL Is people rather than natural which
the sturdy American would have succeeded anywhere.
The state engineer of New Mexico, the other day.
vaion e" feel that the supply Mmbre Valley
depend the amount of withdrawn for irrigation the
flow. but the rainfall the tributary drainage
emanating from the engineers
pumping tests, showed that although there had been pumping
the level of the water had risen In no well had the flow diminished 1t
estimated that the watershed
rugged mountains IN America and that feeds the
the practical demonstrations based the THE water
suppl. of the Mnbre. Valley Is ineSl"u,rbe forever
The water entering the undcrloN collected
from which ocrow the rpa> Mexican boundary
forty miles south of Dcming. This reservoir perfect
leak. aud the eyalo There is no dam
aud canals to keep and the twenty fifty
feet from the soil gives life With pumping machinery
and cheap fuel OIL the farmer depends
on nothing which depend, something else.
The fact that the in the mderow renewed and that
" n Quiet the secret OF rs purity This flow through the
soil a, given the valley that wccomc release are
deposited ny flowing The o
The soil Of the Mmbrc> Valley
most desert soils there ~" surplus rainfall
averaging esh inches annually has
matter into H. Unlike most other desert soils however, free from
aah and other h"m" minerals" i highly productive aud deep
enduring. -
While water supply and soil pcrap, m,orau, foc,ors m
III farming there are Others that success
me oil these l. climate While the latitude Valley is low
IT. enjoys the mountain ci'ne which altitude of 1900 feet
ihe annual mean temperature for 1914 degrees TIN.
summers are zoe" and delightful and while marked
f' scarcely day that the farmer pan, ~
crop Inc growing season long The
the StIlN
or greater achievement There 800 day, La, YEAR
Lack OF proper markets h been MANY fine agricultural II,
SECTIONS me exclusive local market Valley have absorbed liz
i o" production 80 far I" the lie. the M,op min b,
Mountains with the great Phelps Dodge .J am,
i, i mn" copper Company Santa Rita and of
'"r'E TO he west he the
"! region l. reached llrc rl
ways The Santa Fc, Southern am, ,
""e" ne vale! settled fully with family every twenty r nry
; "' railway, WI. carry produce distant market,
~" ''H :" 'ooo inhabitants the which denim,
run" communities afford The people progressive in
very way Luna voted run .lJ -. mn
7'''oV ' court house: cmng for sewer .y ma
% "r' apparatus costing almost $1,000. lie
MA moi e>N 'a F2OOOO worth residence bushes, hos. - fo
curing ' past The population increased AT I'm. r,, M lei
o thousand yearly since agricultural development bpnn IN .n of
practically everything that he in any eur,e .Ima, he
" " Pouu'd mere though alfalfa. nan-run l.nn.
oc> "io'' hh"-nH katrcorn and tho L,
'''' NV '' ch'l
Stock raising aud dairyig profitable creamery has % ,,,
~ '"er>' VINO believe IN cooperation. Through ed
n "Nt year they purchased 100000 of ri, ;a j.;
III OF that which had been collective Ir '
slo being bull WIS P'"''e"' Adj
The cost a" land always of concern To the boul m
~ 'ae! contains at least 100000 of o.; til,
~ "o"' -oooo acres actually cultivation roo
od decided land can Till h had SIj To SIS r oc in ~ ~
ie ana II" 80 To $50 fully improved Their, i room 49,.
" " " 'H Ian" "i Luna" where living from can be made me-