The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . mber swelled to 380,000 pounds in 1899. Poultry and Poultry Products. Annually thousands of dollars are poured into the pocketsof Kansas and Nebraska farmers in payment for poultry andeggs consumed here, yet the Territory is well adapted to theraising of poultry. It has most of the advantages with but fewof the disadvantages of other sections. Insect pests are noworse, while disease is rare. Prices are high, being governedby the price of the foreign product plus the transportationcharges, theref
The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . mber swelled to 380,000 pounds in 1899. Poultry and Poultry Products. Annually thousands of dollars are poured into the pocketsof Kansas and Nebraska farmers in payment for poultry andeggs consumed here, yet the Territory is well adapted to theraising of poultry. It has most of the advantages with but fewof the disadvantages of other sections. Insect pests are noworse, while disease is rare. Prices are high, being governedby the price of the foreign product plus the transportationcharges, therefore the home product has the best of it. It isevident that the New Mexico farmer is taking advantage ofthese favorable conditions, for the number of dozens of eggsproduced increased from 1890 to 1900 from 280,000 to 840,000,yet there is need of a greatly increased production to supplythe demand. Apiarian Products. With mild winters and abundant bee pasture, in the form ofalfalfa, tornillo, etc., the apiarian products have increased oversixfold in ten years and are of considerable importance all. < oo om <w iz; THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 67 over the cultivated areas. Bee culture and the production ofhoney is very profitable and a pursuit especially adapted tothose w^ho are able to do only light out door work. Horticulture. Fruit growing in the horticultural sections is assuminglarge proportions, with practically no serious obstacle in theway of its becoming still greater, provided proper precautionst) keep down insect and fungus pests are taken, as is donein other fruit growing states. New Mexicos orchardsare equal to, if not superior, to those anywhere in the UnitedStates. Of all the fruits, the apple is the most extensive and themost profitable crop. Notwithstanding the topography of theTerritory, this fruit is well adapted to the different horticul-tural sections. The counties of San Juan and Santa Fe in thenorth, Bernalillo and Socorro in the central. Grant, Dona Anaand Ote
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