The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . STREET SCENES IN MORA. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 205 are under cultivation, all in cereals, alfalfa or fruit trees. Thefollowing are the principal agricultural valleys: The Moraand its extension, the Agua Negra Valley, is twenty-two mileslong. In its narrowest place it is 400 yards wnde for thelength of about twelve miles, the other ten miles are from twoto three miles wide. The Guadalupita Valley is five mileslong and three miles wide along the Guadalupita and thenruns ten miles to Lucero, averagin
The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . STREET SCENES IN MORA. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 205 are under cultivation, all in cereals, alfalfa or fruit trees. Thefollowing are the principal agricultural valleys: The Moraand its extension, the Agua Negra Valley, is twenty-two mileslong. In its narrowest place it is 400 yards wnde for thelength of about twelve miles, the other ten miles are from twoto three miles wide. The Guadalupita Valley is five mileslong and three miles wide along the Guadalupita and thenruns ten miles to Lucero, averaging about a quarter of a milein width. The Llano del Coyote Valley is about three mileslong and one mile broad. The La Cueva Valley, not includingthe 10,000 acres of the La Cueva Ranch Company, has an areaof about 5,000 acres. The Cherry and Watrous Valleysproduce alfalfa principally, although a large quantity of grainis raised annually, being used mostly in fattening cattle,there being about 20,000 head of cattle in these two these valleys, which all have irrigation systems,there
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