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FARMING CAN BE MADEA LEADING INOUSTRYF. M. Hughes, of Roy, N. M., Tells of His Experiences in Farming in New Mexico without Irrigation.From The Las Vegas OpticF. M. Hughes, a well-known resident of Roy, N. M.# is in the city today on personal business. He has a large number of friends in Shis city. Mr. Hughes came to New Mexico seven years ago and has been engaged in merchandising, stock raising, and farming ever since and has given con-siderable observation to farming without irrigation. He expresses his earnest belief in the future success of good farming in the semi-arid lands not under irrigation. Mr. Hughes said, whep interviewed by a representative of the Optic this morning: MI have been farming now myself for about five years and succeeded well in raising good crops of corn, cane,milo maize, katlir corn, sorghum and all kinds of vegetables and find from my own actual experience that by good cultivation ami such attention to the seasons, time of planting, and methods of farming as are found among the farmers of the agricultural states, that in the region about Clayton, Roy and Springer that farmers may do very well in the cultivation of lands. I have raised water melons, cabbage, pumpkins and other vegetables in abundance. Frank Carpenter has been farming for a number of yfrs past. He lives about fifteen miles from Roy. and has succeeded admirably in tbe cultivation of hie place. I am reliably informed that Jim John* son in Quay oounty has succeeded splendidly for the past five years. You ask if I believe that farraiag on our semi-arid lands in New Mexioo for periods of five years can be made successful and I answer without any hesitation that if good seed is selected
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The Spanish American
Roy, New Mexico, US
Sat, Dec 01, 1906
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