Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-19
FARMING CONDITIONS
ABOUT CROsbYTON
Special to n.ily Meas

Special 10 n.ily Meas
Crosbyton. Tex. April IS.
Farmers about Croshyton are hay
inc busy time. the past week has
been almost ideal for TIER WORT.
some nights are Il little cool but not
enough so 10 cause damage trees
are budding fast grass is green ~
an emerald and the wheat and oats
fields are vivid; on old land weedI
are also doing business and shoull
not be neglected Weeds" was m,
r1biect Of the last lecture m conncc-
tiCn with e. b Livestock m1an,'J
large farming enterprise and was very
timely These lectures are the source
of much valuable information
The several divisions OF tina. ten
thousand acre farm are In various
STAGES OF work narrowing is being
done extensively and k.ffir and maize
Is being planted, the seed has been
very carefully treated and results
should be manifest In the crop. Soma
of their small srain is the nost
s'l- Ct.- eH-v in this country.
anG the methods practiced by them is
an example OF great influence and
much good More care Is boing taken
hy most farmers and a better class ~
work is being done.
There is much greater demand now
for seed for shipwcn' than can hs
supplied, resulting IN sharp ad-
vance In price At present figures
the products Of this land would make
II profitable to farm at a cost Of 800
per acre
by indirect correspondence We re-
GENTLY came across a piece Of land
history. II does not interest ms save
as an example OF the situation.
\ nol-r 'siden, land owner refer.
red disparasingly 10 his purchase OF
a section Of Panhandle land the
question wts asked what was hc do
ing with b. IN" answer was. Moth
ins. le developed that this purchaser
had bought the land making a small
cash payment upon the agerts repre-
sentation that before another nav
ment became due he could sell II at
large profi' this prospective profi'
advanced the price beyond the mar
det aud the agent devoted himsel, 10
the easier sale of other lands not thus
advanced. the holder Was called upon
20 meet his second payment. also taN-
es the land had remained idle and
nothing. the owner was giving |
II no attention ana his investment
was a disappointing speculation. This
s only ore of many similar cases
much land has heen rcsold az hand.
some profits anf speculation i'm II
found very satisfactory but all such |
one wav or the other has been no
benefit 70 the country bat a detri.
ment 20 tho extent Of the influence |
OF the persons disappointed in their
specalations. Il has nothing 70 do |
with the merits or dement's OF the |
land. This speculato- knows no |
more about the country now than |
when he purchased. his dlssatlsiac.
tiol simply expresses disappointment
In a speculation. Had he bought on
credit wheat. COTTON NJ real oslst.
elsewhere for which be- dad no, find |
a purchaser al profit before MS Oh. I
liRation matured hls opinion regard |
ing the In estmaut would have been !,
the same
specWatorh NAV ho tool game IN,
the land aeetfs brt mo pluntry h Il
better OF without them and a.. .io II
have iis welfare NJ heart much pro 1
Ger that they operate elsewhere W. II
want farmers who aIll Join us Ia ,al II
tifatlng me coil and missing ri,,..
mon WIN ability and meaas t II. II
nance and larry THROUGH tholr usder Il
iaklnfs such persons 900 mo-. LelI
disappointed