El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-20
FARMING
Snow Falls Upon Delegates;
Convention Closes; Many
Practical Talks.

Colorado Springs. Colo, Oct. 90
Lethbridge, Canada. gets the next In
ternatlonal Dry Farming congress, de-
feating Prescott, Ariz., for the honor
A light snow fell here all day yes
terday, but this was not sufficient to
keep visitors or delegates away from
the sessions. One Of the largest crowds
Of the week visited the exhibits.
Today is the last day Of the congress
I but it has been one or the most I'M
DOrtant as well as valuable of the en-
tire convention 1t is farmers days"
and a feature was the giving OF time
for farmers in attendance to tell what
they know Of the work
The newly organized International
Congress Of Farm Women elected Of
The WOmen's Organization.
The aims Of the new organization of
farm women are stated in the new con-
stitution as follows:
The international Congress of Farm
Women, auxiliary to the International
Dry Farming congress, aims to improve
the conditions financial, physical, social
and spiritual of agricultural homes. 1t
aims TO understand more completely the
significance Of the farm to the life Of
the nation and the dignity of the posi-
ton Of the farm women as the cOWOrk-
er Of the national industries to in
crease the conservation Of energy
through intercourse, observation Of
processes, understanding Of modern ap-
planes and education in scientific
mana cement OF the work; to further
develop the home through conference
with authoritative experts on dairy
methods, poultry culture, kitchen gar
denlrgi improved methods of equipping
the home, problems of nutrition, child
welfare, individual education, includ-
ing home economies, the increase and
proper use of leisure and the valuation
Of social intercourse in rural communi-
ties.
The organization stands also for a
more generous state and national sup
port and encouragement of institute
and extension work among farm wo-
men"
Valuable pointers to the farmers in
the sub humid regions continue to be
brought cut il the addresses before the
congress
Enrich Dry Land Soil,
Prof r. W. Thatcher, of Washington,
reported for the committee on the
maintenance of soil fertility on dry
land. "Humus is low in most dry land
soils" he said and sumner tillage and
ether dry farming operations exhaust
1t rapidly Also they are low in nitro
gen. Deep plOwing viii retard the loss
of humus. 1t may be increased by reg
ularly blowing under the stubble and
Uu by discing. With humus turned IN
der deeply, plants viii root deeper.
Leguminous crops are the best fertiliz-
ers, but on the dry lands it is hard to
grow them Alfalfa is the best legume
but Is uut adapted to short rotation
"All farm yard manure should be
carefully used on the dry farm In
crease ii by feeding as many head OF
live stock as possible Cereal crops
draw heavily on the phosphorus OF the
soil 1t may be wise to occasionally
apply phosphate rock ExperIm ents Of
this kind should extend over many
years and be conducted at stations"
PIOw Deeply.
THE first and most Important prob
lem we have 20 face in western Amer I
lea is to increase the average depth of
blowing" said L. p Parsons, of Par
ker, Colo, in a discussion Of methods
OF accommodating moisture IN the suosoil
Considerable interest in this matter
has been aroused by the corn contests [
of the south, all the winners being deep
blowers. as much as 200 bushels per !
acre having been raised by blowing ~
Inches and terullZlng In the row IN
my own neighbOrhOOd there IS marked I
improvement in this regard, ana the I
farmers are importing less feed Tor cat l
tie every winter In spite or the Iact /
that We have experienced j CUMULATIVE !
drOuth of two years, every farmer VINO T
plCWed eight inches deep has feed Tor !
his stock, and some have raised fine I
crops on 10 and II inch blowing
Cultivation Increases Moisture.
=
Of Seeding, and Cultivation of Wheat"
by /. 3. WaldrOn and J. A. Clark, of /
the Dickinson experiment station, North I
Dakota, was a feature OF the congress /
The authors made an exhaustive Sc
-ies Of experiments on "A plats of wheat ]
In 1911. They fOunC that the moisture
In the top of y inches Of soil largely !
determines the extent Cf plant growth, I
the soil below that losing or gaining
bus little IN the course or the season.
They found, also, that cultivation Of
the soil five times during the growing
season increased the amount of mOis-
ture in the soil by 211-5 tons per acre
lr tie equivalent of I.SS inches OF rain
-au. This amount of water, if all used
Tor the growing Of crops, would pro-
luce two bushels of wheat to the acre
md would show nice profit over and /
lbOve the additional cost or cultivation. |
The mOis ture increase in this case is
generally considered to be low. The
-ainfall curing the growing season at
Dickinson was a little less than seven
inches.
The sub-son PIow.
Dr. w z. Taylor Of Moline Ill, dis
.Ussed the question of "Tillage Meth
DDS in Soil Building His address was
principally disco SSlOn of the various
IMPLEMENTS of especial value to dry
and farming and Of the methods by
Ehicl they should be used. He laid
sDccIal stress on the value of the sub
oil pillow fer stirring the soil to greater
LeDLlS imam are usually LedtuGQ by the
blow. This instrument is coming into
luite general use of late years as a
-aluable aid t. dry farming.
He spoke E0ptfUlly of the future.
1.-THE day is not far distant" ne said.
when all of our western lands where
0 or rnore inches CT rain falls annual
v viii produce food in abundance for
nan and beast. The principles Of dry
and farming ara applicable 20 any
eCtIOn of the United States, and when I
d farmers adapt the same thorough I
Methods o. tllage that the dry land /
armcrs are obliged to, the increase
n production viii be far greater than
he Increase IN population"
County Demonstrations.
Bert Ball, secretary of the national I
-0D improvement committee, Chicago. !
rOpOsed she appointment of county
gricul turists or demonstrators who I
hall work with individual farmers,
heir expenses to be paid half by the
armers themselves and half by the
ity business men of the Individual
oUnties. He suggested that there is a
alt million dollars in the way of crop
disabilities lying dormant in every !
cunty ia the country every year which 7.
light as well be put into circulation
Trees as Wind Breakers.