from California, or by the D. & R. G. R. II. and Denver & Fort 

 Worth from Colorado, which doubtless would bring up the ag- 

 gregate to 450 tons of wheat and 10,OQQ of flour. But let us 

 simply take -the figures as we find them. The flour would make 

 371,040 sacks of 50 t>s each, or 18,552,000 pounds. This, you 

 fill observe, does not include the unground wheat, which was 

 818,009 pounds more. 



Then turn to corn, which is the most natural product of full 

 three quarters of the Territory. Here it was found growing by 

 Coronado in 1541 in such abundance that the historian of his 

 expedition tells that "the harvest of one year is sufficient for 

 seven. When they begin to sow, the fields are still covered with 

 the corn that has not been gathered." And here, to-day, it is 

 found not only of marvelous height in the well watered valleys, but 

 growing in many sections without irrigation at all. Yet we 

 imported over the A. T. & S. F. R. R. 7,945 tons, and 90 tons 

 from the west over the A. & P. R. R., making 8035 tons of 

 which we have accurate figures, besides what came in on the three 

 other railroads and also in addition to 143 tons of ground meal. 

 Here, then, are over 16 million pounds of corn and meal brought 

 into New Mexico, which no doubt would exceed 20 millions if 

 we had the full figures. 



I have spoken of the superior character of our oats, which 

 should cause them to be raised in great quantities for exportation to 



LESS FAVORED LOCALITIES, 



but on the contrary the A. T. & S. F. railroad carries to us, instead 

 of from us, during the last year, not less than 3,487 tons. 



And now we come to the article which should be our largest 

 product. I refer to hay. Four crops of alfalfa is the usual yield 

 in our valleys. Its long roots penetrating the soil to a depth 

 where there is always moisture, and its permanence when once 

 established, peculiarly adapt it to our conditions. There is no 

 limit to the amount which can be raised. Every acre of land 

 which is fairly irrigated will produce most abundant crops. We 

 ought to supply a great section of country outside of our bounda- 

 ries with its hay; and yet last year we actually imported over 

 the two railroads from which we have returns 7,904 tons from the 

 east and 241 from the west. 



These articles that I have named are those of largest general 



