The Pecos Valley of New Mexico* 



The part of the Pecos Valley which The Pecos Irri- 

 gation and Improvement Company has undertaken to 

 reclaim by irrigation, is situated in southeastern New 

 Mexico, extending into northwestern Texas, and com- 

 prises a large area of as highly productive agricultural 

 and horticultural land as can be found on the Ameri- 

 can continent. At intervals along the Pecos River, 

 for a distance of 165 miles, have been constructed 

 dams, reservoirs and canals, furnishing an abundant 

 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 

 2^ 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 Inog, 

 has been built through 

 the entire length of 

 the Valley. Towns 

 and villages have been 

 started, of which Eddy 

 and Roswell are the 

 largest, the former 

 having about 2,500, 

 and the latter about 

 2,000 inhabitants. 

 Hagerman, Otis, Flor- 

 ence, Francis and Mal- 

 ago are also growing 

 villages. This work 

 was undertaken a little 

 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. 



A THREE-YEAR. OLD ARPLE TREE IN THE PECOS VALLEY. 



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 restoring properties, 

 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 Egyptain corn grow most luxur- 

 iantly, making the feeding of cattle, sheep and hogs a 

 most profitable industry. The suger beet attains a 

 perfection not reached elsewhere in the United States, 



if in the world. A beet sugar factory, with a daily 

 capacity of 225 tons of beets, is being built at Eddy 

 and will be in operatiou November 1, 1896. To sup- 

 ply this factory the farmers of the Valley are now 

 putting in fully 2,500 acres of beets, for which the 

 sugar factory has contracted to pay $ 4 per ton deliv- 

 ered at any station on the Pecos Valley Railway, the 

 company paying the freight to the factory. 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 per- 

 fection rarely equaled 

 and nowhere sur- 

 passed. At the head 

 stand the apple arid 

 pear, closely followed 

 by the peach, grape, 

 nectarine, apricot 

 plum, prune and 

 quince. All the small 

 fruits grow in abund- 

 ance. The fruits of 

 the Pecos Valley are 

 without blemish, " su- 

 perb in form and color 

 ing. and of unequaled 

 flavor. In a few yeari 

 they will be found 

 in all the great mar- 

 kets of the 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 be i n g 

 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 profitable occupa- 

 tion 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 marrow- 

 ing 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. 



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