Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
now 70 peat tbc rra-t


rent wear She viii be ~ the STATE
fair
How "a Beat the Frest.
IN an the pfros valley there Is but
ono or hard with appics } 10 Cecil
OK the 80 A, ~" farm near Artcsla,
has that orchard he has le0 acres
IN apples and with practically the en-
tire crop OF the southwest DESTROYED
hy the frost. Mr.. Cccill stands 20 make
from ss0.oa8 Co 100000 this year
Around Mir Ceciu's orchard is o.
windbfeak ct tan trees. and between
The wiudhroak and his fruit trees ~
the irrigation ditch which circles the
orchard. o. nearly 60. TO the ditch
FUN Of water and the windbreak he
ATTRIBUTES the salvation Of his crop,
though he mad few smudKes near thc
conter OF his orchard
Lost. however, IL BE- thought that
alfalfa no sanrcr pays. it may be we'll
a. cite one illustration 20 the contrary.
Mr.. Wymau, who also has a splendid
home near Artesln. has g0od-sizcd
herds Of fancy hogs and cattle and
quite number OF good horses lie
has fcd nothing except alfalfa to amy
of bis livestock and. last year. he sold
$4,000 worth Of alfalfa An 81 this o.
done on an eiRhiy-acre farm.
Tho Hest Tomato Cannery.
Lakewood, which 81 on the way
from Afteeia to Carlsbad. has the bcst
tomato taunefy IN the world. II judged
by itH products That Il is not the big
gesi Roes without saying. but il IL get-
ling bigger Al Lakewood There is "a
combination OF soil and water and
temperature which ~ for the tomato
what Rocky Ford was for the cauta-
ioupe or far-0ff Rafdad was for the
pomegrhnate Tho Lakewood tomato
y nearly ar firm as an apple. and has
q flavor all its own. People last year
wanted twenty carloads Of the canned
tomatoes that they could not get.
This year the farmers are putting IN
a20 acres, which will make something
more than i .500 tons. one mBn on
twenty acres OF ground can make
about 81 ,t00 annually, according 20
tho best figures ohtainahie. and there
are some thousands 81 acres Of this
singular tomato land which viii.
doubtless 20 Into cultivation az rapid
N an the fame Of the Lakewood t0mu-
20 extends the demand sufficiently
Carlsbad. ana Cotton.
Who would have imagined that cot
ION would become an important prod
net OF New Mexlco7 The fact remains,
however. that there Are 2,200 acres In
the vicinity OF Carlsbad IN cotton. aud
the men growing II IRE making moro
money from Il than ever has been
made by the growers Of sugar beets
"a Colorado and Utah. Carlsbad has
q gin and cottonsccd mill will be
built soon
Eddy county Ia now getting Sc ex-
hibit fQf the state fair ready County
Assent knorr now has at his disposal
ssQ0 for tho work Ia hand, and Eddy
is going after the first prize. and feels
confident that Il can be landed
Eddy county has one OF the best ir-
flgatlon projects in New Mexico. and /
there u big acreage OF alfalfa. !
Dairying is being carried on extensive 1
~, and Ia the vicinity OF Carlsbad the |
people are becoming nearly as funHti. /
cal about hogs an are the people Of |
ArteHln.
However the term "fanaticai" /
should not he applied 20 the people |
Of Carlsbad IN any connection, for /
they are about as self-contained as !
any similar sized population on the 4
globe. They 1.-Two Well The banks /
have plenty or money IN them Ev- /
eryhQdy haa an automobile and the /
wonder is that the roads are 40 bnd |
IN a county where there ~ 80 much |
prosperity and no much intelligence. /
One eroEeh, and With Cause.
The people Of Eddy county are not !
N love with the state tax board 4
Therc are more than ono thousand /
suits on file for the adjustment Of /
ihNes where the assessments are al.
legged 60 be higher than the value Of
tho property without the slightest
purpose 70 criticize the work of ~
TAX board, u looks Ike there IL real /
ground for Eddys grievance.
This u the way they tell Il In Carls-
bad The tax hoard notified the assess
Anr and the county commissioners TINT
ihey wanted property assessed nd a.
real value. and these gentlemen assert
that they complied But after having
rendered the returns az near To the
real valuation Of the property as Dos.
nhle, the tax board raised their nc.
ures everywhere.
Ter example, there IL 4 make OF au.
ioinobilea, costing about 81 200 lald
down. that u very populnr with stock. 4
men All such autos purchased within
me year were returned hy the county /
az Sl,QV9. HIST the board Immediately !
alsed tho assessment on ali nutomo- /
niles DO per cent thus yalulng Uddy I
county autos AZ considerably moro
man their purchase price Eddy coun |
" 'saHsed back ana the feeling 20.
ward me state board is not exactly 4
one 81 bt0ihtrly love.
-
Ere ut Dcmsng.