The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-16
DRY FARMING A SUCCESS

Although this has been the dryest
year we have had in this part Of New
Mexico for quite q long time, there In
no reason why the farmers should be
discouraged. The reports received from
other states where dry farming In be-
ing tested, show that the year will be
one of the best In crop yields that the
dry farmers have ever had. II seems
to be- a question of following intelligent.
" the directions given by the advocates
Of the Campbell system, Where farm
ers have prepared the ground at the
right time and in the proper manner,
and faithfully followed the directions
given, the crops are a surprise even to
the advocates of the system. For the
encouragement of the farmers in this
section Of the state we are printing be-
low an editorial clipped from the Fl
Paso Herald:
"This exceedingly dry year through
out the west has furnished a rigid test
of the dry farming system. II is safe
to say that the failures have been due
TO ignorance and to neglect to apply the
well established principles Of the art.
In many parts Of the west the dry
farming experts and progressive farm
ers actually welcome the extraordinary
dry season. They say that the value of
land will increase remarkably because
If the drouth. Prof. Merrill, in charge
Of dry farming in Utah, writes, 1--WE
have met with unprecedented success
during the dryest season in 80 years.
Wherever proper methods have been em
ployed results have been satisfactory.
The drouth has taught the lesson that
results are sure even during the dryest
seasons where proper methods are EN-
ployed. Land will increase in value
throughout the west as n result Of this
discovery
"Er. Cook, dry farming expert for
the state of Wyoming, writes, with
all the dry weather my crops are com
ing out good, much TO the surprise Of a
great many people J. II. Hall, agri.
cultural commissioner from Montana,
after an exhaustive study and investiRa.
tion Of conditions in the state writes,
In som localities there may he short
crops because of the failure Of farm
ers to follow closely the prescribed
dry farming methods, but the acreage
of wheat IN dry farms is the largest in
the states history, and the yield will
be quite satisfactory" . . dry farmer
in Montana writes. "we who have
followed the Campbell system of dry
farming are going TO make a good crop
and the weather man can not beat US
out now il he does not give US another
drop Of rain" Prof. Shaw, agrieul
turist for the Great Northern, states
"The abnormal dry weather has not In
the slightest degree lessened my faith
in the ultimate success of dry farming
in Montana. In fact, il has made m,
more firmly convinced than ever thai
there is not the slightest doubt about
raising good crops in Montana. IL dry
farming methods are followed. even ir
the dryest years. know of no instance
where scientific farming methods are
followed, that there is not every indi
cation Of obtaining a paying crop" A
successful dry farmer in Utah reports
1.-TWO hundred thousand acres of graiI
running from go TO Sc bushels TO the
acre will be raised by dry farmers II
Juab county this year. We have en-
ployed scientific methods and we ar,
successful, though the year is the dry
est known In the generation"
at seems to be a question of intelli
gence combined with persistence. Tn,
careless methods of former days viii
not do, and this is n case where ever,
lick of work counts directly in the an
nnaI vieId