Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-17
PROF IINSLEY
GOES in field
SOIL EXPERT or a. q "a. COLLEGE
TO GET Ia CLOSER CONTACT
VITA FARMERS.
TO STUDY CONDITIONS
Farmers Institute Societies WIN Be
Organized in the Various Farming
Districts Of the Territory.

The New Mexico Agricultural Col
Iegs and Experiment Station. realizing
the need Of CLOSER contact with the
farmers OF the territory. and d more
detailed knowledge Of The adverse
problems confronting the farmers III
the various sections. has decided ID
put Professor J, H. TImsley. soil e&
pert Of the station. In the field foG
the greater part OF his time durine
the coming year.
The funds OF the institution are moi
sufficient TO carry ON that work On III
extensive a scale as the needs of the
territory seem TO demand and II is
hoped that the legislature this winter
will make an appropriation TO supple
ment the amount contributed by the
station.
The following Is an outline of the
work which Professor Tinsley. as sup
erintendent of the farmers institutes
and cooperative experiments, Is ex-
pected 10 undertake:
l. The study of the agricultural
possibilities Of the various portions
OF the territory. In the older settled
portions TO find out the most press.
ing adverse condition confronting the
farmers that the station force may
be Informed In regard 10 the prob,
lens and the more intelligently study
them.
To select new localities that seem
To offer possibilities for agricultural
development and to advise with set
tiers already on the ground or pros
pectlve settlers in regard to the con.
ditions and methods to be employed
in agricultural practices. especially In
regard to the development OF possible
dry farming districts.
The above mentioned information
will be secured by house to house
visits among the farmers, 90 far a.
practicable, which will give them I'm.
formation in regard to their Difficult.
ties and will at the same time result
in increasing their interest In the
work of the experiment station and
agricultural college.
2. To organize farmers institute
societies in the various farming dis
tricts of the territory under. the aus
pices Of which farmers institutes may
be held in the various districts and
through which cooperative experiment
on the problems of the district may
be carried on.
Such societies should result in bring
ing the farmers into closer contact
with each other to their mutual ad.
vantage; and the institutes. and ul-
timately reading courses. should prove
of great educational value to them.
New Mexico Is one of the few states
or territories which has no organized
farmers institute work and the time
has come for her TO fall In line with
this movement for the instruction of
the farmers of the country.
3. The organization and superin-
tending Of cooperative experiments
and demonstrations on important
problems In each district.
This work win be carried on In this
manner:
Having noted that certain mat
ter needed attention In a certain dis
trict, this would be reported to the
station council; 1t having decided that
the problem should be investigated.
then the department concerned, with
the assistance of the superintendent,
would draw up detailed plans of the
experiment. There plans would be
submitted to the local society and they
would be requested to select some
farmer or farmers who would be viii.
ing to carry ON the experiment under
such agreements regarding the por-
tion of the expense to be borne by the
station and by the society or farmer
as the conditions warranted. It would
then be the duty of the superintend
ent to visit the experiment as often
as necessary, advise with the farmer
and see that the details of the expert
ment were carried out.
For example:--In a locality where