Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-08

mot only how best to farm, but
what is best to plant is the object of
the scientific farming campaign in
augurated by the Santa Zee industri-
al department among the farmers of
New Mexico" said Prof. j. d. Tinsley.
yesterday.
Prof Tinsley h is now in the en-
play of the railroad company in the
interest of more rapid and successful
development of unirrigated farming
lands of New Mexico, spent yesterday
in the city and left last night for Ell
Ida, Roosevelt county, to interview
the farmers at that place. Prof. Tins
ley is now on a sort of preliminary
tour of eastern New Mexico, talking
to the farmers about his plans. Prof
Tinsley has been sending out letters
ahead of him, making arrangements
with the farmers at the various towns
for meetings which he addresses as
he arrives. Business men and those
generally interested in the develop
ment of the and are asked to attend
these meetings. 1t is Prof. Tinsley's
desire as far as possible to secure or
g~anization of the citizens at the vari-
GUS points so that in his new work he
may be enabled to deal with repre-
sentatives of the community as a
whole in each place.
ION this trip, l am explaining my
plan n sizing up the situation said
Prof. Tinsley yesterday. 1.-THE way the
people are taking up the work is
quite flatteTing. / am receiving many
inquiries and communications from
commercial organizations and individ-
uals showing a widespread and live
interest in the proposition. There is
in some quarters perhaps a slight
misrepresentation of the real nature of
the work. The Idea is to get the farm
ers to do their own work and furnish
their own apparatus, working under
instructions from my department. We
are planning to furnish seed and to
thoroughly supervise and follow the
work. In cases where it is impossible
for the community, for instance, to Sc
sure the necessary drills, s%ub-surface
packers and other paraphernalia, we
a supply these necessities. The
main plan is, however, to show tho
farmers what can be done and how to
do it; how to secure the best returns
on the Investment; to demonstrate
what crops can be most %profitably
raised. the best kind of seed to use,
and the best varities of the staple
crops which are being raised.
For instance, it is planned to ex-
pertinent with the standard eastern
varieties of corn, to find out which
can best be acclimated and made to
yield big returns; to select the best
early sown spring wheat, something
that's not generally adopted as yet; to
test broom corn thoroughly: and in
general to teach the wisest and best
seed selection, proven by careful ex-
periments and to establish the very
best strains. AS far as possible it is
desired to plant on each farm a strip
planted and cared for according to
instruction, alongside the stuff
planted by the farmer himself as ust-
This will demonstrate the advant-
age of scientific farming over hap
hazard work SO that the farmer can
see for himself just how he can bet
ter his methods and his results. My
plan is to ave from a hundred to a
hundred M twenty-five men all told,
representing the various localities
where experiments are to be held, and
to keep in close touch with tho farm
through these representatives. I
expect to get around to each one
n month, or at least once every
days"