. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO 1083 energy and some skill, but its rewards are great and sure. The farmer in the rainfall states does well if he makes two acres of land keep one cow or horse or steer summer and winter. Here one acre will carry two animals. In a great measure this applies to the crops of the garden and t
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO 1083 energy and some skill, but its rewards are great and sure. The farmer in the rainfall states does well if he makes two acres of land keep one cow or horse or steer summer and winter. Here one acre will carry two animals. In a great measure this applies to the crops of the garden and the orchard. There need be no droughts nor floods; the land can be made to do its full duty every season. There is no doubt that the aver- age weight of garden and orchard crops in any ten years under wise irriga- tion will be twice as great as in most regions in which it is considered unnecessary or impossi- ble. Hence it seems that within the limited dis- tricts of the semi-arid belt of the United States that are susceptible of irrigation, there is an important field for th6 horticulturist. In this field he will find his greatest rewards. Lands in horticultural crops will produce from two to ten times as much neces- sary human food as lands under the common crops of agriculture. The parts of this continent in which irrigation hor- ticulture is possible is but a small fraction of the whole area. New Mexico has probably a larger proportion of irri- gable lands adapted to horticultural use than any of our states or terri- tories. All garden crops suc- ceed well in all parts of New Mexico where water can be commanded for the land. All orchard crops succeed admirably in some parts of the ter- ritory, and the most im- portant of all, the apple, is a successful crop in nearly all parts. In that portion of the territory lying on the eastern slopes of the Rocky mountains, in the coun- ties of Lincoln and Chaves, the apple seems to reach its most perfect development. There are beautiful
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