The Pecos Valley of New Mexico* 



The part of the Pecos Valley which The Pecos Ir- 

 rigation and Improvement Company has undertaken 

 to reclaim by irrigation, is situated in southeastern 

 New Mexico, extending into northwestern Texas, and 

 comprises a large area of as highly productive agri- 

 cultural and horticultural land as can be found on 

 the American continent. At intervals along the 

 Pecos River, for a distance of 165 miles, have been 

 constructed dams, reservoirs and canals, furnishing 

 an abuodant and unfailing supply of water for 400,- 

 000 acres, over one-half of which area is already 

 covered by the canals. The reservoirs have a total 

 capacity of 6,300,000,000 cubic feet of water; the canals, 

 with the main and sublaterals, have a total length of 

 1,500 miles. About 

 75,000 acres are al- 

 ready in the hands of 

 settlers, of which over 

 25,000 acres are in 

 actual cultivation, 2,- 

 500 acres being in 

 orchards and vine- 

 yards. To further de- 

 velop this region, a 

 standard gauge rail- 

 way, 164 miles long, 

 has been built through 

 the entire length of 

 the Valley. Towns 

 and villages have been 

 started, of which Eddy 

 and Roswell are the 

 largest, t he former 

 having about 2,500, 

 and the latter about 

 2,000 inhabitants. 

 Hagerman, Otis, Flor- 

 ence, Francis and Mal- 

 aga are also growing 

 villages. This work 

 was undertaken alittle 

 over seven years ago, 

 and has already cost 

 over four millions of 

 dollars. The Pecos 

 Valley now ranks as 

 the largest irrigation 

 enterprise in America, 

 and one of the largest 

 in the world. 



Soil, Climate and Productions. 



The soil of the Pecos Valley is, in the main, a sandy 

 loam, and is of remarkable depth and richness. The 

 climate is warm and sunny, practically winterless, 

 with long growing seasons, and likewise possesses 

 wonderful, health-giving and health-restoring prop- 

 erties, especially for pulmonary and many other 

 chronic diseases. This soil and climate, with the 

 abundant water supply, unite to produce bountiful 

 crops of all the grains, grasses, berries, vegetables and 

 fruits of the temperate zone. Such forage crops as 

 alfalfa, sorghum, Indian and Egyptian corn grow 

 most luxuriantly, making the feeding of cattle, sheep 

 and hogs a most profitable industry. The sugar b^et 

 attains a perfection not reached elsewhere in the 



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United States, if in the world. A beet sugar factory, 

 with a daily capacity of 225 tons of beets, is now being 

 built at Eddy, and will be in operation November 1, 

 1896. To supply this factory the farmers of the Val- 

 ley are now putting in fully 2,500 acres of beets, for 

 which the sugar factory has contracted to pay $4 

 per ton delivered at any station on the Pecos Valh-y 

 Railway, the company paying the freight to the fac- 

 tory. At this price, and with the large yield per 

 acre in the Pecos Valley, the farmer should clear all 

 the way from $35 to $75 per acre from his crop of beets. 

 In the raising of fruits the Pecos Valley will take 

 its place among the most highly favored sections of 

 our land. All the standard fruits of the temperate 



zone are successfully 

 raised,while several of 

 these attain a perfec- 

 tion rarely equaled 

 and nowhere sur- 

 passed. At the head 

 stand the apple and 

 pear, closely followed 

 by the peach, grape, 

 nectarine, apricot, 

 plum, prune and 

 quince. All the small 

 fruits grow in abun- 

 dance. The fruits of 

 the Pecos Valley are 

 without blemish, su- 

 perb in form and color- 

 ing, and of unequal ed 

 flavor. In a few years 

 they will be found 

 in all the great mar- 

 kets o f t h e country, 

 commanding topmost 

 prices because of their 

 beauty and perfection. 



Social and Edu- 

 cational 



The Pecos Valley 

 is being settled in the 

 main by progressive 

 and intelligent people, 

 the majority being 

 Americans, mainly 

 from the Central West. 

 As a result, schools 

 and churches are found 

 in every town and 

 village in the Valley. 



The Pecos Valley, 



while attracting the general farmer and fruit- 

 grower, holds especial attractions for those whose 

 health requires an outdoor life in the dry, elevated 

 region of the Rocky Mountain plateau; and these will 

 there find not only the health they seek, but profit- 

 able occupation as well. Not only does this life appeal 

 to the health-seeker, but also to the thousands all over 

 our land, and especially in our large cities, who wish 

 to exchange the life of grind and drudgery and nar- 

 rowing industrial conditions, for one of independence 

 and a larger hope for the future. 



For prices of land, and terms, with copies of illus- 

 trated publications, address The Pecos Irrigation & 

 Improvement Co., Eddy, New Mexico. 

 SUPPLEMENT.) 



A THREE-YEAR-OLD APPLE TREE IN THE PECOS VALLEY 



