El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01

X TAUGHN, n. ", Sept 30.-Farm-
" ing without irrigation is a success
in the Immediate region Of
Vaughn Vaughn is now in the
center Of a section rich in its produc-
ton Of cattle and sheep; its wool clip
is large and its cattle pens are big and
are generally busy, but the farmers
are arriving and they are making
success Of their work from the very
beginning. They are pioneers yet, but
.hey have proved beyond a doubt that
farming can be done here. Scientific
cultivation has helped them greatly
but even with the ordinary hit ana
miss" system, many of them have made
crops. The only drawback in this re-
gion to the farmer is the possibility OF
a spring drouth. They have a precipl-
tatiOn Of % inches the year and !hucn
Of 1T is the snowfall Of the winter,
while the summer rains are dLW ~ :
heavy; the only period about Wnlc19
there Is any anxiety is the spring. II
they can hold enough moisture from
the winter SHOWS by SCIENTIFIC image
to carry the crops to the summer rams,
there is no region in the United states
not even in irrigated dlsJrlcls--
where the production Is surer, or re
yield batter. There has been very NJ
tie trouble as yet from this absence u
spring moisture, especially where SCI
entific methods have been followed
during the winter, but in some IN
stances the full production OF IHe ~
has been retarded by the plnchlns
drOuth between the end Of the winter
and the beginning OF the summer sea
sens.
the soil are evident on every hand
Right in the city limits are gardens
that are producing splend1iy without a
drop OF irrigation, and all around the
f0w u~h
with much satisfaction b. their IellOW
citizens for the success they are max
ing in their agricultural and horucul-
tural efforts. Thad CarrOtherS declares
that he has never seen a section, re-
gardless Of rainfall, where plants seem
TO grow faster and look healthier, ana
ne Delleves the ar In TINS s4utn ls,eSS7
eru country has as much OF a beneIlclal
influence and effect on the growth ana
health Of plants as it has on the hui
man system.
Mr.. CarrOthers is one Of the leaders
I'm the farm movement for while many
have tried corn, sugar cane. milo maize
and beans. some even alfalfa, with sue
cess, he is the first to try fruit trees
and there are no finer ones of sim
liar age in the PecOs or Mestlla valleys
where they boast Of the quality and
rapid growth OF their trees. Two years
ago last spring he planted apples,
peaches and plums on his homestead
taken up from the government free OF
anv cost except the filing, six miles
from tOWn-and this year manv OF them
are six and seven feet high. By actual
measurement attested by neighbOTs
who have watched his experiment with
great interest some Of the trees grew
three feet this season, and he has alb
sOlutely no means Of irrtRartng them
Not a drop Of water has been put upon
them; all that they have had has been
the moisture from the heavens-and
scientific cultivation. AR Carrothers IS
OF that type Of farmer who believes
that a man must work for what he
gets and he has never tried to grow
fruit trees by Christian science or any
other method than the science Of WORK T
and application. He has cultivated his l
land after the scientific methods. Of the
modern vestigatOrs-he says he got
much Of his Information from the farm
page Of The FL PasO Herald-and his I
trees have never even withered in the Z
hottest days. He came here from Ore
Art Of Late Planting.
Menzer simpson, Ed Sims and ". 7. I
Monroe are neighbors Of Mr. Carroth- 4
ers-au having hOmesteads about six I
miles north of Vaughn-WhO have been I
making a success Of their corn plant I
ing, and these three admit that IF we I
had worked our farms more scientific J
ally. we believe we would have produced /
as good crop as is possible In Kansas" I
In the case Of Mr.. Simpson, he will get I
about % bushels Of corn to the acre I
from plat Of y acres, planted in corn /
that was not even selected for drOuth /
resisting Qualities, and Il was planted /
on raw land, part Of IL only sod turn /
ed under the first time last winter and
some Of II turned in a year ago. Mr. I
Sims viii make about the same kind Of
a crop off of about 25 acres, and he Z
says he did not cultivate IT as much as
he would have done a crop back IN the
states" Mr.. Monroe only has seven
acres Of corn and It is his first year.
lie came out from Oklahoma He also
has beans. sugar cane and other quick
rowing products; so have most Of his
leighbOrs and all are maxine good
,rops- These crops can even be planted l
n June, when the summer rains set
n and be harvested before frost
Alfalfa Without Irrigation
Chris Clark, living II miles east and
our miles south Of Vaughn. has
proved that alfalfa can be produced
lere without irrigation. He planted
our acres Of new, raw land IN alfalfa
asst May, and 1t was blooming and IS
inches hiPh on September 10, accord
NJ to DR.. G. W r. Smith, United States
Commissioner at this point. WatermeI-
ms were raised on the land adjoining
he alfalfa that weighed 80 and 40