Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-09-24
EDDY COUNTY HAS
GREAT DIVERSITY
Of SOIL PRODUCTS
People Of Southeastern Section
Of New Mexico Are Making
Good and Tell How They Are
Making Good

Nature IS kind 20 Eddy county 1T
has variety Of topography from the
Guadglupc mountains m the west.
rsnr $500 feet above sen level; tho
broad fertile valley OF the pecoa river
where the altitude drops to 2, 100 feet.
a stretch OF broken country east OF
the pgco8 river. aud beyond the
beautiful pratries OF the "Smked
Plains that spread eastward across
the Texas line having an altitude OF
over 5000 feet
Eddy county lies between the thirs
U-spcond and thttty-third degrees.
but this southern latitude ia material
Is tempered by altitude. giving the
county a mild cquahlc climate with
ont extremes OF heat or cold The
Erowing period for all land crops Is
long ana livestock run In the open all
the year around. open air work Ia
carried ON without interruption. It
ts located In the center OF tho well
country IN the great southwest pro-
t,ctcd by lofty mountains to the west
end hiphlunda on the east and north.
Eddy county lH remarkably free from
severe storms, turnados being un-
known
Tho productive resources Of Eddy
county make Il especially adapted TO
I'VE great industries; agricultural and
pastoral. Tho climate permits
wide range of land crops from wheat
and other cereals, devtduous fruit.
forage grains, altalta to the great
southern staple cotton. IL is an ideal
section for growing cattle, sheep, hogs
and poultry and futteu them for the
market I'm other words Eddy coun-
ty produces to perfection the great
staples bread and meat and iu uddi-
ton high priced fruits and garden
veg, tables.
Eddy county cduutRins over 6 600
square miles There arc Large areas
of grazing land. covered with the rich
native grasses like tho gbma. There
are great tlo,ks OF Prairie on tho
"Snkcd Plains we'll suited 10 livestock
farming In tha valley virgin lands
are yielding huuuuuliv under rri-
ltuou from nrtcsian wells 1prinRa
aud gravity systems from the pecos
.uygr and its tributaries There are
vast latent resources OF tho land,
waiting for mor~ settlers 90 develou
them. The land resources so far
have been barely touched enough ia
demonstrate what NAV be accom-
pllshcd ip this land of sunshine and
tIhIhtI 'Hl4lN-
Edds county IS q land 81 many
money crops for thc farmer The
experience Of tho pioneer Hud his
~ag..s~ur do, past thuE Years tells
g wonderful STORY 81 opportunity for
rho general farmer The fuut -uower.
.hr Gardener. one bee Keeper tho
darwau tho sjorS grower hnt
feeder % has taken time 20 test cut
conditions &c sail climate and water.
Thr carly conner found new rampln-
UoH- u rou productions That had
fa he t,.t,d ont This stage OF tcst-
Ha I- lN. and tarmlnl us "a business
is being conducted airautaEcously
under favorable natural conditions
tddN Count, Agriculture.
In th- ir-t place thc selter has
'ha .h0.. 90 eto.k farming on the
urarics 90 thr plains on the lowest
priced lama 81 TODAY nr farming iu
mo VALLEY under irrigation Here tho
settler has Che choice ul irrigation
IIOm artrsI5r wells n the belt around
tftgsa. Dayton ana Lakewood, or
Nt gravity systems around Hope and
under tho Carlsbad government pru-
Ir.i 0aIh.ts tnt storage system and
uuur private stsJcme from The Pc
COS river and tributaries tnder-
auUua waters mUy also he developed
l> pumping
Tho Noak farmers ON The plains