Identifier: landofsunshineha02newm (find matches)
Title: The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: New Mexico. Bureau of Immigration Frost, Max, comp Walter, Paul A. F
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Publisher: (Santa Fe, N.M.) J.S. Duncan: public printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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and the South Spring rivers. Theseare stocked with black bass offering sport to the disciples ofIsaac Walton. From artesian wells which are making this re-gion famous. From flood waters from the great watershed ofthe White Mountain region. At Roswell begins the canal sys-tem of the Pecos valley in which millions of dollars have beeninvested, and which, taken as a whole, is the finest in theUnited States. The Pecos river carries a large volume ofwater and divides the county into halves, crossing it fromnorth to south. In the artesian well district are 75,000 acresof cultivable fertile soil and this area will eventually be in-creased to 150,000 acres. The first flow is reached at a depthof from 150 to 200 feet and it costs from $200 to $250 to drill awell to reach it. The second flow is tapped at 250 feet and awell to it costs from ;300 to $350. A fair average of the flowis 600 gallons a minute although a maximum of 3,500 gallonsis reached by one well, and there are others flowing from
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ARTESIAN WELL AT ARTESIA. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 151 1,000 to 1,500 gallons a minute. With a storage reservoir, onewell furnishes enough water to irrigate 160 acres of land.The United States government has decided to build a reser-voir on the Hondo at a cost of $800,000, which will reclaim12,000 acres. The county has 12,000 acres in apple orchards,producing good, fruit. Plums, pears and peaches, the last onhigh ground, do just as well. Cantaloupes and melons attaintheir greatest development in flavor and general characterright here, and celery has become a staple crop. Oats, rye,barley, alfalfa, sorghum, millet, Kaffir corn, wheat, potatoes,onions and garden vegetables flourish. A specialty is beingmade of high grade cattle, one ranch having 1,200 head of su-perb Herefords, including the famous Ancient Briton, thatcost $4,000. The assessment in 1903, was $2,939,012. Thereare 300,000 sheep and 100,000 cattle in the county. Fatteninghogs on alfalfa is also proving a profitable industry.

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