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

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with your harrow, when the ground
becomes sufficiently dry. If you leave
la crust on there it will cause a rapid
loss of water.
In answer to a number Of questions
~propounded by the farmers in b an
dience Mr.. Campbell said:
That he had not given UP that the
mold board pillow. nor would he say
that the mold board pillow was super
Tor, only hat he still chung to he
mold board pillow.
That he would advise them to give
more attention to the condition Of
the ground. and the way they handled
the ground, han to the kind of instru-
ments used il doing it.
That the roller would not do on &C
count of packing the soil; that the
top of the soil should be kept loose.
That the farmers would do well to
use their own judgment as to the kind
of machines to use, but to watch care
fully the condition of the soil.
Q. You say that light, a and air
must go down into the soil, what does
must get down into the soil, what does
with it there?
A. What it does / cannot tell you,
lust what the elements do down there
is a puzzle, no n knows the exact
effect of the air, etc.
That we have pee relying too much
on water, that smaller quantities Of
water properly applied are much bet
ter.
@. What is the use of bacteria IN
the soil?
A. They are largely the elements
that make the plant grow, 1 cannot go
into details and explain how it causes
growth, and further said, understand
my friends, that the knowledge l have
gained is not the result of college edu-
cation, but the result of field work
for twenty-five years"
@. How do you cultivate alfalfa
with the least water?
A. By use of the disc and the har-
row in the Spring. 1t does no good
to cultivate if the ground is not in
proper condition.
@. What do you think Of planting
an orchard in alfalfa?
A. 1 would never plant an orchard
with alfalfa, The trees would try to
get the moisture that the alfalfa need
ed and the alfalfa would try to get
the moisture that the trees would
@. What kind of wheat do you ad-
vocate?
A. Winter wheat is by all means
a much safer crop. When you leave
the field, leave it with a mulch on tor
O.. Say the soil is moist Town three
inches would you cultivate it then,
at what depth would you?
A. Yes. 1 have plenty of moisture
at a depth of three inches, have had
no rain and it is in fair condition.
@. Right where the moisture Is, is
it nard or loose?
A. 1t is loose. The point we have
tried to make is to designate a differ
e1ce between the mulch and where
you mean to grow the roots. When
the ground is in fair condition keep
cultivating it to keep it in fair condi-
ton. lust as soon as it begins to
show dryness, pillow beneath.
@. What kind of soil would you pre-
fer?
A. 1 would Like the sandy loan.
@. How deep a mulch is needed?
A. Three inches If it is stirred often
enough.
@. Should We pillow twelve inches?
A. 1t is quite a question whether
to plow twelve inches; l thing
or eight inches sufficient.
@. What is the best wheat to SOW?
A. Turkey red, Russian winter
wheat, is apparently the best we have.
Mr.. Earle: We want to know some
of the s~ubsurface packer-how
much does it cost, where can we buy
it, and how much surface does 1t CO.
yer?
A. They will cover about two feet
10 the horse; the six horse will COW
er about twelve feet. The price l can
not tell you. They are handled by the
Parlin Orendorf Co, at Dallas, and
City, and the demand Is way
capacity-It has been on the
market for fourteen years, and / have
trying to tell the people of its
1t is a tool that has had to
pave it's own way and tell its own
story.
@. / want TO know II your theory
to all kinds of soil a black soil
,r adobe soil, etc?
A. Up there at Bovi1a the soil is
If very fine texture. We can't touch a
,low for three days after a rain, but
n the sandy soil you can go right on
o it soon after a rain. l have gotten
he very e s results in very heavy
oil. The adobe is a soil you lave to
,e especially careful of. IL you a a
title too long o are up against it;
ut if you go on to it too quick you
do nothing with It.
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