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products of this valley. Nothing except the most 

 critical examination would satisfy individuals who 

 desire to learn the facts about the products of the 

 country, but the writer can say for himself that he 

 saw nothing superior to it in all the displays at the 

 World's Fair. 



IN THE ROSWELL COUNTRY. 



The Roswell country is at this time the most inter- 

 esting portion of the valley. It is green and beau- 

 tiful with vegetation and fragrant with the breath of 

 alfalfa blossoms. Its apple and peach orchards have, 

 in many instances, come to maturity, and are heavily 

 laden with fruit. Its homes and door yards have the 

 beauty which comes with age. The altitude is higher 

 by 500 feet than at Eddy, but in all other respects 

 the valley is similar throughout its length. 



AT THE HAGERMAN FARM. 



Another convincing demonstration of the character 

 of the country is seen at the beautiful Hagerman 

 farm, southeast of Eddy, which is also the product of 

 one of the earlier ditches. Here there is a fine orchard 

 of peaches, apricots and plums, as well as gardens, 

 alfalfa fields, lawns and long rows of stately cotton- 

 woods. All vegetation is in a state of the highest 

 thrift, so that at this end of the valley, as at the 

 other, we see a living argument of the good character 

 of the soil, climate and water. 



MR. GREENE'S PROPERTIES. 



The properties of the Greene's Vineyard Company 

 and the Pecos Irrigated Farms Company, as well as 

 Mr. C. W. Greene's personal estates, must be noted 

 as among the most ambitious and attractive agricult- 

 ural and horticultural creations in all Arid America. 

 There is a vineyard of 600 acres which will ship 

 several trainloads of the best table grapes, of assorted 

 varieties, to the eastern market during August and 

 September. The lands of the Farms Company are 

 prosperous with alfalfa, Egyptian corn and sorghum. 

 One of Mr. Greene's additions near Eddy is laid out 

 as a park, planted to fruit and shade trees and flower- 

 ing shrubs, and designed to furnish the finest villa 

 sites in the West. 



EVERYTHING BUT HUMAN INDUSTRY. 



These are the barest outlines of the Pecos Valley 

 as it was and as it is. The foundations of a-civiliza- 

 tion have been laid. The canal system is the great 

 skeleton and the Pecos Valley railroad the great 

 artery of commerce. But the flesh and blood will be 

 supplied by the development of thousands of small 

 farms, and the outward beauties will come with age 

 and prosperity. Think of the barren wastes of five 

 years ago, and what has already been done seems 

 like a mighty achievement. And so it is, but the 



greatest things remain to be done. The material of 

 a wonderful life for this valley is all here except the 

 greatest element of all, and that is human industry. 

 Let us now study the subject from the standpoint of 

 the home-builder. 



II. THE HOME-BUILDER IN THE PECOS 



VALLEY. 



Everything has been done to make the Pecos Val- 

 ley ready for the settler. The soil is waiting for the 

 electric touch of man's labor. And what the reader 

 wants to know is the capabilities of this soil for the 

 production of prosperity for average people. The 

 very poor live in the tenement districts of great 

 cities. The very rich live where they please. The 

 strength of a nation is in its average people, and 

 these average people desire to live where they can be 

 in the best sense independent, and where the distri- 

 bution of life's necessaries and comforts is reasonably 

 even. It is from this standpoint that the writer has 

 studied the Pecos Valley, and every statement in this 

 article is made with the conviction that it is true and 

 will stand the test of investigation and experience. 



A NEW COUNTRY MEANS NEW PROBLEMS. 



First, then, let it be said that the Pecos Valley is a 

 new country. Its rough edges are apparent to the 

 most casual observer. Settlement in a new country 

 involves some sacrifices. To make a success of it 

 requires a reasonable amount of time, money, patience 

 and industry. This is particularly true in an arid 

 country, where the soil is for the first time made ac- 

 quainted with crops. A new country is full of new 

 problems. These cannot be solved in a day. These 

 statements apply with equal force to all new countries, 

 but in each locality the difficulties are different. 



EARLY DIFFICULTIES. 



Your Puritan ancestor cut down trees and pulled 

 up stumps. In the Pecos Valley the land must be 

 cleared of mesquite, then leveled and ditched. This 



IN THE HAGERMAN ORCHARD. 



