Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-18
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state This Is the age OF speslali. A.
tiOn and tie pro-re sise learlCls Of
the state know -ha. il Is time that
the teaching fore begin 10 make pre-
paratiOn for th%Crouehness e. O
particular limo Of rducai on This
specialization docs not shorten
IN. time required Tor the lip'ona
or certificate but il tends 10 greater
accuracy and skin In the fewer sub
iects pursued. thus raising the
standard. All these th.ngc. aud
many more, the president and faculty
of the West Texas State Norr al Col
lege have thoroughly s,ldied aud
brought into existence in then man
agement o. q e school.
From Three To Five Times Ia.
crca e in Grain Sowings.
Randall county will increase res
pective grain sowing this year from
three to five times over those OF last
season, the grains Including milo
maize. kaffir corn. wheat. oats. mil
let seed, zane seed, Indian corn. rye
and barley
Manager Hicks Of tho Canyon Coal
and Elevator Co. estimates various
county grain acreas ,ois year as fol
lows:
Milo maize and kaifir corn. 25,-
900 acres: winter wheat, 10000
acres: oats. $4,000 acres; millet.
5000 acres and cane 5000 acres,
the wheat acreage 10 be- probably in
creased 5000 acres by spring wheat
sowing.
Indian corn, rye and barley acre
ages will De considerably swelled
this year, while some smmcc will be
planted. difficulty in %procurias seed
alone preventing a large acreage OF
this latter and Just being Introduced
grain
Alfalfa.
Tho county will have this year,
all told, about 1000 acres OF the ma
turally sub-irrigated alfalfa whose
heavy annual profit per acre has al
ready made Randall alfalfa famous
The judge Lair alfalfa farm VIII
harvest A. acres this season while
100 new acres will be sowa Tbs
county alfalfa lands yield 4 outlines
OF hay per season, with az average
of III tens per acre. which eau u
money yalle Of from Sc" to so per
acre. In combined hay al seed cul-
ture, Judge LARS alfalfa farm has
returned Ia one season Sli" per acre.
Flax.
Flax is to speedily deSelop into X
tended and Lucrative Randall county
acreage, different farmers sewing
this season an %aFgregat" OF about coo
bushels Of seed. N the ratio Of l-3
bnshel to the acre.
ID. l.. Hickcox. the enterprising pio-
neer OF the industry aad the cor ing
flax Ring or The count win himself
SOW this sear 100 flax acres. MIR
Hickcox had l25 acres In flax last
year in the courty, which ave aged
Is bushels of seed per acre and
brought him 80 per bW he ot S..',,
IN h%irvest value or a"ain, an err
axe # Sli rcr ale, 20 whicli yet
9sain. cen b. added a straw '~ase
value of SG or 81 Der acre. IT, t'e
News correspondent Mr.. Hickcoy s0 3
The ultimate worth ol Ran lG.l
county flax cul'urn will inClld" rs
II has in Nortkv estc'n America
states. the introduction of flax manu-
ia tiring with Is great ,ormercial
assets and heavy eaploye p2yrolis .
Az told. Randall COUNTY will cul;i-
vstc this year an app estimation OF
10000 acres OF grains.
County Cattle
The Increase for his year over
that Of las, ~ tie uumtcr of Ra ulail
county cattle is as emphasized as that
of the colnty's graii %acreages. II
being c~onscryatirely estimated that,
with YET TO be shipped In stock, this
spring Randall will be ahle 70 'pumt
10000 head OF cattle.
Nearly every roenty farmer 80 buy
.ng small punches OF catt e ~ 4 itic'-
patton 1f the coming sreat ieedstr.i
harvest OF this :all, W. O. n, eate-
men themselves viii lar ely m.rhc;
fattened steers tn cpn,ty se.d,nS
cut next season as block bccv,s, or
feeders, a. lease 10000 head
SilCs.
G.. O. Kciser, lre OF 'ie lar-cs at
tlemcn IN The county as already
three big silos and will tut 20 t,Ire
more this year. while perhapt all
told. a dozen more OF these trua.
stock @ta'tega-5 Will De p, up IN the
county this season. Mr.. Kei>er.
among other silo feeding uses. is now
~fatte1ing 100 head OF 'aivcs Oh en-
sliape.
Poultry.
Through the efforts )l the RAN
DAN County Poultry Association
with Canyon headquarters, the ,'W
~ poultry business is being rapidly
and profitably developed. Canyon sta
tion shippine last year $4,000 wCrt!i
of poultry and eggs With an alictdy
assurance Of increasing these Figures
this year TO $780, 00 The county az
lords an excellent turkey climate and
there Is a strong tendency among