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

~sarfes n comforts. for the farm an
farm home, to make our homes NOR
ideal; to provide the ne-cessaries an
comforts OF life for the boys an
girls. Under the old conditions is i
any wonder that the boys and girl
were anxious to get off the farm, whel
they were permitted to visit theil
cousins in town who had the piano
and other musical instruments, the
pictures, carpets and magazines? Re
turning home they would ask the ia
tner for a dollar to subscribe for q
magazine and would be told 81 cannoi
spare it; would be glad to do it blu
we have got to pay the interest on the
mortgage" And this all because they
did no know how; now they are get
ting these necessaries and comforts
because science is telling them how.
Agricultural education has paved the
way for greater profits. Just as mod,
ern homes may he found to-day among
the farmers as can be found in any OF
our cities; the telephone, the rural
mail delivery, and the Autos, are re-
v~olutionizing the conditions of the
farm home. Back of all this present
prosperity is the enormous yield OF
u fields, without it we could no.
carry on other business lines success
fully.
A few years ago as | travelled over
the country the commo talk was
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day it is different. The travelling sal
esman, the railroad brakeman, conduc
tors, superintendent and managers,
the lawyers. doctors and preachers
are all talking of that ideal farm home
where they are going to pass their
declining a
Mr.. Campbell stated to the audience
that he was going to rely largely up
on their asking questions upon diff
ferent points of interest in the subject
at hand, after a little preliminary talk
1t may not be cut of place to give
you a bit of history as to how l came
to engage in this work
Necessity is the mother of inven-
LIOA Jill ohS udo Truly oalu. III
1879 1 landed in the Dakotas. The
years of 10 80, 81, 80 were ideal ca
sons; in 80 we had upwards of 300
acres of spring wheat, which yielded
over 40 bu. of wheat per acre; we sold
this crop for $1.05 per bushel; and
we became exceedingly enthusiastic
over that country, having had ideal
seasons and splendid yields. it result
ed in a vast number of people coming
in here. Their was scarcely a sec
ton that did not nave from one to
two or three homes OF it. We had
no precedence to be governed by, no.
thing but u four years experience.
We were not a little surprised to find
260 acres of the 800 the following year
not worth the cutting On account of
no rain. Here We had a little exper-
fence that may illustrate how exceed
ingly complex the science of soil til
lage may be; forty acres of the 300
acres by chance was plowed in the
spring of 1888, this yielded very fair
returns, many of our neighbors had
a similar experience. We held a sort
of council of war and concluded that
fall blowing would not do, that the
ground must be plowed in the spring;
the following year fortunately we
~ploughed more than half of u ground
il the fall, the balance in the spring, |
expecting to get a better yield by far
from the spring blowing; but again
we were confronted with a surprise,
for this year tt reverse was true.
our fall blowing gave us a good yield,
while our spring blowing gave us prac
tically nothing. Here we began our
experimenting. 1t took us ten years
to find out the why Of these puZzling
so many little things affect
the final result. 1t finally dawned
us that our crops were the re
suit of blowing ground when dry,
which gave us a seed bed too coarse
and loose, while the ground plowed
moist enabled us to establish a
finer, more compact seed bed that car
ried just the proper quantity of both
air and water. One of the vital points
is hat we rave got to secure that
ideal physical condition that will en-
able us TO control the elements that
are provided to make the crops grow.
Our great care is to get over these
long dry periods without any lack of
water. Keep that surface loose at all
times and prevent that surface from
up. l believe the yield de-
ponds entirely upon the physical conf
dition of the ground and the way you
handle it from start to finish.
Now if there are any questions We
will be glad to answer them.
Some one in the audience asked
that he detail the entire Campbell pro
cess in handling a piece of ground.
Mr.. Campbell stated
This is our plan for handling a
piece of ground in toto: We will
AXE for instance. ground that has
been already cultivated. we will begin
n the spring as early Is we can pos.