Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-05

AHt hAui' nov HEtttF#H TT 9fA
farming. n has passcd through tie
2 stages OF rtdicule, Of mere federation
and nuails or oyer-cnthusiastic pro-
: motion and is settling down ~ an
accomplished faot II has suffered
both from neglect on the one
hand and opcr-zealous friends on
the other. The crop statistics Of 1919
are showing that II D. no longer .
theory but has realized "a degree Of
success t|uatifying the predictions Or
woil-ipformed men
The practice VI agriculture In thu
nr.d regions has been. and still is. Ia
q iaiPe extent. a mntter ~ pioneer.
ms Like other pioneering euter
Prise. Tho practice Of this new form.
of agriculture has been bcset with
mucb disappointment and hardship.
especially on the part OF those who
have been lily prepared or badly ads
Viscd Not every man is capable Of
being "a successful farmer any more
than ne b. capable of being % suocees-
tul carpenter ~ arocerrmau. It MAJ
bn slammed tltRt % higher degree OF
intelligence. skill, energy and strength
is required Of ii successful pioneer
former than Is necessary for the me
chanie on tradesman.
~ ir unfortunate that THESE pioneer
enterprises eY developing the arid re-
gious, either by irrigation or without
a. have nlwaNs attracted q great
many men who have not succeeded
iu other occupations Many at these
men are predestined To failure. bo-
cause ~ ieck Of physical strength. OF
energy and especially or what people
rall common sense" They are cas-
ily attracted IS tho novelty of the sit
uation, II forgetting that there are
many laws 81 nature and rules of
practice to be observed, attempt the
Impossible ana become quickly dis
%couraged. II ~ this feature who ms
been particularly conspicuous during
1910, as the climatic conditions OF
aridity have severely asserted them
selves and many w%ould-be farmers
have learned to their sorrow that
arid agriculture Is an art whose rules
cannot be %disobeyed with impunity.
IN all affairs Of NE the failures
usually more Instructive than che
successes e has been interesting 10
note that 10 nearly every instance
the failures. both in irrigation and in
arid agriculture have resulted from
dls%0bedience or neglect 81 known
students OF conditions have
predicted certain failures on the part
~ most iil-directcd efforts and have
shown that while an occasional sue
ccss might BE- made through chance.
IN tile long ran, the pioneer farm
ors must follow the rules laid down
or surfer the consequence. one OF
these has been the thorough thing OF
he soil and tie storage IN II OF an Of
The moisture available.
IN travelling through the arid wcst.
Z Is noticeable how few Of the piou.
'er farmers have properly titled tho
fields, and how many awe simply
irokeu up the ton soil and allowed
Z % dry out instead Of properly pull 4
erizing Il end thus holding the
CAVITY moisture ana humus from be-
nix diNsipntcl by the Winds The re.
AVE Illustrated the old maxim
Z the Wwlsdom of putting All OF the
ges into one basket Case after case >
.as been noted whore. IA the eager r
es for large areas the dry farmer
as attempted tu put iu hundreds of
trcs of one crop and has neglected
% till d icN acres where 70 little water
light hc h8d for attifioiallA moisten
ls the soil
The best condition Tor success Iu the
rid rcsions is one whore q small acre T.
go an each farm can Dee Irrigated and
itcnscly cultivated ana where u ya- n
of rFunu gepaffYHr th,e. ,,r All