Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-02-04
NEW MEXcO'S PROGRESS.
Wonderful Increase In State Product.
lon Of Necessities Despite
Many Drawbacks
Output Of Foodstuifs and Other Nat.
ural Products Greatly In
Excess of Normal

The year 1918 was Si0.00GOO year
in the history Of New Mexico. Tie
people Of the commonwealth wrought
for themselves an imperishahle na,be
through what they accomplished.
The registration for the draft dis.
closed that New Mexico has In round
Numbers 30O00 men between the ages
Of Is and ~ years. OF these 10000,
or one Of every five. entered military
service. n few over one-half by the
draft route. the other half as volun.
teers. The 10000 taken were. of
course. the strongest. the most vigor-
Gus, the younger men. There was n
still further drain Of man power. for
OF the men remaining large number
gave much Of their time 10 war work.
10 helping draft boards. to nursing. en-
gaging in the various war drives and
doing other extraordinary work that
war demanded.
Yet with the forces thus reduced.
New Mexico produced more In crops
despite drouth and influenza epidemic.
produced more In coal and ores. ac-
compliShed more in transportation.
fhan IN any previous year In its histo-
ry.
Take the production NJ crops. for In
stance. The year tawned unfayornbly.
The winter wheat showed falling OF.
Farmers were not inclined to increase
acreage for the drouth Of the year
before still was unbroken and as a
matter Of fact continued throughout
the summer Of 1918. Seed was. hard to
obtain, funds were even more difficult
to supply and the outlook for increased
crops was nil. But the State College
and all its agencies, the county agri-
cultural agents, the school authorities,
the newspapers, set to work to do the
utmost See the result.
The department Of agriculture hns
just announced that the value OF all
crops raised in New Mexico during
1918. was $40,711. 900. or $2.24I. 900
more than during the year previous.
Eight years before. the census year.
the value Of all crops in New Mexbro
was only Sls,OO0.OO0.
In the way OF supplying meat. New
Mexico IL one Of the sources Of sup
ply for the world. II produced last
year more than 10.OO0.OO0 gallons Of
milk. more than 2.OOOOOo pounds OF
butter. II produced 5.0OO.OOO dozens
Of eggs and sold almost 5000. 600
worth Of poultry. II sold more than
. ,OOOOO0 sheep. lambs. goats and kids,
more than 100000 swine and 100000
horses. mules aud burrOs.
II slaughtered for its own use more
than $1,000 600 worth OF stock and ~
rived 10. stock sold something like
I000O.OO0 n sum equivalent to tlr
value 81 crops raised Add to this the
value Of honey. wool. mohair and mis-
cellaneous products and IL is safe to
say that the farms. ranges, ranches
OF New Mexico produced 100000. 900
worth Of food tn help feed the world
In mining. New Mexico kept up the
swing upon which II started In 1917.
The production in value Of the metal
ferrous ores exceeded SI0,OO0,OO0. In
fact the New Mexico production fig
nres In 1913 seem Ia run TO the $780,
000.0O0 mark. for that is the value OF
the field and orchard crops II IL also
the value OF the production OF ranges
and stock ranches. and Il Is the figure
for the production Of metaliferous
mines.
New Mexico. despite the war drain
and demands. raised more revenue for
state. county. city. a.hOol purposes
than ever before. tn total being AROUND
the $6.OOOOO0 marx. a sum mpreced-
ented IN the history Of the state ana
yet only as much as the state spent for
during the year. For the
schools and education almost $500, 4
W'O were contributed, or ~ per cent Of
all the revenues. Big as that sum