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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., 1873- , comp Walter, Paul A. F New Mexico. Board of managers for the Louisiana purchase exposition, 1904
Subjects: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Publisher: Sante Fe, N.M., New Mexican printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ltural sections. It is a crop thatrequires little labor, if the field has been made level and thesoil well prepared before seeding, after which the operationsare simple, resolving themselves into irrigation and harvest-ing. On many soils, one irrigation will produce one crop,which may vary from one-half to two and one-half tons peracre. The price of alfalfa varies in different parts of the Ter-ritory, depending upon the production, amount consumed bystock being fattened, and the shipping facilities. The demandfor alfalfa, aside from that of local consumption, comes fromcities and towns, mining and railroad camps, and the thousandsof isolated stock ranches scattered over the arid and semi-aridsections, as well as a considerable demand from portions ofTexas and the Republic of Mexico. At harvest time the priceof alfalfa is comparatively low, usually not exceeding $8 perton, but the forehanded farmer who holds his product untilwinter, usually gets from $10 to $13 per ton. Alfalfa farming
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THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 61 has proven very attractive and prolitable, and it is not sur-prising that the area increased from 12,000 to 55,000 acresin ten years. As to the feeding value of alfalfa it is conceded throughoutthe country that it leads all other forage crops in its totaldigestible food constituents and nitrogen contents. Corn. Corn stands next to alfalfa in acreage and value of total pro-duct. Where water for irrigation is plentiful the yield of cornin New Mexico compares favorably with the yield of this cropin the corn belt. Kaffir corn grows as well if not better than ordinary corn.In some sections of the Territory it is grown almost exclu-sively for feeding stock. In the Pecos valley, Kaffir corn is oneof the leading crops. It yields from twenty-five to fiftybushels per acre, besides producing a large quantity of ex-cellent stover. Both the grain and stover are fed to cattle andsheep in the fattening pens. Kaffir corn is an excellentdrouth resister. Sorghum also yields goo

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