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Atiim iin uiit'h** Knit I* a louse, *nndy loam It* productiveness tit tier irrigation may hee-tlmaled fr* m the following facts:Onion*- V (let proper cultivation, tfi Id 50l) bushels to th* acre, and nte w. ftli ah'*u 11 par bushel IVI-ry An acre will rwalia* tfiiHl Sweet J'.iiaioiw One act** |ita|.* trly cnltiv iii'ii will trlt;luce aa much value as eighty acres of Kansas or Nebraska corn.Sugar lle..t« tJijr sol) atd clown** art* *•«}'! oial!» suitable for thngtowlb of sugar beets, which require bright sunlight and a .trv tm.uiphere. The average yield is abcit* fifteen ton* to tin* sen* A ton make* usually about lit |ier cent of sugar, or 3fid pound*, the prtr**. at marks'. is t4 pet ton f,,r tp.'t» containing 14 per cent of ■-ngar arnl 25 cents per ton el'ra tor escb 1 fw r cent o»et tbat. Kaoeti-meiiis in Ssn .fnan county abow a \ ieiil of 20 per cent of sngar. W'h*r* there an* tieel sugar mill* tbe tittlp i* t ur.l io le a great milk producing foo.l for cows. and it i* fttithnc rain ab'e for fattening cable H*y - Alfelfa forniahea three eid tings of hay annually, producing from four to sit ton* per arm.LVreats Ha by. 30 to fill bu-bels per acre live, 15 to 3(1 bttsh* la per acre i'. rn. 25 to 8M bnshet* per act*- Wheat. *1 to 40 bnebela per acre Oats. 30 to 60hn*b*l» per acre.1'. mtry - All kind* Ibnvw with tbe minimum f careIt I'.ey May lie produced it) Vast quantity 1b» bee weed pOleotne) grows wild in great profusion, while the orchard* and alfalfa field* fltr ni*h abot d«nt material for tbe bee* Them t« me branch «t agricttltnr.*!product for which the self of Ran Jnau cotmly ia pro eminently sulfa hie It ffetw grand ptoapect* lot tbe falnre. hot If a development to oat depend largely tipoti the advent of the'‘iron hnrai—“a consummation devoutly In he wished*' and shortly to he realised We altnd* In lliecnl lltalion o# the Canalgre tuber which grows wild with «o great profusion In otircotinty. Insndahle sol! ai d nndct proper ctiiHral on, fhia pianl will yield Iwetify I oft* nf gpen can-aigre pe acre, or 8 80 ■* ti* of dried 1 be green eonlaiu* about S8 per eent tannic acid at d I- worth about lift per ton. The dried cnblalba ab ml 71! per cent of tannic i cld and (a worth atont #fW per ln« Tha c«el of growing, harv allug, slicing, dry Ibg and aacking haa been ss'imated a* aboti’ |5 per »rre Hus leasing a profit of about I10S per acre, the crop haa m In-eet eneutlea and the detnatid for tanning pnrpoac* I* greater ban the nnppty. Ifr. Alalr the tnarager of the t'analgte ttedttc bon Work* at liemlng, New Metico, I* reported to hate snitl Han ifitan county wa* r« »p clal'y Adapt* to the growth of tlila 1 tnher. that If el • only had a railroad h» wotthl remote hi* plaht io tills point, otllktt ttfc«m?ftrfcw.the cn'lre wi**eth p*rl ■ f the county i* one fast coal field link-in La l’tata and Hah Jn**n v-ll**ja show tein* tarylng fruit* 0 *o 40 feet of e'ear. bard, free hunting, bitum ihona rial This can be bought at the mine* for 7B ceht* to ft per b nFnm the IlmPed eiteul of the et-p1**r«tj-m already made we ar» saM* fled tliat the tlciiiitr an tied Farm ingtn.i I* nod rb ye*! with ts*t wei|« of natural gasandtheref* fe,pro«nm-ablv, cat nil.the R* .*ol kaoli (or linker’* cle* i etl*-la m Immen*** b d;ea near it* and all other grade* of p tt**rr cl«y may h« hm* d in the immediate neighborhoodtip geologies' L rmallott of the district I* the caritonlferons period and Irdlr .tbo s pot* t to )h** et;** ence of *11 th'* mli.i ral re**n re* * found wh*re thei-e formation* crop oltt.the time must snr ly c me when, with her in* tliansihle suptdha nf coal h -r vast wnler supply and the unquestioned *ti*b*nce of natural gas. t'srmingloh will I * the center lt;f a great manufacturing diaiiici Kvett at )Le pres* i t liuie there i* abunda- Is P ■ and a f itnrable open ing for the ektahlishment of tau-u tries, !l inring mill*, beet sugar mid*, evaporator* and canneries.th» growth of t'Hrmihgton ahd of Han Jnnh county generally ha* lw*en warded by the Ion* | eri'id of financial depreia ott thv -ugh whl h the t,hired State* ha* beeh parsing and fr**m which they are how emerg hg When these trouble* came upon us tiie building of one or in* re line* of railroad through ibis « etilt;n wa* an with***! assured tact. With the renewed confidence that i* how arising iii finai ciat ciieles th* attehtioh ol railroad men is once mow attracted to Ban Juan county. W’e are in constant receipt of ei qniriea and of a* suranoea of apee.ly action, and when tbe radrlt;*als come, the probabilities »w sirong tha- L'knmng on will b* on tbe m un line of iwnrcohtinental travelTbia article is not published in the interest ot any trn»», eyndicate or Sn-dividiial We want good, reliable,respi'tisil'h* clltseha sttd Seltler*: ai d we want capita! to i* vestigate and develop our ma ore- a. It wqnitv* only capiial. energt and determination to pttsti L'anrungt.in to the very f. refr*mt of western advancement Tbe rm.ilirc.-s ste *11 here.Voir further inf* rn. -tion. address: Tb* r-rcsrv iat,Farmington Heard of Ir•.*lt;*.F'armington. N M
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Farmington San Juan Times
Farmington, New Mexico, US
Fri, Apr 28, 1899
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