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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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,where they are fed for market. Of late years quite a numberof cattlemen have been raising alfalfa on a small scale forfeeding purposes. Altogether about 2,000 acres have beenput under cultivation. The sheep growers will undoubtedlysoon follow this example. The cattle men are rapidly improv-ing their stock by importing registered cattle from the states.The raising of goats is a growing industry as well as thebreeding of horses for market, both proving profitable. Rail-roads afford good facilities for the shipment of stock. Whenever water is available for irrigation purposes, cropsof grain, vegetables and fruits can be raised with unvaryingannual success. There are a number of orchards in whichevery variety of fruit of the temperate zone is raised. Wildfruits and nuts grow in abundance along the streams and onthe mountain slopes. If the flood waters which run down theriver beds at certain seasons were stored, fully 100,000 acrescould be brought under cultivation. Many natural reservoir
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THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 285 sites exist. Ten miles west of Polsom, commences the John-son mesa, 8,000 feet high, extending into Colfax countyalmost to Raton, on which without irrigation fine potatoes areraised, also large crops of oats. Mining is in its infancy, but there are undoubted indicationsof gold, silver, copper and lead ores in various precincts.Coal deposits exist in the northern part, the veins being anextension of the Trinidad fields in Colorado. A good grade ofbituminous coal is found near Clayton, and development workis being done in a desultory way. The distance from therailroad prevents these prospects from becoming producers.Coal veins also underlie Johnsons mesa. Indications of oil can be pointed out along many streams,and often in drilling for water, oil sands and rock arestruck. Fine mineral springs are at Folsom, and there is butlittle doubt that artesian water will be found at a moderatedepth. On Ute creek are deposits of pure alum, whileexcellent lime quarries are

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