The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . nd commissions is from $ to $15. Aperson can, at the time of making homestead entrj^ of 160acres, enter 160 acres under the desert land act. He will berequired to pay twenty-five cents per acre at the time of mak-ing the entry, after which he is required to expend $3 per acre($1 per acre each year for three years) in labor or money inimproving the land and constructing reservoirs, canals andditches for irrigation and reclaiming the tracts entered; andthe person can make final entry at any t
The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . nd commissions is from $ to $15. Aperson can, at the time of making homestead entrj^ of 160acres, enter 160 acres under the desert land act. He will berequired to pay twenty-five cents per acre at the time of mak-ing the entry, after which he is required to expend $3 per acre($1 per acre each year for three years) in labor or money inimproving the land and constructing reservoirs, canals andditches for irrigation and reclaiming the tracts entered; andthe person can make final entry at any time prior to the expi-ration of four years on making the required proof of reclama-tion, of expenditure to an aggregate amount of $3 per acre,and of the cultivation of one-eighth of the land and making afinal payment of one dollar per acre. In taking up a homestead, first possession may be obtainedfor ninety days by cutting four logs twelve feet long for afoundation of a house, putting up a notice and making im-provements from time to time. At the end of that time the?entry must be THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 91 The Stock Industry. Next to agriculture, the stock industry is the greatestsource of wealtii, in fact, as far as the area devoted to it, itleads all other industries. This is easily explained, for be-sides an extensive private range, there are 50,000,000 acres ofpublic range, and the climate is all that can be wished for bystock raisers. Many fortunes have been made in stock rais-ing and with each year the grade of stock is being improvedand thus becomes more valuable. Over 1,000,000 cattle areon the ranges of the Territory and in Chaves county are to befound some of the highest grade cattle in the United States,Herefords predominating. Chaves, Grant, Sierra, Luna,Otero, Dona Ana, Union, Leonard Wood, Roosevelt, Colfax,Eddy, Lincoln and Quay are the principal cattle counties. Sheep. There are between Hve and six million sheep upon theranges. The mild winters, the
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