NEW MEXICO 



energy anil some skill, but its rewards 

 sure. 'The fanner in the rainfall states 

 makes two acres of land keep one cow oi 



' or s 



summer and winter. Here one acre will carry two 

 animals. In a great measure this applies to the crops 

 of the garden and the orchard. There need be no 

 droughts nor floods; the land can be made to do its full 

 ■duty every season. There 

 is no doubt that the aver- 

 age weight of garden and 

 orchard crops in any ten 

 years under wise irriga- 

 tion will be twice as 

 great as in most regions 

 in which it is considered 

 unnecessarv or impossi- 

 ble. Hence it seems that 

 witliin tlie limited dis- 



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where man has destroyed the delicate balance of the 

 seasons by the widespread destruction of native for- 

 ests. It is apparent to some of us that this wide, high 

 region, which never had great areas of forest to be de- 

 stroyed, possesses more permanent conditions of suc- 

 cessful fruit-growing than are possible in any country 

 where the vicissitudes of Hood and drought, of great 



,f the United Sta 



horticulturist. In this 

 field he will find his 

 greatest rewards. Lands 

 in horticultural crops 



the whole area. N' 

 Mexico has probably 

 larger proportion of ir 

 gable lands adapted 

 horticultural use th 

 any of our states or ter 

 tories. 



All garden crops suc- 

 ceed well in all parts of 

 New Mexico where water 

 can be commanded for 

 the land. All orchard 

 crops succeed admirably 





nearly all parts. In that 

 portion of the territory 

 lying on the eastern 

 slopes of the Rocky 

 mountains, in the coun- 

 ties of Lincoln and 

 Cliaves, the apple seems 

 to reach its most perfect 

 <levp|onment. Thi-r.' are 



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quality, 

 apples t 

 ■quality. 



ome from the tree 

 Bellflower and N 





region of the couTitr- - . • . i|..a ininiy -if tli.'^e 



orchardist, yet the c]. \ :in.ii[ "i iIh luitrv. tlir cent nil 



of the water .supply, the purity and dryness of the air 

 and the everlasting sunshine will combine to protect 

 from those serious evils born of humid climates and 

 low altitudes, or that result from weather conditions 



tir^of riiiivis and Lincoln in the .-.Mnii. i i .--,111 1 iimu and 

 fSanta Fe in the north, and Grant .in. I l)..ii,x Ana in the 

 south, are well known for their fine apples. Four varie- 

 ties from Mesilla Park, in Dona Ana county, received 

 second premium at the World's Exposition, in Paris, 

 1900. The following are the varieties : Ben Davis, grown 

 by Frank Burke ; Missouri, Pippin, grown on the fa- 

 nious Woodland Orchard ; and the Gano and Lawyer, from 

 the Agricultural college. At present the apple is free 

 from the common diseases. The only insect enemy is 

 the codlin moth, which in some sections is coming to be 

 a serious pest. The early varieties, such as the Red 

 June, Red Astrachan, Early Harvest and Yellow Trans- 

 parent, are almost free from the codlin moth, while on 



