The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-03-20
FARMING PROSPECTS ARE
BRIGHTEST IN HISTORY
More Land Is Prepared for Planting Than Any Previous Year
Las Vegas Company Wants Steam Plow Outfit Here


Elated over the twelve inches OF
snow that fell in this county last
week, the farmers have gone to
work with the greatest OF encour.
agement and more ground has been
broken in this county this week than
during any other mouth this year.
The prospects for a bountiiul crop
this year are far ahead oi anything
this country has ever witnessed at
this season before.
Enough moisture has already been
percipitated to make rich wheat
crop by the first oil July. Only
one more snow or rain rs all that
is necessary to tide the farmers
over until the regular rainy season
begins in the middle OF the sum.
mer More snow has fallen in the
mountains oi Colorado and New
Mexico this winter and spring than
in the past ten years. This one
tact alone is enough To encourage
the scientific farmer who knows
that snow in the mountains means
a precipitation OF moisture every
where around within large radius.
More land is being prepared Tor
planting this year than ever before
at this early season Over twenty
five acres on an average OF all the
honesteads taken up in the county
has been broke and prepared tor
the crop.
Experience OF the past three
years has taught the farmers what
to plant this year. kafir corn,
Sorghum, indian corn, stock teed
beans, broom corn and MELONS.
Many OF the farmers also expect
to make a good cotton crop this
year.
Ii is generally believed that this
will be the best agricultural year
in the history OF the county. The
farmers, who were not prepared to
begin work this week have all been
to town TO purchase farming i'm
plemcnts. The Gross Kelly Com
pany and c. {. Chapman both say
that they have sold more plows,
listers and other implements this
week than any other three this
year.
While it is believed here that
Quay County's prospects is ahead
OF any other part OF the territory
, il is also claimed in San Miguel
county that the farming prospects
there are better than they have
ever experienced.
A company has been formed in
Las Vegas Tor the purpose OF do
ing steam plow work there. The
same company also offers to put in
an outfit is this county ii the work
will warrant il.
Following is a letter which was
written by the manager OF the Las
Vegas Steam Plow company with
the request that it be published Tor
the benefit OF the farmers oil Quay
county.
"A company has been formed
here Tor the purpose OF doing steam
plow work in New Mexico.
We have assurance OF enough
acreage in this vicinity TO warrant
us putting in two large steam
plow outfits. One will he near
this city and another at Watrous.
The outfits have been ordered and
will he put TO work as soon as We
can get them here.
We are getting the best that
money can buy and we can plow
by mold board or disc plows, but
would prefer using disc plows and
will guarantee a good Job.
We have been informed that the
people around Tucumcari are anx-
ious to have a steam plow outht
there and we would he pleased to
get in touch with some OF the peo-
pie who want plowIng done.
II we can get the assurance oi
five thousand acres OF plowing we
will order another outfit and pu,
it in the Tucumcari neighborhood.
II we can get ten thousand acres
we will put in two outfits,
For breaking sod we charge two
dollars and twenty five cents an
acre where we use disc plows and
where we use the mold boards we
charge two dollars and seventy
five cents.
Yours truly,
w. l.. Barclay