Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-19


and that Deming with lie nne water.
rich soil, good roads ard almost per-
petuaI sunshine together with It's CONE
merclal advantages bids fair 20 be AZ
no dlstand day, foremost among
cities"
Third PTize--Doris Matthew.
THE Bureau OF immigration,
Albuquerque, n. NJ.
Gentlemen
II win Try to tell you some things
learned from your very interesting
and instructive train.
when the Agricultural Demonstra-
tItn ttain was R Albuquerque. / was
among tho thotsa1ds vao risited IL.
Thero saw many thIngs never
kasw ~ he.1re and learned much OF
interest about The products and pos
sibiiitles OF our state.
II wan much interested in the test
ing OF different coils by means Of
which the up 20 date farmer can
tell positively what crops will best
suit his ground. and yield the best
lresuits i learned also that uifaifa
contains more protein and less water
than timothy hay and thus obvioies
the necessity OF feeding cotton-seed
meal
II also examined some Of the In
ventlonR which have royolutioniSed
farm llfe No more need the farmer
remain al night In his orchards fear
ing a frost bat may sleep soundly
trusting to awaken by the alarm Of
his electric thermometer ia time 10
light his smudge.
"He can accurately ascertain the
air and soil temperature with in
strrnenls constructed for that pUr-
pose and numberless other Inventions
do the work OF the farm hand and
more satisfactory II we may judge by
the products displayed. The apples
looked delicious, The Arkansas eapec-
tally received much attention. The
preserved fruits were certainly tempt
( Ing. The mammoth pears were 81
perfect Il seemed hard 10 neiss,
them natural.
Maps showed BY comparison the
advantage of spraying and the proper
method OF planting an orchard ans
] an exhibit Of trees compared th'
. pruned with The unprupod much 4
: the advantage OF the former
= - examined the model OF silo ans
2 read that various corns, milo maize
] sorghum, alfalfa, green rye. and var
ioua other field crops may be uses
a successfully as silage.
'churns, separators and milk test
I, ers, All the best OF their kind. wor'
shown and wero of special interes
to dairymen, and the simple oil en-
Rine shown would be appreciated b
any farmer.
Some OF this finest cattle / nav
ever seen we're displayed in the siocl
ear. "A four individuality poun
Tamworth Barrow pix was promi
y nant feature 81 the exhibit and dem
= onsirated what can be done Ia IN
y way of raising fine hogs. There wer
y also many other hne specimens q
swine.
Among the cattle there wa
plenty OF choice Guernseys. Jersey
/. Holstoln. Freeshan. Angus and
y cross bred Hereford shorthorn stee
z which weighed eight hundrcd-fori
q pounda when ten months old, made
difficult which % admire most
"some fno chickens, White Rock
= Wyandottes Orplngtons. Leghorn
ana Brahmas were In the COOP
White chickens appeal 20 most peopl
= and the Wyaudottes were certainl
= beauties and deserved OF the atter
u tion they received
Z "The lecture cnr / have left last.
= contained pictures of good and ba
% roads and from the contrast presente
By those pictures we ought 20 decio
e that our new state, flourlshing
these exhibits prove Il ~ be-, deserve
better roads than some az thoi
Y shown and we should resolve "a q
an ln our power 20 better them an
/" make them equal those in the con
L trasting photographs"