The Monte Vista journal., 1915-08-14

Uhen YOU leave tne SaH LUIS VAL
and visit other agricultural dis
,,s NJ the west or middle west, you
v.riably meet strangers who tell
about some relative or friend
N moved to the San Luis Valley
l,nt,ng It was farming district,
n later obliged to leave. Others
N tell YOU that they have talked
Nh parties who have been through
% valley. and from the information
won them they think this is a vast
,ea of sage brush and non-produc-
Ne.
In fact it is really astonishing how
lany unfavorable things are said
INIT this three-million acres of
nd known as the San Luis. Valley,
IA surprising how few strangers
how the true conditions of our ag-
cultural resources. This ignorance
Native to our farming lands has no
bubt kept many people from invest
|atlng the agricultural districts of
e valley.
This misinformation. or rather,
e lack of full knowledge and truth
Native to the productiveness of this
hley, is one of the most serious
tawbacks we have to contend with
! the greater development Of our re-
Durces. The investor or homeseeker
DO hears these unfavorable reports,
k!urally seek other localities in
hich to invest or reside, and be-
buse the magnitude of our agricul-
ral interests are so misunderstood,
tery effort possible should be put
)rth to truthfully advertise the won
Ffful productiveness of our agri-
ltural districts and also to inform
. people of the most unusual OPP
Prtunities that exist here for all
no will investigate.
The San Luis Valley is not unlike
her localities comprising such a
fse acreage, as regards its various
palities and kinds of soil. The
Pine unsightly and worthless tracts
land can be found in this valley as
70 In evidence in other areas Of this
Pc. The undeveloped acreage, the
Nv bottom lands, and the rock COW
Fed hills can all be found in this val
~ which you must remember is
Pout the size Of the state of Con-
|Nlcut But not with standing
is condition which does exist here,
% which also exists in some form
every other district of this size in
IL united States, the people of the
IN Luis Valley can today boast of
Ousahds of acres of crops that will
the farmer a higher rate of in
F'es' on the valuation of their land
fan VIII any other agricultural land
Tue west, or in the corn states of
e middle west.
!" the good farming districts of
t@ valley are acres and acres of
Iaeat that will yield thirty bushels
wat grain per acre; there are
h, ''eus OF acres of potatoes that
!" produce from two hundred to
['' hundred bushels OF potatoes
acre' there are thousands of
['eS OF field peas that will fatten
1--we hundred lambs per quarter
wi ana on nearly every farm
h We seen large numbers of hogs
,A VIII be fattened for the live
m markets during the coming
= anu winter. And this is not all,
~ the good agricultural districts
, valley can be found nearly
I,. ~ A'hd OF agricultural crops pro-
"a w III The Rocky Mountain region,
N ae wonderful yields will aston-
I even those most pessimistic.
mons OF dollars have been ex-
bI,. 'u IN the construction of reser-
|O,. y canals and laterals in the San
N a''ey' and by this development.
E,,,,s 'ers In the good agricultural
HAL, s are supplied with water for
Iods,1 0n OF their crops by the most
man, INCUBUS kho"
l,m,. Dan Luis Valley like any other
bunae district where there is an
Iva, 'e of water for irrigation,
e'op drainage system to