Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-04
DRY FARMING SUCCESS IN
 NEW MEXICO
Experiments in the Santa Fe Section of New Mexico Show That the New Process Can Be Followed

| The Stanley, Santa Fe county, N.
 NJ, Index gives an account of some
 very successful dry farming expert
 ments in that part of the country.
 Of course there Is considerably more
 moisture in that region than in
 southern New Mexico or southern
 Arizona. but a few years ago farm
 ing was considered Impossible even
 near Stanley, and the results ob-
 tained there in the last few years
 by scientific methods have been al
 most startling. The Index says:
 Dunning brothers took up their
 residence six miles west of Stanley,
 New Mexico. February 24. 1908.
 They, together with their parents.
 came from Garber, Okla, where
 through industry they had built up
 | a prosperous farming business. On
 account of climatic conditions In the
 state of Oklahoma, however, and the
 poor health of Grandmother Dunning.
 and also being pleased with the pros
 pect of success as a reward of in
 dustry in this beautiful valley, they
 decided to change the known for the
 unknown.
 The firm of Dunn'ng Brothers con sists of NJ. V. Dunning, jr., and F. c. l Dunning, who have settled on home
 steads adjoining those of the sisters
 and parents. Nj. V. Dunning, ST., hay
 ing purchased an adjoining quarter section of deeded land, the brothers are developing the i've quarter sec tions of sunshine valley prairie. Dur ! o ton of land, erected their houses and ] broke out and cultivated TO acres of ] land. They did not start their steam blow until April 20, 1908.
 Dry Farm Methods
 By pursuing dry farming methods they raised last year about 500 bush ] els of we'll matured corn.
 Some experimental farming was . done in order to ascertain what crops are best adapted to local conditions. A half acre of flax proved very sue cessful: 60 acres of oats made four large stacks of gran, which they did not thresh; one acre of potatoes. which were planted in April. yielded about 70 bushels. They also raised about 2100 pounds of Mexican beans and about 90 pounds of the navy va riety. The latter did not ripen even " anu IOL COnStuCitG dS \ able a crop as the other variety. \ Their garden under dry farming | was very much of success, yield ing bount ful supply of all kinds of | vegetables. Pumpkins and turnips yielded by the wagon load. The Cummings have a well of fine water and a good system of waterworks on | their places.
 This season they will plant corn, oats, wheat, millet, cane, flax, fri e joles, potatoes and garden truck. l Steam Flow.
 They have a traction engine, with | steam blow equipments, a complete B threshine outfit, and an Al well drill , ng machine. When these energetic | young men are not busted with their own farm work they are ready to as- l sist measurably in the development of the immense resources of the val ' ley. and their experience with the use of machinery enables them to do accurate and satisfactory work in any job they undertake. Their own three hundred acres of land, however. ' which they will have under cultiva- [ on this year, will keep them pretty busy with their own farming during the crop season. The improvement of their own places is their first object ] and by the end of the present year they will have changed the barren prairie into an improved and produc- tive ranch, and put a good market able cash valne on their ranch by making t productive.
 Another Example.
 F. D. Shaeffer settled five miles west of StssAley early in the spring of 1908. He. together with his broth er-in-law, Dana Costello. homesteaded half section of land and have made of the same in one years time a well improved farm. These energetic set tiers, while they did not have a large acreage under cultivation last season, ! "a sed enough on their places to feed and fatten a hundred lambs for the spring market. This year they will more than double their area under cultivation. They will raise this year corn, oats, millet, stock peas. beans and potatoes, for field crops. MT. lShaeffer will devote part of his time to gardening. he having set aside and spec ally prepared five acres for eD elusive vegetable cultivation.
 Messrs. Shaeffer and Costello are permanently located. They have an 2 excellent well, with windmill and tanks and Waterworks system Their improvements are both extensive and ! substantial. A distinctive feature of their improvements Is young or chard of assorted fruit trees and grove of forest trees. Altogether 200 trees were planted. All but very few lived and made a strong growth for their first year. This will is a very few years make this location lone of the most attractive in the val ley and win largely increase it's