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duction, per acre, $100.00. Net profit per acre, per season, 

 $350.00. 



Cauliflower — Average yield per acre, 20,000 pounds. Average 

 selling price per 100 pounds, $1.50. Cost of production, $100 per acre. 

 Net profit per acre, $200. 



Beans — Average yield per acre, per season, 5,000 pounds. Average 

 selling price 5 cents per pound. Average cost of production per acre 

 per season, $50. Net profit per acre per season, $200. 



Turnips, Carrots and Parsnips — These produce an average of 

 30,000 pounds each to the acre. The average selling price ranges from 

 $1.00 to $1.50 per 100 pounds. The average cost of production is $50.00 

 per acre and the average net profit from $200.00 to $250.00 per acre. 



Mangoe Peppers — Average yield, 6,000 pounds per acre per season. 

 Average selling price, per pound, 6 cents. Cost of production, average 

 per acre, $100.00. Net profits per acre. $260.00. 



Mexican Chile — Average yield per acre, dried (red chile) 4.000 

 pounds. Average selling price 10 cents per pound. Cost of production, 

 $50.00 per acre. Net profit per acre, per season, $350.00. 



It may be seen from the few averages given above that the Central 

 Rio Grande Valley offers a wide lattitude in the selection of very pro- 

 fitable crops. These averages, except where noted, are not from the 

 gardens of anyone especially prepared grower, but have been taken from 

 the results given by a number of successful farmers and gardners who 

 have given close attention and hard work to intensive cultivation of the 

 land. Bearing apple and peach orchards in this valley will produce an 

 average net profit, under careful tending, of from $650.00 to $900.00 

 per acre. 



The figures given have been carefully averaged and may be easily 

 confirmed. 



Dairying and poultry growing are industries as yet only partially 

 d^eloped in this valley and offering a wide field for profitable labor and 

 investment. The ten or twelve large dairies in the vicinity of Albuquer- 



(jue are all money makers, yet Albu- 

 DAIRYING AND POULTRY querque ships in seventy-five per cent 



of the butter it consumes. Albuquerque 

 also ships in from sixty to eighty-five per cent of its eggs and poultry. 

 Several large poultry farms have already pro\'en successful and the 

 business offers special inducements. 



IRRIGATION OUTSIDE THE Inigation in the three counties des- 



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fined to the Rio Grande Valley. 1 here 

 arc a number of exceptionally practicable opportunities for private ir- 

 rigation enterprises and several of these have already been taken ad- 

 \'antage of by energetic men and corporations. The Rio Puerco, which 



