El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-24
FARMERS ORGANIZE
INSTITUTE FOR
The VALLEY
Meeting at Chamber of Com
merce Address by Young
blood and Kone.

Thirty farmers and near farmers
met at the chamber of commerce Fri
day afternoon and organized a farm
er's institute. They elected T. D.
Porcher, president; ]. A. Smith. vice.
president: H. L. Edwards, secretary.
meeting will be held as soon as the
summer season is over and the farm
ers of the upper valley and lower val
leys can get out to attend.
The organization was effected
through the efforts of state commits
sioner of agriculture Ed. r. Kone,
who came here for the purpose. ac-
companied by professor B. Youngblood.
assistant agriculturist of the United
States department of agriculture.
Mr.. KOungbIOOd Makes a Talk.
The meeting was called to order at
2:30 by James G. McNary. president
of the chamber of commerce who in
troduced Mr. Youngblood as the first
speaker, The latter said: Il came to
FL Paso merely to make observations
and these have proved better than
had anticipated. Ell Paso had occurred
to me merely as a town in the Next
can revolution, but I have found some
mighty fine parks and dairies in your
valley.
Il would not attempt to tell you
how to farm for I have not studied
conditions here and really I know
very little about irrigation. We have
so men in our department and 1t Is
our duty to thrash out farm problems
and suggested methods by which
farms may be made to pay. We do
not say how to raise crops but what
crops to raise. We send a man to
cfr 7dr- = l. III
year before he can make a re-
port on a farm and suggest just what
steps should be taken to improve it.
have never seen a farm that could
not be criticised.
"A man told me this morning that
you wanted an experiment station out
here. Farming in this section is not
an experiment, but you undoubtedly
need farm mana cement. You need CO.
sist his brother"
Judge Kone Introduced.
Mr.. .McNary. introducing judge Kone
said: He Is the first commissioner
OF agriculture that has visited this
section and taken al interest and I
am sorry that we could not have had
a large audience to hear him. but
he understands. as 1T has been ex-
planned. that many of our farmers are
out But I want to say that the
chamber of commerce viii be glad If
a farmers institute is organized and
will be glad to have the organiza-
ton use this hall and will also do
all that it can to assist the farmers"
Judge Kone said: My main object
in coming here this time was to meet
the farmers and give them any help 1
can. The farmer, if qualified for the
job, is the most important in the COM
munity. The farmers occupation was
given to him by God Almighty when
he placed Adam in the garden Of Eden
The other occupations were created
as civilization presented itself and are
almost as necessary but just imagine
what would happen If the farmer
went on strike
IF he were to say have my barns
full and my fields full but I am going
to keep the product for myself. the
rest of the world would starve TO
death in six months. The farmer
feeds and clothes the world
Other business men organize for
their mutual benefit. Then. why should
not the members of the most import
ant profession in the world organize
for their mutual benefit?
Your lands here where you have
water are very valuable bit I do not
care how much your land cost do
not think it is safe for any man to
go into a one crop proposition. AL
falfa is very good and dairying is
very good but 1 do not think any man
should devote his whole attention to
either one alone.
''The time is coming in Texas when
the large ranches Will be partly cut
up and converted into farms. Every
farmer should be a rancher and every
rancher farmer
Every farm ought to be properly
started. The fertility Of the soil must
be preserved by the diversification of
crops at various times
Before you put water on your land,
prepare your land for water.
81 believe that If this dam is sue
cess this valley will grow enough
produce to feed the rest of Texas but
of course there must be brains be-
hind the work.
II sent an expert up here last year
he