The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-01-22

the cost of milking the cows, for ma
land as IN he non-irrigated.
"On the feeding value of Kafir corn
l am not so well posted, though 1
know of experiments which Indicate
that it is worth about 80 per cent as
much as Indian COT for hogs and
perhaps the same ratio will hold good
for cows. The Kafir corr fodder is
also an item of much Importance and
1 am sure it will pay any dairyman
to grow Kaffir corr as well as alfalfa
for his cows. l saw on the Hagerman
ranch that it will pay to raise that
crop for cows. 1 am sure that the corn
1 saw cut there was good for 60 bus
hels per acre. l found one dairyman
buying bran at s25 per ton n using
it to the exclusion of alfalfa. 1 do not
see any sense in this in the light of
the proved fact that ten pounds of al
falfa hay produces as much milk as
nine pounds of bran. They have near
ly the same chemical composition,
and are similar in the matter of bulki
ness, so what's the use of buying
bran at a high rate when alfalfa can
be grown for one-fourth the price?
Any. account Of the horticulture of
the Pecos Valley would not be com
plete without mention Of Col. Parker
Earle, who for 16 years was president
of the American Pathological Socie-
ty. Col. Earle's home in the outskirts
of Roswell is EMPOWERED with trees
both useful and ornamental and his
house is a wooden adobe cemented
over on the outside. His young apple
orchard il which alfalfa is growing
is a beautiful sight. 1 did not ask
him whether. he intended to keep al
falfa there, but think probably not.
However, I have long since learned
methods can be practical in some
places which would not do in others.
Col. Earle was one of the first, if not
the first man in the Pecos Valley to
see the necessity for spraying fruit
trees. Time was when there was no
thing to spray for, but that time is
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ty to spray apple orchards for the
cooling 9th Col. Earle thinks the
best spray is arsenate of lead. The
Colonel directed the setting out of
the great Efagerman orchard and 1
AVE no doubt that the success of
that orchard is due in considerable
measure to him. He is the best au-
thority on fruit culture in the Valley
and he will tell the truth without the
real estate agents temptation to pre-
v~aricate.
The artesian belt of the Pecos Val
ley which embraces a considerable
area about Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman
and Artesia is already the source of
great wealth and will be the source
of greater. The possession of an ar
tesian well renders a farmer indie
pendent of water companies. The
cost of putting down such a well with
ooein- o-5 oil tho O1,innonnf &c about
So, 800 and it is said that one well
will irrigate 100 to 800 acres. How
ever, there are wells inc wells. The
]. w. Turknett well near Artesia has
IA flow which l was told by Col: John
Richey, would cover 100 acres 80
inches deep in eight months. Col.
Richey himself has a well of 6 inches
in diameter which when reduced to
two inches throws a stream 100 feet
| high. These are the strongest wells
that l heard of and indicate that the
water pressure at Artesia is very
| strong.
At Carlsbad there has cen no irri-
| cation Or scarcely any this year for
the dam on the Pecos river went out
last year and left every body dry.
Many farmers planted nothing be-
cause they thought it was no use, but
the few who did plant made good
crops, thanks to the wet season.
An alfalfa ornwer at Carlsbad told