Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-11

ou4A6asaA<t09 IEs urIIeF believes
khsg sith azs~fe~a ia<kss az rxsa
fszTly In this rexsou that me saccszs
ef fsrninx. n ntton&l methods - -
Piled . sssured We arfss with th<
x~~nfa~ussa art there sfe i xrrss
many osher m1a sko agree win him
The writer advises sxss1sf xgYfnx
any zn< "a . farming association.
but inxssad xvuid have the cusnmun-
~ secure the right Kind a. TARA
rfs. give fhem cheap hndsand D.
ksps >oHne help In getting seeds, etc
"a hEsutifai theory % - sire. i.ut
shsa q eumss % getting The rsxhs
kind ~ farmers 10 con- here. spsna
their time. Do hard work ana rssk
their sncfey. ~ can 80 fsenty sfter
one snceessfui farm has been placed
uldeY cultivation. where se could
50 one nos.. rheorf1s ~ We win
the majority a men are going Il pass
- lands shas Tor . hundrrd years
have been held 10 L. unsfIsble uifh.
ct irriE.ttoa until someoas .sAsss
then.
Oar friend from Mexico ~iliz poant
10 the localities thar have 4 malIer
rainfall md more unpromixlng soil
than Ne have here. and argue that
any scepticism n n~nwarrsnted. Wen.
se have ! good many people IN Las
VEGAS who are just N familiar With
what has been done In other IocsfitI
ties - he Ii; they appreciate tho
scientIfic teachings az the dry farm.
inE syxfem. socAlled. they believe
success viii follow the application II
sctsntific methods here. They could
have sone ont On the mesa any time
during sh~ past three years ana
demonstrated 70 their hearts content.
AID they need the money that the
success Of their experiment would
give them. But they haven't taken
9 sfep. Whyf Just because dry
farmlng methods had never been
proven on our uplands here, and not.
withstandinK success elsewhere. there
Il always enough difference IN con
ditions III various localities 10 III.
c,lcaie that element Of doubt, slight
though II may ~. fhai viii Nv
tho average individual from taking
the risk.
When . friend from Mexico adj.
sises M 10 get good. Industrious
farmers, he advises well, When he
advises not 70 give any or our lands
90 the most scientific expopents az
farming In \ dry country. he advises
fooliahly.
There n. of course. 10 Campbell
system; there Is no dry.farming sys.
TEN. The members of the Campbell
association, and those who have suc-
caeded III farming without Irrigation
N the semIarid regions that Insist
on that at every opportunity. There
are certain men who have applied
rational methods of farming III the
west more scientifically and more
successfully than any Others. They
have naturally banded themselves M
20 m association .The soil and
agricultural experts III the agrlcul.
tural colleges OF Colorado and New
Mexico. Utah and wyoming. and al
the entire west for that matter. the
scientific agricultural and forestry
In the employ OF the federal gov.
eminent. tho men az the west who
have succeeded best In farming. the
most progressive farmers of Greeley.
Cheyenne. Las Vegas aud q host OF
other localities are the. members Or
this association.
Il has been named after MI. Camp.
bell because he achieved gratifying
success In many localities. The a.
ISOLATION holds quarterly conventions.
n employs the most intelligent and
scientific experts In the nation to
make demonstrations. II embodies
all the most s~uccesssul results that
have been reached. all the most ex.
act scientific ideas and advanced
thought on the subject 81 farming
In the west.
The United States has established
In every state and territory In the
union agricultural colleges and ex.
pertinent stations. II empioys the
best men To be had to teach the PEG
pie how TO farm. And the people are
still slow to learn. III the farmers of
the great plains Of the middle states
knew more OF good farming methods
the average yield Of wheat per acre
would 10 nearer thirty bushels than
twelve bushels az II Is now. Irrts
gatisn has been prscticed In New
Mexico FOR hundreds Of years, but X
our people had opportunity to learn
the best methods Of farming byk irri-
gRttan. they could double theis fpps.
And yet We nnd our frienl ftom
Mexico mveishing against esd ehsh.
iug here. under the supervisionl ! the
most scientific experts to be tQnips
ed. 4 harm that win teach o. pabs
pie what Others have learned bout
farminS ls~siscassfFIly land that9 al.
ter all IL said. more dtfel slt Alarm
than that which has a6Sndalt rAin
Hfil. II the Mississippi vaitey farmer
and the irrigstor searccs be wed
froS his Fance where does our
aid land her kppsprs
No. "a afe thankfa 70 our friend
from r. xico for his long range AZ
Atce. ttM we are not going "a fetlpW
NJ Ne arp going tosDnt ste tl1sel
fsrmers Ne 06nobellfo. s0 Ia ce6
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