The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-07-11
PR v A MARVEL


When Luther Burbank first an.
nounccd to the world that he had
produced n new fodder plant which
would rrvolutionize stock raising
and create n new era in agri.
culture, an interested world
believing thoroughly in Burbank
and his work-listencd Tor a mo.
ment, praised the Wizard Tor the
thousandth time, and then forgot.
But only Tor n dav. The wonders
OF the Burbank thornlrss cactus
had not been hail told; the intclli.
gent press OF the country dailies,
wceklies and monthly magazines
took up the story with accustomed
zeal and enterprise and are still
telling it today.
No wonder the improved thorn.
less .fiss dubbed burbank 8
greatest triumph. This new crea.
ton in plant lite means more to
the farmer and stock raiser than
any production OF the past century.
\ fodder which will grow without
irrigation and which hourishes
like the green hay tree when given
c modicum OF water, which will
weld four to eight times as much
in feeding value per acre as alfalfa.
which is superior to alfalfa in
many respects and which NAV he
cut green the year around, may
veil excite the deepest and most
abiding interest among the practi.
cal ranchcrs oil the great west.
\ vegetable that bears fruit, it
is, A plant that is relished by
every animal from a canary bird
to an elephant. \ feed superior
in some or all respects to any now
IN use An excellent substitute
Tor sorghum hay, Tor dairy stock.
y wholesome food Tor man, These
ate but a few OF the virtues OF the
Burbank thornless cactus that
have come to be generally known
and recognized. But the unfolding
marvels OF the Burbank cactus are
amending. The experiments which
have been conducted by the
Thornless Cactus Farming com.
pany, which have secured from
Luther Burbank the exclusive
right to propagate and distribute
these plants, and tests made hv
government experts have estab.
lished many hitherto unknown
truths about the cactus. One oil
the most startling OF these is that
the improved thornless Burbank
plant not only grows much faster
than the wild cactus, but it re-.
produces many times more rapidly.
The wild cactus often puts out
MANY new leaves each season, bu,
these III leaves do not bud and
reproduce the same season. The
Burbank cactus reprodulcs a new
generation every six weeks. Moth
ing like this is known in the ami.
NAL or vegetable Kingdoms!
To make this point plain; On
the Thornless Cactus Farming
company's farm at lndio, Caliior.
MIA, IN the sun.baked Coachclla
valley, the leaf or slab thrust into
the ground buds and ieproduces
new leaves with buds on them in
six weeks, a single slab frequent.
" produces twelve to twenty
Young green leaves in two months
70 ten weeks. This is such an
astounding rate OF reproduction
that the scores OF visitors to the
lndlo nursery every week 20 away
amazed and ~doligeted.
Another wonderful thing about
the Burbank thornlcss cactus Is
the pcriinacity with which il clingS
TO lite and the Indifference it dis.
plays to the hutietlngs OF fate. a
Young green slab thrown out on
the descr, soil at lndio, exposed
To the fierce rays OF the tropical
sun, without a drop OF moisture
save what II could seize from the
air, was after six weeks Ot such
neglect thrust a few inches into
the ground. 1t immediately grew
green again budded aud rcproduc.
I'd Plants accidently blown over
mutiliated or uprooted, showed no
concern nor injury whatever, no
arrest OF growth nor deterioration
in quality. One slab was cut up
into strips and the strips planted
separately. Each section OF this
Leaf went right ahead growing and
prospecting. Several hundred OF
the leaves were set out in the sun
baked soil and left alone Tor ten
weeks without a drop Of water.
They all budded and reproduced
Just the same.
These facts have established all
OF Luther Burbank's claims Tor the
thornless cactus and have con.
WINGED agricultural experts that
the cactus is indeed destined to
produce a new era IN stock raising
over a wide area OF the now cult.
waited lands OF the United States
and Mexico, and to reclaim mil.
lions upOn miilione Of aCFy.C oI nnW