Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-25

lev put In fifty acres he would aavc
had a crop that would have paid for
the pumping plant he put In twice
over. the first year. Tie has nov
fifteen acres Of as 2 be alfalfa as VII,
be seen anywhere Ser the ms year s
plantiur. and is cci's 10 piat about
fifty teres OF crop TO irrigute In ad li-
Ncn 10 this.
Within ten "a time one OF these
plants can be installed az a cost OF
from sSOu - sI5Ui-irrisatiug
from forty W ser y-fy, acres. ow-
Ing 10 .hc crop rrlNn This Is 81 rict'
~ a 9ne-man plan. but /. will Keep
him yery bus, 10 work q crop OF this
kind
Within the next twelve months
there 10 no Doubt theJ there viii be
at leas. fifty Of these smaller pump
ine outfits Ia he shallo water belt
OF Hereford Tas. In addition 20 all
the LARGE wells going surely viii put
Hereford on the map rs az irristtins
section. While most Of these pumps
have been installed in what has been
known as the shl'Iv water belt
ranging in degth from i,rty to sew
enty-five feet. there is no limit to
the dcpth these pumps WI draw tue
water, Just adj the power ahd ECU
can surely get the wa;e-. There is
n In operation near Hereford
pumping at q depth OF 15i feet.
II Is no experiment with these
small pumps and they are on the
same principal as all OF the pumps
used by the Santa Fe railroad COM
pany TO furnish watsf at their sta
tlons, only on a larger scale.
ANY man able Ia buy forty acres
OF this cheap land and install a small
pumping outfit. a surely have n
paying proposition. and so, Instead
of trying to farm two or three hun
dred acres. why not get in the cellar
and 70 to %irrigating There Is no
gambling when you irrigaic; you
know that you are going TO win
Watch the Hereford country this
year and there will be no room TO
doubt the merits Of irrigating.
Ask smith or Richards.
II n Hereford visitor world like
10 Enow what windmill well pump
age on suburban city soil Will do let
him ask G. ". Smith. or c. ) Rich
ards.
stock.
Deaf Smith county is rich IN cat
tie. sheep. hogs. mules and horses.
The cattle industry comprises alike
the shipping in Of New Mexico, Ari-
zona and Old Mexico stock the ship
ming out OF market beef feeders ana
calves. tocether with the breeding OF
native herds which are now praett
cally mll-hlooded Hereford ana
Sborthorn-the hereford strain
largely matchmaking Native wean-
ed calves reach 500 pounds IN weight
veorline from COO 10 500 pounds
t-wo-year-old steers. LOCO ponnds'
while thrcc-vcar-old steers tip the
scales around 1000 or l.3oo pounds
The county now has about 5o,oo'
head of cattle Of which 10 least do
GOO win hc market shipped this tall
and ur,t srriue, while this season $
calf q % will rru from l',ooo TO l't
0pO head Hereford butchers XIII
only local heef-a twc-ycar-old Grass.
fed steer last spring dressing ont az
hounds and bringing his owner
SC7 "a. inclusive OF the hide.
Cattle dchorninr is generally pra'
,irpd with most profitable results.
,w~o-year-old steers thrs treated sell
ine last year at from <36 TO So per
head
sheep and Wool.
Members Of the Hereford 'oi-
growers Association report that az
present me- county has Io.oeo head OF
sheep. with q wool shipment las'
year from Hereford OF 100000
pounds. OF which 100000 pounds
were crown by Deaf Smith ,oruty
sheen tho remainder oomin- iron.
Castro county flocks. Fleece n'.
an average Of eight pounds. with las.
years sale at % cents. which mean.
that Hereford handled last seasoi
about SG5.0oo worth of Deaf smith
county wool and s25 COO worth from
Castro county. Deaf smith county
flocks are neory AN tight wool sheer
with the Freu, Merino heavily pre-
dominating On number - bucks hcln.
imported from Idaho, Arizou2 ou'
california. Last wear about 6.oo'
head of lambs were shipped Co OKLA
bona feeders, while this year, iron
a prospective lamb crop of $500.
bood ohout 10 u head will be mar