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Title: The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: New Mexico. Bureau of Immigration Frost, Max, comp Walter, Paul A. F
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Publisher: (Santa Fe, N.M.) J.S. Duncan: public printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Colonias, Conant, Cuervo, Fort Sumner, Guadalupe, Pastura,Pintada, Puerto de Luna, Salado and Santa Rosa. The county is rapidly developing. Four years ago it did notcontain a mile of railroad, telegraph or telephone line. It waspractically isolated from the world and even from its neigh-boring counties. But since then the Rock Island and El Pasoand the El Paso and Northeastern Railways have built intothe county forming a junction at Santa Rosa and are partof the Rock Island line of the California system. With therailroads have come the telegraph, new towns, new settlersand new life. It is first of all a stock country. This year itproduced 3,000,000 joounds of wool and the sheep on its rangesare estimated at 600,000. Some of the higher grade wools pro-duced in New Mexico come from this county, the bulk beingof Delaine-Merino mixture. Cattle raising is also an import-ant business. About 10,000 Shetland ponies and about 10,000goats are included in the wealth of the county. In the eastern
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THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 181 part are found many springs. Fully 2,000,000 acres are stillsubject to entry under the public land laws and the publicrange therefore is extensive. The Pecos river cuts throughfrom northwest to southeast and in its valley are fertile agri-cultural lands. The northwestern portion is in the drainageof the Canadian. There are no modern or extensive irrigationsystems. The crops raised are alfalfa, fruit, vegetables and cereals.There are no developed mines but indications of gold and cop-per ores exist and oil rock is quite prevalent, covering a largearea around Santa Rosa. Large deposits of good buildingstone and some pine and cedar timber are found. The countywill always be a tine stock country, for it possesses vaststretches of grazing lands that are not likely to be invaded bythe farmer, miner or factory hand. But it also has somegood farming possibilities. The soil is very fertile and thebuilding of storage reservoirs or the development of waterby means of wi

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