El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

The first movements Of a train loav-
ing a station ana Of a ship going from
the docks are slow, but they quickly
| become faster. until tie train IS speed
ing across the continent more fleetly
than the wi.ld. ard the vessel : ploW-
ing its way across the ocean Ike
greyhound cCUrSing across PLAIN
This IS also true Mitl regard 10 such
powerful, wcll-bOttOmed undertakings
as the Texas Dry Farming congress
has inauguratcd. There has been con-
siderable advance made n i since the
meeting az Alpine last year; 1t Is be
coming more rapid, and By the time
the third annual congress is held. II
viii be going forward under full
head OF steam and the time VIII be
clearly 5isccrlibIe ana near at hand
when an urea IN Texas as large as all
New England, that is almost uninhib-
ite1 and that has never yielded an aSri-
cultural product or commercial scale,
Will be thickIy dotted with farms and
each year harvesting and mark eting
crops ard producing and selling live
stool, TO the aggregate value of scores
o. millions CT dollars
8r-'aisc Fer Promoters.
This viii mean a great deal for Texas
and the world, IS the demand for more
homes ard food keep even pace with in
crease OF population and steady rise of
the standard Of living II is no small
privilege 70 be prime factors in the in
cepticn and conduct to q successful is
sue Of such a movement in such a state,
and it Is source OF pride to me- as
a Texan. 70 know that the Texas Dry
Farming congress is measuring mp to
the responsibilities assumed and the
golden opportunities they Involve.
soil, Rainfall and Climate.
IN view of its history ard status in
doU5t Of the success OF dry farming in
Texas; FIAT more lard in the semi arid
portion CT Texas can be made TO yield
profitable crops by its means than in
any other state and also that the ap-
plicatiOr CT the came system Of cor
serving moisture in the soil TO the
lands in the humid regions Of Texas
viii enable farmers 10 raise as good
crops there in FEARS Of socaIed drouth
as in those in which rainfall is moro
abundant - better distributed The
latter ACCOMPLISHMENT. viii. III my
opinion, be y value fully equal 70 that
% bringing successfully under the pillow
the millions Of acres of fertile. vet
somi-arid lands in west Texas.
Time Ger Dry Farmin- Has Come.
There Is nothing more veracOus thar
the truism that there is a time for all
things, from the birth OF a u Orld from
star mist. u the opening Of new cor
Eer grocery; from relying upon the
spontaneous bounty Of nature for suS-
terance 70 Intensive agriculture: from
co-fining farming operations to re-
giOns of abundant rainfall 20 extending
it 50 as 20 incIude reni-arid districts
that can be made - yield paving crops
The last mentioned condition has ar
rived, has been entered upon, and IS to
he permanent one Its coming was
delayed 50 long rs rich lands in hu-
mid AREAS could be had for nothing. or
at small cost. ard while any man of
moderate means could take up such
acreage a he desired in semi arid To-
calities and iTrigate it. That area has
passed IN many sections. end is drifting
by Ike sha dow on 4 dial IN others
and the dav has crossed TIE threshold
T hon hCrnC~eeEcrs must turn their at
tention to laying hold Of ard extracting
for themselves and their felIowmen. by
dry farming, the untold agricultural
We@lth ti'et lies locked in the prolific
soils Of the Serli-arid west. and that
has so long awaited this open sesame"
TO pour out its abundance
TEXTS Favored by Providence.
/ have given the natte- some thought
aTd it seems to me that Texas. from the
very moment that the first particle of
its surface rose from the Drimeval
ocean. has been the subject OF divine
favor and destined 20 become the seat
Of Q high civilization. based on virtue
ard intelligence, administered under
democratic republican institutions. and
scidlv EuttreSscd empire that is to PLAY
leading part in the great drama Of
void advance ment, whose opening acts
suggest CHGoUsment tCO splendid for
the human mind TO grasp. In support
OF this view might be cited the situ-
ation. soil and climate OF tie state. ami
ali the facts Of its political and indus
trial history shat have vet transpired:
but. to my mind, one of the most strsk-
Inc indications Of the fact : that the
soils of nearly the entire arid portion
os the state possess in highest degree
the elements required for plant life.
Tho Climate Favorable.
The climate is ecuab1e and salubri-
Gus. and the rainfall more plentiful
tfaH elsewhere N the se7ni-arid west.
ard. therefore amply sufficient for tire
production - heavy c-cps = moisture j.
ccrservedf ald cultivation practiced in
accordance with the dry farming meth
Cd a now develouaG. and of Welding
still larger harvests when that method
Is still further deveIoped-vhich II is
sure - be, as hardly 2 month masses
but wfGt sOEne Improvement is an
TNu~ced as the result OF actual field
trials.
If the rainfall were less. instead of
more. the condition CT Texas would be
deDl9rahle. for 2 large portion of its
territory would he doomed to forever
remain waste The people cf the state
have reason - he deeply grateful that
the case is as t is. for the way is wide