Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-26
MORE ORy-FARMERS
ARE NEEDED IN
THE WEST
Department Of Agriculture Is
sues Two Bulletins on Rain
fall Methods in Plains Coun-
try,

sage the spread OF the propaganda TO
All narts Of tho WORTH Europe has
so
F" ~"
movement ASA mas pen sllfreu' lhe
Ahupedes anu sonlh America are
ehtnused' md IN every s~ub-hulnlu
slate IN the lhllen St1o's eltuits "lV
making 70 arouse arfhers 70 'h1 het-
esslty q Hlethods "lItduH
proven successful me olu tuVVlH
that any = can iarm mas oeeh uis-
carded; successful mers To-Day are
good Farmers, clentlllc farmers, ana
the student Iarmers-those who are
adopting the trleu anu true ne" sas-
tenn. those who are applying scientific
as wen as business
rho Dry-Farmlng Bpiletln says
There are countless t~housands VINO
nave onlY recently hearu o. urN
farming They want TO learn ABOUT
it, and they are relying upon those
who have made 9 success through
adopting us methods 20 teach thefn.
Every reader OF the Bulletlh snoulu
aid such farmers Dy counselllng them
at this season OF the year. ana
further, by inducing them TO become
members Of the international DrN
Farming congress and thereby obtain
the literature that it is disseminating.
The membership today is lo,oOo; u
should be 10000. You car do your
share in benefiting your neighbor ana
your community by bringing TINS
subject before your Farmers lhstl-
tutes, your Grange ana your irlelus.
a membership costs only 81 g year
C$1.50 g year in foreign countries be-
cause of the increased postage), ana
it entities one to the Bulletin, pun
lished semi-monthly, and the Annual
Hand Book on Dry Farming con
tanning o stenographer report or the
addresses and practical dry-farmlng
talks made ct the Firth congress al
Spokane.
The hand book VIII be ready Ier
mailing about December ! n VIII
be the next issue of the Bulletin ~
will contain about 500 pages, devoted
to scientific praetlcai talks on
dry land farming, deep ploWlng,
summer following, drouth-resistant
grains, making Of proper seedbedt
livestock and fodder, improved agri-
cultural implements and machinery
and agricultural education m the
grade and high schools II colleges.
Every farmer should nave tins hanu
book.
All members OF the congress whose
w ~ AH i''H'
new IL at once in order 70 secure the
hand book for 1911. The issue ~
necessarily limited, and delay on your
part may prohibit the sending 70 you
OF a copy Of The INST editloh. SEM
your renewal at cnce, addressed 70
John I Burns, executive secretary
treasurer, Colorado Springs, COLO.
Proper Land for Farming.
Question No. ~, Would you con
slider q black loan, in which there
arc patches Of sandy loam, 4ls 10 .
feet in depth, underlaid with "a very
coarse gravel, sand II a niue cay
satisfactory for dry-farmlng pur-
poses in Arizona IL. Q. IT, Prescott
Ariz.
Answer by r.. ;. Trumbull, agricul-
tural agent El Paso ana southwestern
Railway, Tucumcari, n. NJ.
No. %. ! cannot agree that n
sandy suhsoit need necessarily DE
summed in the southwest. In Tact, |
think a sub-soll with a liberal o
fine sand is better here than q
typical clay. obtained a Yield OF
2Gf5 bushels Of winter wheat thls
on p test piece, near Corona, y
point sbcut 200 miles north OF ll
paso, on light sand. loam Wnlcu was
summer fallowcd last year. This was
She only field OF wheat I know OF
between Tucumcari and III Paso
on summer falloWcd land, and
il WAS also the only piece that was
not y total failure. There was but
very little precipitation at Corona
between seeding and harvest, and this /
crop was produced almost entirely |
with the capillary moisture present in
The soil at seeding time. This soil
was moist to a depth OF 10 feet or