El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
Shows Them What Has Been
Accomplished Elsewhere
and How They Can Do the
Same Thing.

]. T. Snelus, of Valentine. Texas,
roadmaster for the G. H, and dry
farmer-a member of the executive
committee of the Texas Dry Farming
congress, is doing a great deal to
encourage his people in farming op-
erations
A large number of the citizens of
Valentine and the surrounding conn
try recently assembled at the audito-
rum to hear him lecture on the possi-
blIltles of dry or scientific farming
IN that region. Mr. Snelus declared
that conditions in his section were bet
ter than 20 years ago. This was caus-
ed, he said, by too many people being
afraid to help build up the country. He
said more people should say come
ahead instead Of ego ahead" I'VE
can't expect the outsider to help US
and let us sit idly by; people must
not be afraid to spend some money"
he declared. He compared life to the
game of baseball, saying, take the
player who only thinks of himself and
his standing, who after he makes a hit
VIII die on base waiting for some
one to bring him in. He is being
crowded out by the player who does not
play Tor his own record but will sacri-
flee his interests to held the game
We must all be like the hustling play
er and make the move that will bring
the most good"
Aid to StOckmen.
He spoke on the conditions of the
stockmen and advised them to try sci
entific farming on part of their range.
He don't think it good polity for all to
attempt to plow up the whole country
q h1rT CHI
brains with their labor. Feed your
cattle here at home and put them on
the market" he said "by growing
your own crops" He said stockmen
raised steers two years and sold them
for four cents a pound to stock buy
ers from Kansas and Colorado, who
fed them for three months and sold
them flor u to Is cents a pound. He
advised them to plant milo as the best
crop and asked them to try few
acres.
He said with the Increased cost of
living and the increased cost of lease
taxes, the stock men were not getting
near fair wages for the money invest
ed and advised them to fatten their
cattle three months more at home and
then have the profit that the men in
Kansas and Colorado are. now getting.
They will tell you that it can't be
done" he said, but I have here
sample Of milo maize raised by George
Karakey, near Wendell. You all know
that there was no irrigation there.
You all know what amount Of rains
he had Mr. Karakey told me he only
had three light rains, so I say to you,
if Karakey can raise such a crop, you
can if you try"
Corn Near Valentine.
The speaker told of the corn crop of
Mr.. Willkin and called on Mr.. Lou
THAN and asked him if it was not so
that Willkin had a good crop. Mr.. Lou
THAN corroborated this and said if it
had not been for the rain that day
Mr.. Willkin would have been in town
with some corn to show.
Mr. Willkin tried for three years in
q small way to raise crops by the
method he used in Illinois, but that did
not work, so he studied the soil and
conditions at Valentine and planted to
catch the rain, with the result that
he had a good crop.
He said more could do the same If
they would try. He advised the
stockmen to get good bred hogs and
raise corn for them. He showed them
that they could raise hogs on the land
and fatten them on the corn which he
said they could raise and then sell them
at six months old for at least 10 cents
per pound.
The sneaker reminded his hearers