The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-09-11
DRY CORN.


Ever since Kansas started to grow
corn there has becn the perennial dread
of drouth and hot winds. Corn that
is black green one morning may be
burned to a crisp before night.
This year is no exception, but Tony
Smarsh, one Of the most careful and
scientific farmers in sedgwick county,
believes he has solved the problem, and
an Eagle representative went with him
yesterday afternoon to his farm 1--WE
miles northwest of Wichita, near Maize,
to see the results.
There Mr.. smarsh has 800 acres Of
fue land. Seventy acres Of this is in
corn, aud there are all Ave varieties,
all imported from Texas ON experiments
extending over the past three years.
lie commenced by bringing a few kern
els of corn from Wichita Falls, Texas,
aud little by little has repeated his
trips to the Rcd river country, getting
a half bushel here aud there with the
dual result that right now, after the
worst day on corn this season has yet
seen he has four acres of magnificent
corn, every stalk Of which bears a
huge ear and one can stand in any one
spot aud reach at least ten ears, some
measuring twenty eight TO thirty inch
cs in length when twenty four inches
i the record 50 far as known. One.
hall bushcl of seed was used to seed
these -four acres.
Al i've OF the varieties, both upland
aud In the bottom, nave stood the
drouth perfectly, no tasscls having been
burnt, while some fields are damaged
whore native seed was used. On the
-four acre tract he estimates ninety bush.
81, 10 the acre. One man who has used
this seed a, Valley Center says his will
yield 100 bushels TO the acre.
The great claim for this Red Won.
der corn is that IL comes from 700
miles south of here and stands dry
weather as no other seed corn has ever
done. side by side two fields showed
Yesterday afternoon the difference. The
/ old worn out native seed corn fields
were burned to a crisp, but the huge
stalks of the imported corn held enough
moisture from the last rains that they
stood tall aud green with the tassel'
an right.
Mr.. Marsh has been a successful farm
pr iu Kansas since 1870 and has nc
mcrcenary motive in exploiting thi'
new seed. lie simply wants TO call at
'cutiou of those farmers who have suf
frrcd from dry weather to the fac
that a renewal Of -ccd from the soutl
will insure them against it, effects an,
his r]cplcudcut fields show it, the sev
cnty acre, including the five varieties
with four acres planted for the irs
time, show the difference. The field
Just across the road, planted with ma
tive seed, are badly damaged. One in
icrcstiug point IL that the kernels o
| The ruru used for seed are SO large tina
It II necessary 10 dr!l extra holes IL
the planters of the drill used in orde
10 let the seed 20 through.
:. A historic feature Oh interest abou
Mr.. Smarsh + farm is that there ar
4 many buffalo wallows a. about hi
4 place, which he has been obliged {
an mp, and on ground where forty year
! ago he shot buffalo. Also he found i
digging "a trench evidences Of IA grea
battle some day, arrow heads Of Din
battle axes and cannon balls aboundin
iu plenty Mr., Smarsh was one Of III
first buyers Of cattle and hogs for III
Jacob bold Packing Co.-Wichita Eagl