El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-16

sleep easy O. nights and begin to mark
progress. It is essential that he must
cultivate the good will of the poems lie
can do this by humoring them in little
things, at the same time earning their
respect by showing them that he knows
what he wants done and by extracting
from them a maximum of toll with a
minimum of nagging and complaint The
peon can be coaXed, but balky mule
is the quintessence of complacence COM
pared with the peon when one seeks to
bully or drive him contrary TO his Gus
toms and inclinations.
Nowhere Is Soil Richer.
Nowhere in the world is there richer
Or more productive soil than. in the
Mexican tropics. But the jungle Is not
easily conquered, and once yanquished.
constant vigilance and exertion is neces-
sary to prevent even small tracts of
land from being smothered in rank
vegetation at the recurrence of each
rainy season.
If a year in the tropics does not re-
concile farmer wonted to life IN the
temperate zone, TO the persistence or
the heat to the absence of the daily
newspaper and the rural free delivery,
to contact with unfamiliar conditions
of existence and labor, he had better
pull up stakes and return north, for
it is odds on that he is temperamentally
untitled for the task he has undertaken
No one can force himself to like the
tropics and be contented there unless
the love for constant sunshine and the
softer aspects of nature Is born in
him.
Advantages 10 Farmer.
Contrasted with the disadvanta geS,
which are not abnormal in number or
difficulty as compared with those with
which the pioneer must grapple in any
new country, Mexico offers palpable ad-
vantages to the farmer. Land is cheap.
Instead of $3.50, $500 or more an acre,
which tillable land readily commands In
most of the states of the union, soil of
equal, If not greater prOductiveneSS, is
now selling from So to 500; Mexican,
an acre On a 40 acre tract in Mexico
one can produce as much, or more corn,
wheat, beans, potatoes alfalfa. oats and
other farm products as on $50 acres in
the north. This is being done by plenty
of practical American farmers who are
settled here.
The land may be cropped every month
in the year. Labor is cheap at from so
cents TO 81 a day silver and in most
localities ii is not difficult to obtain
a sufficient number of men to work a
40 acre farm. There is no frost The
climate is agreeable, and even in the
hot season ii can be horne with little
discomfort or risk to health. providing
stimulants are eschewed. due regard is
paid to the ordinary laws of hygiene
and one bears in mind that it is not
prudent nor profitable to put on as
much physical steam as one would in
Nebraska. Texas or New York
The farmer should make up his mind
TO start with the cultivation of crops
with which he is familiar, corn, tobacco.
grain, etc. Unless he is grossly TegE-
gent or incompetent, crops of this ma
ture wifi pay his fixed charges and
support him and his family while he is
studying banana, coffee, sugar pineapple
or other cultures. which are strange to
him and which present problems easily
understood. but which should not be
undertaken by a novice.
Small Farmers Success.
Here is an example of what can be
done with a small farm in any of a
hundred different sections of tropical
Mexico. At the commencement of the
rainy season, or about the first of June,
corn can be planted In September,
when the corn is nearing maturity, to-
bacco may set out between the rows.
In October the corn is harvested. and
in December the tobacco is ready for
cutting BY January a sucker crop Of