New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-12-15
BEANS BEANS BEANS
and THE RESULT IN
BANK DEPOSITS
PROSPEROUS TORRANCE At
TRACTING MUCH ATTEN-
TON BECAUSE OF VALU-
ABLE PRODUCT OF PAST
TWO OR THREE YEARS

} John Block says he did pretty wei
in bean raising this season. His old
ground-that is ground that had
been continuously farmed for sever
al years, yielded l,l0O pounds to the
acre. The ground that had beer
growing to weeds several years yield
ed only 500 to 700 pounds. In othes
words, Mr. Block got off of his clean
ground above SIS per acre. and from
the foul ground $35 to $50.
The Milbourns were delivering their
beans the first of the week, having
sold at $780, They were haul ng
with the tractor. bringing 5000 lbs
per trip. They were in a dey streak
this year-got very light rainfall
and so their crop was not" good
one for this year Their IS acres
made yield of $50 pounds to the
acre-6l,750 pounds in all. But even
at this, their bean crop brought
them $s47s an acre, which isn't so
bad.
c. P. May brought in a jag Of
white beans yesterday-fifteen sacks
that bsought him $l35OO He got
&c pound for them. His bean crop
was poor this year. The cut worms,
the flea beetles and the ladybrd
beetles, each took a whack at it, and
he had but $4,000 pounds. The high
prices will compensate somewhat,
though as he will get just about
$1,000 for his beans. He had a fine
corn crop.
F. A. Davis, who lives northwest
of Willard, recently delivered a car
of beans of his own raising-41 900
pounds-at that station for shipment.
He has more beans to sell. Not many
beans are shipped from Willard. and
in our report three weeks ago of the
number of cars shipped out of the
county, no shipments from Willard
we're included Mr. Davis thinks six
or eight cars have been shipped from
there. When the beans are practi-
cally cleaned up, we will try to get
the figures and include the Willard
shipments. Our report three weeks
ago of 118 cars shipped out to that
date was short whatever had been
shipped from Willard. 1t is now GER
tain that our estimate on that date
of fifty cars vet to ship, was short.
w. T. Cosand of Havi'and, Kan
sas, who owns land in the Estancia
Valley in letter to the News-Her-
aid, among othes things has the fol-
lowing to say:
81 do not know of a section of
the country now, where land is. pro-
ducing the returns that some of it
is there, that can be bought at the
prices prevailing there. | am aware
that the past season has been very
favorable for crops generally and
that prices are the best, ever, but
will say I believe a good Der cent of
yous land there would. if scientifical-
ly farmed, bring a better revenue
per acre than can possibly be OBJ
tanned from land here which is rated
at $40 to $50 per acre. l am figur-
ing and scheming to the best of my
ability to get loose here so I can
locate out there, and am fully ex-
pecting to make it within another
year, although may have to make
some sacrifice that do not ike
to. Wheat was a fair crop here
this yeas, but corn almost failure.
| am planning and hoping to be
valley farmer soon."
The pie of money in the coun-
ty continues to grow. Last week
we stated the probability that the
deposits in the two banks of the
count; amounted to $40O00O The Of
ficial rTort of the Torrance County
Savings Banl at Willard shows the
deposits in that bank on November
18th in round figures SlS90OO This
is undoubtedly materially increased
by this time. The books of the Es-
tancia Savings Bank yesterday show
ed deposits in round figures of $2l2,-
900, with drafts in course of collec-
ton fos seven cars of beans amount
to $4,000. The real deposits at this
late must amount to at least $425,- :
100.