Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
PROSPECT FOR
CAMPBELL FARM
FOR Las VEGAS
Psopesltion 10 Give Company
Two Sections Conditional On
Establishment Of Farm.
Citizens Hold CoMersnee With Ms |.
Palmer IN Reference 10 Dry
Farming mptsss.

Mrs. Louise Whiteman Palmer has
been requested to submit proposition
TO the Campbell System Dry Farm
Ing association Of which she Is repre-.
sentative looking toward the establish,
ment Of Campbell dry farm In this
vicinity. ASK your company" said
President Pierce OF the board OF trus
tees Of the Las Vegas grant, IL II
Will take two sections Of land as gift
and establish thereon farm under
the Campbell system?" Mrs Palmer
has submitted the proposition to the
company headquarters In Denver and
expects to receive an answer here by
the time she returns to Las Vegas
from Santa Fe.
Quite q number OF Commercial club
directors and other citizens met at
the club rooms last night 10
hear q discussion OF dry.
farming by Mrs. Palmer. The lady is
familiar with what the Campbell COM
pany has accomplished, and she un.
derstands the scientific principles I'M.
derlying the Campbell system, al.
though there are great many things
relating to soil culture and the parti
cular methods Of the Campbellites
with which she is not familiar. AS q
booster for the company In the way OF
securing memberships she Is ideal
and as result of her efforts Las
Vegas now has the distinction os
numbering among her population a
goodly number Of dry farmers who
can read their title clear by abiding
to the membership roll Of the Camp,
bell system Dry EafHliBs associatien.
Mrs. Palmer outlined what Had been
accomplished by the Campbell system
since the first modest start made By
M. Campbell near Lincoln, Neb.
Farms were now in existence in Hays
City, Kan, in the Panhandle of Texas.
In Southern Utah, Montana, and in
several places in Colorado. AT Ben
net the company has 1000 acre
farm. and at Ault large farm,
Not only have the Campbell farms
been successful every year and with
out exception, but hundreds Of other
farmers have followed the system and
have achieved success. And Just as
large crops have been raised by the
Campbell system as by irrigation.
The lazy made much OF the inn
portance ,of joining the Campbell as-
sociation and landed about everyone
present. She also sounded the prais-
ca OF the steam plow and other ma
chinery used by the Campbells. How.
ever. Mrs. Palmer left no doubt in
the minds Of any that the CampbeIls
had been successful in their undertak.
ing.
I'VE don't attempt to achieve re.
suits where there Is less than . nine.
inch srainfall, and we prefer twelve
inches. Your soil seems to me bet
ter than any that We have utilized in
Colorado. with the rainfall you have
here, success would be just as certain
as an agricultural success could be-"
said the woman farmer.
\. Mrs. Palmer explained the general
methods Of the Campbeils, the meas.
ures taken to destroy capillarity. the
importance Of deep plowing, Of surface
packing, Of frequent cultivation, Of
stirring and repacking the soil after
each rain,
The Campbell system, as many here
who have become familiar with It's
leading features know, aims TO store
up and save every particle Of mois.
ture that falls and make It applicable
to the roots Of the plants.
Many questions were addressed to
Mrs. Palmer, many OF which she could
answer. some Of which she couldn't,
but few or which she didn't essay. Al
ter considerable talk OF proposition
Mr.. Pierce asked II the Campbell
company would agree to take two
sections Of mesa land az gift and es'
tablish thereon q farm. This proposi
tion, the lady said would be submitted
to hef company. and she could proba.
bly, give an answer within four days.