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Population
153,593. Agriculture has made rapid strides in this Territory
during the past three years; hundreds of miles of irrigating
canals having been constructed, bringing under cultivation
immense tracts of land. Ample quantities of timber abound in the
mountain ranges. The principal varieties are pine, cedar and
pinion, the latter being especially valuable for fuel.
Fruit-growing in New Mexico has proven an exceedingly profitable
occupation, orchards of all varieties being thrifty, free from
insects, symmetrical in form, and bearing fruit of a superb
flavor. The range of fruits which have been found to thrive in
the soil and climate of New Mexico include all those varieties
grown in Iowa, Illinois and Ohio, and also many semi-tropical
fruits and nuts, including the prune, grape, apricot, peach,
fig, almond and peanut. Bernalillo county is rich in
agricultural and grazing lands, in quarries of marble and
building stone, and deposits of mineral and coal.
Since the issuance of our preceding
edition there has been the usual number of newspaper changes in
this and other States mentioned in this work. The several
industries throughout the State have largely increased, and in
every branch and direction show unusual prosperity.
We give a brief description in the
following pages of the several counties, with a tabulated list
of the newspapers published in each.
By County
New Mexico Index |
Pacific States Newspaper Index
Source: Pacific States Newspaper
Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San
Francisco, 1894
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