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v.. nln notice in tin; local mar- E. H. Fullwood is now manufac- (chism Qf the Richest ,,.t, Flat Dutch rabbage weighing taring the finest broom, we have Southwest - lnd.; turnips, 30 -hes in cir- ever seen, from broom corn grown DeCUOll Ui tit rumU.vvW weighing n pounds; on his farm this year. Me put in a factory in order to handle his own product. Mis three sons ranging in age from 12 to 17 years run the factory and turn out live dozen brooms and up per day, which are marketed in Tucumcari at S.) per dozen. Mr. Fullwood is kept busy freighting the brooms to town that his boys and factory turn out. Me and his neighhors will plant 1000 acres of broom corn this year.and broom corn is worth $fio per ton and at this rate forty acres should bring the grower about $750.00. Quay County is a natural broom corn country, and Tucumcari bankers and merchants are offering strong inducements to farmers who will plant it this year. It is an absolute sure crop and produces as much value to the acre as any crop the farmer can plant. Besides the sale ol the brush, the fodder makes a splendid feed; it does as well on sod land as on old land and may be planted till the first of July with the assurance of a crop. E. M. Fullwood in answer to a question, said: "On my farm east of Tucumcari, ten acres ol oats produced one and one-half tons per acre, baled. One-quarter of an acre of onions caulijloWM. 2 inr,u.s . (,iium.t(r; cncuml,rs, w,i,hing 3 pounds and produced 1000 pounds. Sets were planted about the tenth of April, two ollnces; Hllhlmrd squash, woihin 17 pounds; pumpkins, weigh six inches apart in drills. About four acres of standard broom corn r IQ pounds. w;ltlM. nu.0ns,. weighing 72 pounds: all ol which dem- made 100 dozen brooms that are bringing from $4 to $4.50 per dozen, onstrates the agricultural possibilities ot this section. It is here, we Indian corn, Milo Maize and Kaffir corn all made good yields. can show the goods. n HH2SH Field of Maize on the Patterson Farm, Tucumcari, One Mile Distant South. When one takes time to interview the farmers about what they As to stock, this is an ideal stock farming country, and cannot be produce here in Quay County, the result is a genuine revelation. For beaten on the map. There is no such thing as hog-cholera known instance, we find that Indian corn produces anywhere from twenty to here, and it is certainly an ideal country lor a swineherd. U. P. fifty bushels per acre. Alfalfa, two to three cuttings, which markets Donahoo, probate clerk, sold fourteen pigs at six weeks old. from two at from $12.00 to $15.00 per ton. Onions produce 4,500 pounds per sows, at ten dollars a head. A total of one hundred and forty dollars, acre. Broom corn, to Vi ton per acre. This is what we call easv money, when a little kaflir corn mixed with ttr r l l.ir ,.-tl. ..f ..: ' .... the slops from the kitchen, in three months will brine an income o one hundred and forty dollars. Experiments by Swift Packing Co. of raised five tons of kafiir corn, four tons of maize, two tons of millet, and 750 pounds of peanuts per acre, making a net profit of $880. o on his farm of 75 acres. Street Grader at Corner of Israel Block. Ft. Worth, Texas, has demonstrated the laet that milo maize and kafTir corn fed to hogs bring greater returns than Indian corn. The amount ol feed consumed to produce one hundred pounds of pork was three hundred and seventy-two pounds, which is an exceptionally mall amount ol leed. Hogs fattened on kaflir and maize, were in evidence in every portion ol this county last fall. Questions are frequently asked by the homeseeker what is the cost of building a house, fencing and otherwise improving a homestead during the first year's residence. This depends largely upon the incli nation and financial strength of the settler. Tin- equation being whether he is desirous ol spending one hundred or $1,000, but it has been estimated, conservatively, we believe, that $Soo to $1200 will total the necessary expenditures of the first year on a Quay countv farm, including house, fencing, etc. The following will give the home seeker an idea of the cost of living in New Mexico : Building MaJeria.1. Lumber, No. 1, common pino, por thousand feot . ..S115.QQ to go. qo Baker Perfect barbed wiie, good quality, yav cwt gt2g