Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-27
ASKS LEGISLATURE
TO GET BUSY
Eastern New Mexico Man
Wants Action on Bill for APP
propritlon For Cooperative
Farmers Institutes,
lny I. j. Mabry.D

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eastern part Of the territory is de-
pendant upon the success Of dry
farming for it's own advancement and
development has already been sue
cessfully proved. and the fact that
there has not already been a more
united effort on the part of our lave
makers at our territorial capital to
provide some reasonable and practi-
cal method of instruction for the
farmers of this section of the terri
tory, who are themselves dependant
upon the results of their own efforts
at growing crops where the rainfall
is naturally light. is one that should
at least be regretted. 1t must be a
well known fact To most OF the older
residents of New Mexico that the peo-
pie who fave settled the plains of the
eastern port of the territory within
the last few years. are for the most
part those who come from the sec
ton of the country where the precipI-
tation is enough on the average at
least. To insur crops from suffering
by drought, and are In a great IL
ignorant Of the conditions in the coun-
try into which they have come TO
make their homes.
1t is not strange that these people
should bring with them the ideas and
customs that were so common among
the people with whom they had SO
long lived themselves, nor it IL
strange hat they should come to our
territory and undertake TO get results
from methods with which they are ac-
quainted and which they have seen
bring profitable returns. Dry farm
ing itself is only q recently establish
ed science. il we give it this high
recognition, and It's successful apnli-
cation depends not so much upon tho
individual farmer right ut this time.
as upon the attention given the eN-
ports who are in most cases the men
who have given much of their life
work to study and experiments at
this, and who are willing and anxious
to assist in the thorough promulga-
ton of the theories and met1ods
which will in time represent pros
perity to the dry farming districts of
New Mexico.
The Morning Journal has never
been lacking in its support of dry
farming methods, and this much can
be said of many prominent people of
our territory.
President Garrison OF the Agricul-
tural college, has made IN effort to
induce the Legislature to allow an an
nual appropriation for the purpose OF
furnishing experts from the college to
go right among the farmers who are
interested, and who are willing to
help bear the burden of making care
ful and scientific tests of different
crops and OF the different methods
Of seeding the land and in cultivating
it. If our legislature does not give
some definite recognition to this pro-
position from Or. Garrison, ana make
an effort TO help hurry the develop
ment Of these parts Of the territory
which are not subject to irrigation,
the members of this body will some
day have something to regret.
There are very few countries that
have been favored with such rapid
development and settlement rs has
the eastern part Of New Mexico, and
his has given much advertising 20
the whole territory; and if these east
crn river valley farmers should make
continued failures AT their attempts
AT farming with the same methods as
were common where they came from
and should pull up stakes and go
back to a country where II rains,
and at the same time give to our
territory the advertisement that such
failures would justify, no one would
be more to blame for such condition
than those people who have 1t In
their power TO lend assistance and yet
have failed TO offer any whatsoever.
The Dry Farming congress. which
is now in session in Cheyenne, Wyom-
Ing, coming at the time It does, should
serve to stimulate an interest In the
needs of our own people for careful
and accurate instruction and assist
ance. il their own efforts to make
the great plains blossom.
Dry farming is a success with the
amount of rainfall which we have In
most parts of New Mexico. All that
is needed now is funds TO provide for
up-to-date instruction IN the scientific
methods Of seeding and cultivating
the lands. which win itself save the
expense and trouble that several years
of experimenting viii cost the indi-
vdiual farmer and avoid the dctrimcnt
To the territory that this delay and
these many failures that are sure TO
follow such methods as would be
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