The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . SCENES NEAR HILLSBORO. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 261 Sierra is one of the smallest of New Mexico counties, onlysix having a less area, yet it covers 1,971,960 acres, or 3,081square miles, three times the area of the State of RhodeIsland and more than one and a half times the area of the Stateof Delaware. Of this, 1,775,000 acres are subject to entry underthe federal land laws, of which 274,379 acres are 112,600 acres have been appropriated, and 84,000 acresare reserved. The census of
The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . SCENES NEAR HILLSBORO. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 261 Sierra is one of the smallest of New Mexico counties, onlysix having a less area, yet it covers 1,971,960 acres, or 3,081square miles, three times the area of the State of RhodeIsland and more than one and a half times the area of the Stateof Delaware. Of this, 1,775,000 acres are subject to entry underthe federal land laws, of which 274,379 acres are 112,600 acres have been appropriated, and 84,000 acresare reserved. The census of 1900 gives the value of farmsand hve stock as $1,829,000. Sierra county is rough and unbroken and the water sup-ply is scant, the precipitation ranging from four to sixinches during the summer, while the total per annum isprobably in the neighborhood of ten inches. Irrigation isgenerally confined to the valleys of the few small streamsflowing eastward toward the Rio Grande. None of these,however, discharge water into the river, excepting duringseasons of excessive snowfall or heavy summer rain
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