The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25

of the farmers.
/ have just come from Western Kal
sas, Nebraska and Eastern Colorado
terested in the outcome of the presen
wheat crop, as the fields are now be
ginning to lose their color, having
light green East and really indicatin!
a shortage of water. They were SOM
what discouraged at Garden City
where we had an interesting meeting
Before dinner we went out into tn,
: country and found a field where on,
man double disced the ground early
there has been no rain since, conse
blowing this ground and it was rolling
over in perfect condition, the pillow
was followed with the sub-surface
packer and the Acme harrow; there
was another man who didn't use the
disc, consequently the ground had los
its moisture and in blowing broke VI
in large chunks IN very poor condi
ton. A field Of wheat was narrowed
about four weeks ago with a good
steel harrow; this field carried a dark
green healthy color; NO signs of any
shortage of water whatever, next tc
it were fields where they would not
use the harrow, because they were
afraid they would destroy the grain.
On examining this land we found plen
ty of moisture one foot below the sur.
foo haaoJ,ca oF bow, ro;oe late 1o-+
autumn.
Business has come to a temporary
standstill SO far as reaching out for
the summer trade, waiting for provi-
dence to provide that shower that will
assure another crop. Now if it is pos
sible for us by a little different system
of tiHage to guard against this Ill
effect by drouth, would it not be pro
per for us to put forth an extra eff
fort to become familiar with these
principles?
In Western Kansas and Eastern Col
orado and Nebraska we have several
fields that have bee handled accord
ing to these principles that are today
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dark green healthy color, growing pro
lifically. When the seeds are plant
ed they terminate quickly and come
up. The principles that we advocate
are known to he correct from exper-
fence and not from theory.
WHAT does scientific tiHage mean?
1t means the right or correct way of
tilling the ground, which results in
giving you three or four times as
much wheat, corn, oats, ETC., e acre
as has been commonly grown all ov-
er this country. 1t means to the irri-
gator the doubling and treblilg of
the yield of his fields because it tells
nim hat he has put on too mucn wa
ter. The principles of scientific tillage
applied to the irrigation districts
show that o%ne-third the water he has
been using will result in double the
yield.
In Eastern Colorado, outside the ir-
rigatio1 districts, there were three
fields of wheat, one yielded so ibu.
per acre; another So, another 69-way
above the yield of any of the fields
under irrigation.
We must learn how to utilize ma
lures resources. 1t is simply aston
ishing to note the wonderful resources
of nature, if we only know how to
combine the properties of air, water,
and light in the soil; and unde"
certain physical conditions the result
is phenomenal.
General Agricultural Education is
the backbone of prosperity in our
country. Farming today is not the
farming of yesterday. 1 was reared
in Northern Vermont and remember
we'll how the WORK was done when a
boy. The only agricultural imple-
pillow, a homemade A shaped harrow
about 4 feet wide; the remain
ing tools were a scythe n the wood
rake, the sickle and the harrow; the
shovel, pitch fork, and all hand tools
and all operated by brawny muscle.
How different h methods of farming
today A man sits upon the spring
seat of a binder driving three fine
and doing more in one day
than forty men could have lone in
the old way. We do not realize the
change that has taken place
in other branches of agriculture. Take
for instance, beef feeding; 1t is but
a few years ago that the average feed
er was content with a two-pound gain
per day; to-day our up-todate feeders
who thoroughly understand the selec
ton of h type. the proper care, to-
with the balance ration, is not
with less than four pounds
gain per day, and all this marked in
crease is secured with but very little
cost.
Take the question of dsirying. 1 re-
well in 1864 my father sue
ceeder in making an average of $50
pounds of butter per COW per year,
rom upwards of fifty COWS. The ques
ion was thoroughly discussed and
With many comments upon the marve