The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-11-16

mand high prices In all the more
thickly settled sections, and the land
hungry nan looks to the newly ievel-
oped country for profitable invest
ment. The irrigated valley of the
West are particularly attractive Here
"A few acres are sufficient to support
a family, and, properly developed, ten
or twenty acres is better than any in
surance policy ever written.
The methods of preparing the soil,
~cultivating, and developing full, the
possibilities of a few acres will be
shown at the Chicago show.
The broad acres of Western Kansas
and Oklahoma, the Panhandle and TIE
South Plains of Texas, the Pecos Val
ley and the Las Vegas country in New
Mexico-all are attracting attention.
The products grown there, with nor
maj rainfall, plus scientific soil cult
ure. and by irrigation, compares fav-
orably WITH the best grown else
where.
This modern soil culture, the tools
used by the dry farmer, and the re-
suits obtained, all will be set forth
for and illustrated at the Land and
Irrigation show
New Fruits.
The triumph of the plant breeder.
who, by careful selection, hybridiza-
ton, and cross-fertilization, has pro-
diced fruits of delicious flavor, great
nutritive value n enormous yield.
will be shown in the East for the first
time.
You will sea the results produced
by Spencer, the developer of tAe seed
less apple: by Burbank, the Wizard.
who has developed a white blackber-
~, and a hundred other marvels, in
Guiding the Spineless Cactus, whose
fruits combine the flavor of a peach,
a plum, a melon, and a pineapple, all
in one.
You will see the newly arrived pit
less plum; the frost resisting Citraage
which resembles an rang but far
surpasses it in beauty, tenderness and
flavor: the Pomato, the fragrant, jul
cy, white tomato, and scores of other
strange forms that have come to de-
light the palate and enrich the grow
er.
New Methods.
Among the most interesting and
important exhibits will be the demon
stration of modern methods of on
serving the mercy and fertility of the
soil. The newly discovered fertilizer
that collects nitrogen from the atmos-
phere and stores II in the soil, where
the plants easily may secure it when
needed. The scientific methods of the
intensive farmer, wno forces the land
to yield the most wonderful results.
also will be demonstrated. There will
be exhibited the specially designed
machinery used by the irrigationist,
and the tools employed by the men
h practice modern scientific dry
farming
How the Government Helps.
The work of the staff of experts
maintained by the federal govern
ment Is of far reaching character and
few realize its Importance.
Through the work of the FecIama-
ton Service, millions of acres of des-
ert land have beer supplied with the
water that alone was needed to make
them productive. Over $50, 900, 900
have been dispersed up to this time
and the results have proven tae wis
dom of the expenditure. The men wao
have done this vast work will be pres
ent to tell by word and picture now
the waste places were reclaimed and
made 10 produce wealth and comfort
for the enjoyment of man.
The Bureau of Plant Industry also
| will be represented and the marvel
| Gus esults obtained by the explor-
| ers who nave penetrated the most re-
| mote regions in search of new plants
to improve the native varieties, will
| be shown. In n ear these men
( cent to the Bureau for experiment ov-
| er 800 varieties of seed and plants
new to America. High land alfalfa,
from Arabia, grapes from the Cauca-
sus, Mangoes from India. barley from
| Moravia, cherries and wheat from
| Russia.
The Department of Soils, with fits
| corps of trained scientists, who will,
| for the asking, chemically test the
| soil of any piece of and and tell what
| crops 1t will best produce, what O
be the most profitable r rotation
and what fertilizers should be used.
! The Bureau of Entomology. which,
| through painstaking work, has con-
| quered the San Jose scale and a nun
/ dred other pests. and is now at work
| combating the boil weevil of cotton
| hat threatened the destruction of the
| South's great staple.
The Weather Bureau with its tAOus-
| and eyes var on the watch for unfav-
orable weather changes, which are
| flashed TO threatened sections far
| enough in advance to allow the farm
er to take steps to protect his crops.
| All will be represented at the EXPOSE
ficn and the nethods employed care
fully explained to taose who care to
know.
What the Exposition Aims TO Do.
The United States Land and Irri-
| cation Exposition is intended primar-
lily to demonstrate to the man in the
city the great opportunities ofnered