LAS CRUCES -- If Doña Ana County's residents could consume all the milk produced by the county's cows, each of the more than 150,000 men, women and children would have to drink 1.4 gallons of milk every day, said a New Mexico State University agriculture agent. That's a lot of milk and cookies.

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LAS CRUCES -- In the irrigated Mesilla Valley surrounded by desert, Doña Ana County leads New Mexico with 19,500 acres of cotton, 18,000 acres of pecans, and 8,200 acres of chile. Not bad for an area that receives only five to eight inches of rain each year.

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LAS CRUCES -- Are you considering buying a new home? Will you be able to make the monthly payments? What type of mortgage is best for you? Interested home buyers can get answers to these and other questions by attending a home ownership program May 4 in Deming.

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LAS CRUCES -- More than 100 years ago, the university community mourned the untimely death of Samuel Steel, the son of a prominent Mesilla Valley family. Steel would have been the first graduate of New Mexico A&M, now New Mexico State University.

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LAS CRUCES -- Jennifer McCollum, an Oregon native and graduate of Fairfield High School in Boulder, Colo., received the Outstanding Student in Home Economics Award from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University in an Apr. 18 ceremony.

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LAS CRUCES -- Donita Massey, a 1991 graduate of Dora High School, received the Outstanding Student in Agriculture Award from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University in an Apr. 18 ceremony.

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LAS CRUCES -- Finding out more about 4-H, the nation's largest youth organization, is now as easy as making a toll-free call in New Mexico.

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LAS CRUCES -- Rolling, rolling, rolling. That tumbleweed keeps rolling, along.

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LAS CRUCES -- Emma Jean Cervantes, a La Mesa chile grower and processor, and Rob Cox, a local rancher, received awards from New Mexico State University's College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Apr. 18, during the college's annual Awards Day ceremony.

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LAS CRUCES -- Graduates earning their degrees in agriculture and home economics have something to cheer about besides spring commencement: a surplus of jobs in their fields.

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