Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-18
BIC CROP YIELD
IN SOUTHWEST
FOR THIS YEAR
Getting Products to Market
One of Big Problems; Hail
and Flood of Rio Grande
Does Slight Damage.

The harvest throughout the en-
tire southwest is bountiful. accord
ing to A. NJ. Hove of Amarillo, as
sistant editor of The Earth, the
Santa Fe railway agricultural pub
lication. who was here yesterday.
Mr.. Hove has spent the last ten
days on western lines in Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas. Colorado and
New Mexico.
The wheat crop in this entire
section is good. New Mexico has
not finished harvesting the wheat
except on the east side and in the
south part. The estimate for the
New Mexico crop is over 5000, 600
bushels of exceptional high grade.
inc problem today is to m 1ye
thls big crop to market. Kansas
alone has over 100,000,0OO bushels
OF new wheat and considerable of
last years crop still on hand. So
many causes have led to the piling
up OF cars in the east and also al
Gulf ports. This has caused a very
acute shortage of box cars for
grain. The box cars of western
roads were built especially for the
grain business. Nearly all of this
good equipment has gone east and
IN It's pace the western roads have
on their lines foreign cars not
suited for grain in the first place
and in addition they are badly out
OF repair, less than 10 per cent be-
ing tight enough for grain.
Every remain t,.a IL To-, cal i
order cars. Help is also short which
Delays the repair work. Il. j. Par
ker, general manager of the West
ern lines, is making every effort TO
obtain cars to move the crops in
this territory.
In Kansas the farmers have
stacked their grain in the mean
time for lack of other storage. The
elevators at many points are full
and so are the granaries on the
farms.
This was he first trip that Mr..
Hove has made over the Santa Fe
lines west of Newton since 1894.
The contrast between now and then
is striking. he finds. In 1894 towns
in the west part of Kansas were
asserted and many farms were |
abandoned. Today busy cities are
located along the lines and wheat
stacks and growing crops cover the
landscape as far as the eye can
see.
In New Mexico conditions are eX-
cellent, Mr.. Hove finds. A little !
damage has been done in locali-
ties by hail, but the total damage
S not great. The most serious
tamage was caused by high water
n the Rio Grande in May and
June. 1t is estimated that 10000 |
acres of crops We're destroyed. But
he farmers are now busy planting
'rops where the crops were dam
iged
The state is making remarkable
progress in dairying High grade
md registered dairy cattle have
been shipped in during the last few
months in many localities, Colfax
'ounty alone has shipped in 1900
head since December /, 1919.
In a number of localities atten-
ion is being given to growing high
,riced crops under irrigation. Me-
lila valley expects to ship 1900
'ars of cantaloupes in addition to
'abbage and other truck crops.
Cotton is being grown for the
irst time commercially in the Me-
lila valley and around Roswell this
ear. Below Las Cruces the cotton
S growing nicely and some fields
ire nearly ready to bloom.
The only crop that is short this
'ear in New Mexico is fruit. Mes'lla
ALLEY has a good crop of apples
md pears, but only n small amount
# peaches and apricotts.
Regarding the purchase of new
by the Santa Fe, Mr..
love states that an order was
'laced some time ago to the amount
# S1S,000,000. In this order are in
luded fifty locomotives, 500 gon-
ola coal cars, and $500 refrigera-
or cars. In Santa Fe territory
here is a remarkable increase in
he production of fruit, vegetables
nd perishable crops generally. ,
his tendency is marked in Arizona
nd is also making a start in New
fexico.
New Mexico is not well known as
summer resort Mr.. Hove finds.
lew Mexico should be able to fur
ish the right sort of playground
Or it's neighbors like Texas. Okla
oma and Kansas.