Wilson's Photo Shop

A cowboy shows his Hereford bull and heifer outside a barn in Deming, New Mexico.

The opening of a road that connects Deming with Old Mexico, thirty miles to the south. Shown cutting the tape is Governor Thomas J. Mabry, of New Mexico, with Governor Foglio Miramontes of Chihuahua, Mexico, looking on.

Three farmers use three large tractors to farm around Deming, New Mexico.

Two farmers weigh bags of picked cotton in a field near Deming, New Mexico.

Three farmers are using shovels and a tractor to gather Cotton Seed, a product of the cotton crop, piled high beside the gin.

Aerial view of Deming, New Mexico. Deming is situated on the main southern, east-west, coast-to-coast highway, in a county whose biggest businesses are ranching, farming, and mining. The population of Deming is around 6,000. The altitude is 4,335 feet, and the annual mean temperature is 60 degrees.

Deming is the county seat of Luna County, and this two-story masonry building with a steeple is the county courthouse located in Deming.

Rio Mimbres Valley Country Club.

A family relaxes in lawn chairs on the patio outside their ranch home in Deming, New Mexico.

The highway tourist trade is an important part of Deming's economic system. The Round-Up Lodge motel with nearby gas station on Highway 80 is typical of the modern tourist courts.