Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1895 — New Mexico's Climate. [ARTICLE]

New Mexico's Climate.

For variety of climate New Mexico leads the other Territories of the Union. This Is*due In part to her extent from p*rth to south, oovering as It does seven degrees of latitude. More still Is perhaps duo to differences In altitude, which, within her borders, ranges from four thousand to fourteen thousand feet Conditions of aridity and rarefaction, and highly electrical conditions of the atmosphere dependent upon altitude, Increase the diversity beyond the mere question of cold and heat In establishing an arbor day for the Territory, the Legislature at first selected two days, one for the northern knd the other for the southern half of New Mexico, but these proved Insufficient to meet the conditions of climate to all localities. So the designation of the day In each county Is now left with the county school superintendent, Is supposed to fix It at the best season for tree planting In his locality.