Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-22


Frequently ten 70 nf,een faemsrs "
q given district carry on the worA, and
n j. arranged that no one has more
than four ~ ave acres In all. devoted
20 experimsntal work.
FURNISHES Even imislcmcnts.
The road furnishes seed and II the
farmer does not have the right klnd
At implements u also furnishes these.
The rnilroad anrieuiturailats who
have 70 cover Aonsldorabln territory.
are provided with automobiles 70 they
can superyise the WORK satisfactorily
This y but one feature ~ the ag.
riculturai methods being pushed by
the santa w.. An expert In working
|in other sections 81 the system pros
mulgstlhe and demonstrating the
principles ~ dry farming.
Fur several years the Rock Island
has employed an agricultural COM
missioner. whose duties have been TO
look after the welfare Of tho farmers
tying along the road. He has q oorps
90 assistants.
Tho iIii lines always have oron ar.
dent advocates OF better fafmine
methods Not o sfone haa been left
unfurned IN this direction since James
. Hili. pioneer Ia Western railway
Developments. sowed nrat seeds
of better farming aud stock raising
~ giving pediereod live stock 10 the
farmers along thc Great Northern.
The Great Northern. Northern Pacific
ana the burlington are among tho
foremoai lines In cooperating with
thu farmer
Dcmnnssraiion Train Used.
In Missouri. the wabash and Frisco
are specially active among the farm.
ers. Distributing seeds operating dem
unptra,ion trains and issuine hnii.tin~
io farmers In which are explained
new features Of better farming.
The Kanaas city southern has an
agricuituralist who has charEe over
the entire system. and who n eapec-
inliy active IN the more recently set
tied regions OF Arkansas and North
ern Louisiana. 80
In the west the Denver a rio
Grandc II the pioneer road IN taking
steps % shaw the farmer how 70 get
better results front the soil. Prob
ably no road IN The United states II
NJ active in sending oct literature OF
y helpful nature 90 liz patrons. The
Rio Grande stands foremost amonH
western lines IN the development of
irrigation In a section formerly de-
scribsd as Grid. but which now IN
raising AZ sne crops as any other in
the United states
Co-t'perntc With states.
All the railroads are active In dis
the literature prepared by
the experts. OF state agricultural de-
par'mcnis. The co-opcratlon between
The railroads and the institutions de-
voted 20 a scient!fic 7atudy OF the aoil |
are very close. Nearly every road In
America has nj some time or other
special demonstration trains
In connection With aariculturgl |
schools for the purpose OF exploiting
general principles Of better farming 1
,r some particular phase Of tine work.
'uch as dairyihss poultry raising. or
'tock breeding
In cases o. aii1re % crops In GER
ain sections. the railrods have fur
llshrd feeq the following year 10 the
'ermsrs without cost, or, where con-
siderable expense has been Incurred.
1t nominal cost, In new sections.
where the settlers have not had fav-
,fable crops. the roads have extended
such an hnallne seed with
'ut transportation charge. and making
unusual Efforts To obtain coal and
other ncccssitlcn. IN fact the rail-
Dads generally stand by the farmer
iasil he h ION his feet" and able 20
Ihift for himself