El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
FARMING
CARRIZOZO PLANS
EXPERIMENT FARM

Committee in One Day Raises 1890 to
Purchase the Land; VIII Demons
trate Agricultural Possibilities.
C-arrizozo, y. NJ, Nov. 14.-Thirteen
hundred dollars in money and dona-
ton of 10 acres of land adjoining the
village, for the purpose of establishing
and maintaining an experiment. farm
is the record achieved by a committee
here, and CarrizOzo people are are feel
ing jubilant over the prospects of car
rying out the plans formulated at a
public meeting The committee ap-
pointed at the meeting and consisting
of F. W. Quincy, C. A Stevens and J.
d. Wilson, concluded that the only way
to establish experiment stations was
TO raise the money and go to WOrk ana
as a consequence of one days efforts il
secured the results stated as a starter
for the project.
The plans call for a, possible eXpe1-
ditUre OF from $500 TO $1,000. 1t is in
tended to put about two or three acres
of the tract OF 10 acres IN fruit melons
and various truck crops pumping wa
ter by a gasoline or crude oil engine
to care for them. The balance OF the
tract viii be used Tor dry faEm eN-
pertinent work The tract OF land lies
Just east OF the main portion OF Lne
village, Immediately alongside the FL
PaSO & Southwestern main line railway
tracks, and was donated by A G. Wing
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pose, the soil is excellent and a good
average OF the class of soils all through
the valley. Water is obtained from the
first strata at a depth OF from so TO
50 feet. although it is intended to sink
the well on the tract to a depth SUI
ficient to reach the second strata OF
water, in the hope that it viii demons
trate the common belief that there IS
ample water underlying the valley for
irrigating much larger tracts It IS in
tended to plOw and prepare the land
e-nr anti ~
ind and fence, and a suitable sign caH-
ing attention to the tract and its pur-
poses Of the passengers passing IN the
An expert gardener viii be secured to
supervise the work, and it is hoped to
secure the assistance In working out
the plans Of the state Agricultural col
lege authorities and the experts Of the
L. P. & S w. roads agricultural de-
pertinent.
w L. Quinn. fruit broker, is shipping
this season to the FL PasO market some
20 cars of apples that will rank up with
anything grown IN any OF the most cele-
Grated fruit sections Of the country
He brought in from the apple picking
camps a box of samples the past week.
including Il varieties. that in cOlOrlngs
size and quality were practically per-
On one ranch in the county this sea
son an experimental crop of three acres
Of cauliflOWer was raised, yielding from
three to four thousand pounds per acre
A sample OF the crop was sent TO IL
Paso to obtain market quotations, ana
word was at once returned that cents
per pound would be paid, and 1t IS un-
derstOd that a Wichita kans., firm 9
buyer offered even a better price, claim
ing it was the finest in quality pro-
duced anywhere.
Splendid crops and high class quality
of cabbage, Irish potatoes, melons, etc
have been produced at considerable
rumber of isolated points in the county;
and these products brought TO the local
markets have led to the movement 10
establish a well equipped experiment
farm where number Of different
fruits. vegetables and grains may De
thoroughly tested out and also the Va
r5ous problems of soil treatment
Old River Captain Dies.
CAPTAIN Joseph c. Paris died at the
United States Marine hospital at Fort
stanton Captain Paris had been an
inmate of the hospital for about seven
years his complaint being cOnSumpIlOn-
He was formerly a pilot in the govern
ment marine service on the ONO ana
Mississippi rivers. be was ABOUT -
vars of age. His wife was called 10
his bedside some weeks since, ana was
with him at the time of his death Dur
ing his stay he was at various tunes
able to get about cOnsid erably and had
made a wide circle Of friends ana &C
CuaintanceS.