The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-23
Takes Careful Work.

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weather conditions,
Takes Careful Work.
Now, we have touched briefly upon
the growing OF this product but there
Is many things to be considered in
order to make the industry a success
and a profitable one We believe
that a great mistake Is often being
made in a new country OF attempting
TO do a good thing on too large
scale to do It right consequently the
product In poorly harvested and
poorly handled for the market, and
the outcome is disappointment as to
financial results. Hence we call
your attention to grow broom corn
successfully, means permanent out
lay OF at least Sl,500.00 for sheds,
Stats and machinery for proper seed
ing, Also baling, and the right pre-
paration OF the brush in u slightly
condition for the general market,
which largely determines the values
OF the product; right at this point,
many failures are made on account OF
inadequate preparation. The harvest
Ing period is very important one,
and tho extra supply OF labor seldom
equals the demand, but no doubt the
growing OF dwarf brush could be
overcome 10 certain extent as
different class OF labor can be used,
namely, boys and girls from the
farms, who will work, and not afraid
to work Our experience In the past
is that the city fellow is not a bloom
ing success In the broom corn field.
Hence, we would give all encourage
ment to the honest industrious
farmer boy and girl.
Broom corn must be harvested at
the proper time, usually in the bloom
state, before the seed Is matured,
and a failure to do so means a finan-
cial loss both in quality and tonnage,
and we are sure that II is a great
mistake TO allow seed 10 fully mature
on the brush before being pulled.
The seed has but little value. and
there is a very large depreciation
very often in color as we'll as the
fiber of the brush, and the weight.
Needs Special Machinery.
In order TO grow broom corn sue
cessfully, farmer should have his
own machinery for cleaning and the
seed should be removed as rapidly as
the brush is drawn in from the field,
and not allowed to lay in bulk until
some seeder comes around, and ex-
posed to the weather, then 1t is hur-
ridly done in order to reach the next
crop, thrown together in a bale, and
frequently in the wort possible con-
dition, without any thought or care
about the amount OF seed or loose
trash that passes into the bale, the
result is, disappointment when the
product reaches the market. As we
have said the brush should be we'll
cleaned, and neatly placed upon Stats
to cure in the shed. Let everything
be done neatly around the shed, as
buyers are quick TO detect and dis
count the price for careless methods.
After a short time the brush should
be taken from the Stats, when the
conditions are right, and placed in
what is known as the "bulk" or large
quantities together, always under
cover, and under some slight pressure
in order to straighten out the fiber,
removing at the same time all the
waste products that do not belong to
a first-class quality of broom corn.
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ready for. the baler, and the neatness
Of bale of broom corn will always
insure quick sale, and at least five to
ten dollars per ton more than your
neighbour farmer who does everything
in careless way, and the fact that
you have q shed suitable for storing
your product will always insure you
better prices than when left exposed
to the weather, or else you may be
forced to haul to some market point
and sell same out OF season from the
fact that you have taken no steps to
protect your own interests,
Has Peculiar Market.
The next thing of importance is
that of good market, and since
broom corn Is never handled on
change" or the general markets, as
many other farm products, but stands
alone as a peculiar product, the an
nual production of which is so small
in comparison with that Of other
leading farm crops that I've commod-
ity offers an easy opportunity for
speculation, which quite often results
in great fluctuation In prices.