The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-03-02

lur 1880. are reported us follows.
Total Ana Ia Iarm~.
ITO. land area 20 the state amounts
TO about 5N.4U2. 900 acres The census
shows ihot 200 1910. there were H.
-tu.utu acres Iu farms. ur lit per
cont Estimates tuu 1870 Indicate
Ii,Hs3H t2 acres were u farms. ur
1873 peer cont. of tho land area THIS
iunrIg.t is mot very large. tut rather
marked ln view oi the fact Htt the
1910 ,,nsu. showed 1896 farms,
Will, o. preliminary report of the
1920 census NuWs only aH.Nil farms
which means a lu# of 5.Na.. ur lU5
u'r ,.uf iu 10 N'.ti. In Htul" No. 0
", uaN, estimated tho total uumb'r
of farms bon thH stat" ut 5000. BOO
Wow of th" apparent TACT that the
,'r.H- hts included some farms ON
which uu crop. were planted 100 1920
lu 1909 the iITIu Uult was jlHH|
{ irI. Doc 1890 Do o. estimated 1T a.
aoT,s Nt1 per cent uI This De- uu-
hruE,u p.#'uup laud. % pen cont IN
uluv,l luud uuW used only fur pas
I turu. @ per cent b. crop land nov
uIl'. aul the remaining ipH p'r cent
or I.iNI 900 u,r'f Ia planted 6" cr"u'
o.. T.al Crops.
Tho estimated crop acreage" FOR
ipgO. vts I.4sl.ou0. SOME idea 81
y tur .tnt,a development. may ho shown
o. l. tho fact that Boa 1899, tho total
IHr.,Ino was lHE. U2H IN lNnt. theto
W,r. GgE.5tp acres The increases ia
tYUr over 1895 was ---N u'r cent;
Will, the increase bon 1920 over 1909.
was I3i p,I cent which ls Tomurk-
able ig Wow uf hv loss OF about r.
uO0 fuim-. o. b. also interesting ta
note 'uHt Boo 1908. .tu average acreage
cultivated per torm was "a while
boo l".u b. h.I Increased 200 900 aver
,Fy OF .1l ucr'H
tn, dos. lopm,rf COG itE farmInE
tt4 been rlpit Boo It, stat" during
IIu pH"f inW N,uIH. lu 1903 only
-II5iu.I ui the 1,n acres ,ultivht-
I tI. cot uulg p,r cont wlH ury
ftrm,I CO. lo.U There were giE O0o
u.r.H lu dry IiIm# ur 'E. per cent
of Do total 'lup
= Valuation.
TN. value OF SOD crops fur Nvw
% Mexico Boo 1899 wHs tH,uai ati. In
1909. ss.,s. 500. Iple. ,as. $4,000.
ANIL 1890 DO was ffa.4IIuUu.
III spite ut tho fact that the acreage
, for 1920 amounted tu lih.uuu more
u than that of 1913, aud hat the tutnd
10 production a~pproNlmui"d Do q q
1879. the crop valuation tor the state
WAS Sl-.'o',ooo less.
Corn.
, Corn. grain sorrhums. wheat and
hay constitute 90 per cent II the
1890 crop There were 210. 600 acres
ct DYru. or Is per cent of th" total
o crop. Tho crop was grow IN every
county 100 ~" state. and averaged
geo bushels peg acre, making an
estimated production Of 100000
bushels The price December /,
1890. WIS $40 per bu.hrl. which
, would mean 90 valuation OF S5N7O,oOu
q A rapid decline iu price 10 ne farmer
. sine, hat date VIII. at ,nurH" reduce
this valuation Union county lead all
others with 10000 acres.
Winter Wheat.
{ 1hDTo wcru 100000 acres. cor about
10 10 U,r cent OF th, 'ofH. t.I,GE. uf
u the state. iu winter wheat The eos
uuHt,j production VAS i-1t.Ooo
@ bushels. with q value OF Na.tNH. 600.
Heavy lu.s's from bail resulted lu
some counties after tho crop was
ready Tor harvest. Winter wheat b.
largely % Any farm crop joe this state,
aa S. shown hy 10" fact .hot 500 per
cent of tho crop was planted lu
curry. Mora. quay and Union cuuu-
, tics.
| spring wheat.
100 900 acres. COZ e p'I cent OF the
total crops HI. 900 spring wheat which
produced 200. 600 bushels. valued roo
y2.hIU. 600. This Crup is grown 10 the
Irrigated valleys s comparative
lang, per cent of Sew Mexico crop
'l MH''' if N'''' ''' ''' =" "i
ui'if r"lu"l" from tho ihlll"'u''
Wu'h - l"l ." STOCK Ahd poultry anu
d tn small Mexican FARMER often use.
ms 'uiir" output Tor nome 'onHuInp
ton. STATISTICS snow mat tho per
CAPITA consumption "i wheat On New
MrAiDo b. grvat,I han THAT for q
state IN inc union lhr p'r aqua
, consumption ui Flour iul N'W M'Nlc"
, ~ l,d barrels, compared no. we
lnitcd states 1cr'aF" or lis hn7h-
ID cls.
"a oats
4 There wor, $1,000 acres. or 40 por
/ cont of On" total crop he oats, that
.u proiuced gg7N. 600 bushels. valued 90
slNg2OuU. It,ru. Mora. CulfuN.
Mckinley. san Miguel. Iiu Arrlhu.