Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-13

IN passing from territorial 10 stat,
government Il seems an appropriate
time 20 briefly review the work o
the experiment station since lls, ~
Sanitation. While Ia the heginninl
the field wan wholly uow and tn.
work Of Experimentation bat lltil.
understood even hy those uRdorta kini
V. stiil very valuable practical RESULT
were obtqined almost from tho start
Former systems and methods nave
been ruvolutionl2od and crop produc
ton. animal Industry. dairy husband
~, 0rchardlng. truck Eardcnlng an,
other special lines 81 farming hav,
been changed from haphuzard man.
Augment % definite sCientific meth
oda 81 handlinr both in production
and marketing. New ana more prof.
Stable crops have been introduced
creating new industries Better Vari.
ties have been DEVELOPED aud Ola
ones Improved. During the lifetlm,
Of the experiment station. ah0ml
twenty Years the agricultural re-
sources Of New Mexico have been do
vciopcd from a small beginning Ia
their present great importance and
very lareelS through the work ana
Initiative or the experiment station.
The uid-time methads 81 souding. haf-
Vestug aud handling crops have
Eraduatly given away 10 the moro
up-to-date Improved labor saving
methods. The small orchards and
truck gardens which depended wholly
on local markets have been largely
eupplunted BY larger commercial
projects. extending the markets TO
ihe great centers Of trade Of the
United states.
The station has given assistance IN
general 70 almost every locality 80
tine state and has bccomc source of
definite information on an lines OF
agriculture Not only farmers az the
state. but also SOME from other states.
sock assistance ln an the farm prob
IemH confronting them. more pafiicu-
larlg 81 cases where new irrigation
schcmel are 10 be developed. where
new crops are being introduced cor
where commercial orchards ANA gar
dcns are being planted. and also
where crop enemies such as insects
and plant diseases must a. conn
battcd.
Since the extension of agriculturo
In the state depended largely ON crop
production, one Of the first things
that confronted the station was to
make general study OF the soils
climate ANA general agricultural con-
ditiOns of tho whole state, through
the knowledge thus ohained thp Ia
stituilon has furnished 10 individuals.
companies ana communities advice
of great practical value go them ~
their work OF developing the agricul-
ese~
calltfce both under irrigation and dry
farming, ~ connection with the
above. the study OF aiknii ana the re-
claiming Of alkali lands hy a proper
system OF drainage and by reaching
have given sufficient information on
the subject % assist many farmers sn
rcclaiming portions Of their mnd sr
Ia preventing the accumulation Gf al
knn so such AN extent as 10 interfere
with crop production Through the
work In this line the feasibility of re-
claiming large areas Of aiknl land
has been practically demonstrated.
In some localities where alkal Is
found TO exist ia Injurious Quantities.
plans for putting la drainage systems
h0@c been furnished Or recommends
tons made IN regard 20 washing out
practicable.
An investigation of the possibilities
of pumping for irrigation aud Of the
movement 81 underground water IN
the Mesilla valley showed that there
a. an abundance Of water for irriga-
slon by pumping and that farmers
need have 40 fear Of cxhnusting the
supply even Though = pumping plant
be placed on every farm. This work
has also given an impetus 10 the inn
proyemeni 81 the mesa lands along
the iiiO 0ranle where uruharding
apd truck gardening promise "a be-
come Important Industries under the
pumping syStcm. Through the pin-
peer pumping Tor irrisRtidn started
rs the experiment station about ten
years ago determination uf q water
supply for irrigation hS pumping has
eStonded "a most Of the shallow wnior
aroos of tile state, and pumring plants
for irrigation have been established
wherever the river water supply m
either uncertain ur net available and
Wherever there Is q sufficient sUfpiy
at reasonable depth 10 make punlp-
ing practicable An the eytonslve
pumping propositions now In 0peru-
AANM W hitN "NftNA WV NMNN hAffftNHt'fN
a. the demonstration work done 10y
the experiment station in this line.
The station has bcen ronehing cut
and assisting more and more ~ spiv-
ms the chemical problems of the
farmer the merchant. the corporation
Rnd the general public Chemical
analysis have been made az soils from
almost every part Of the state 60 de-
tuFmlno il they contain any Kind %
saiia iniufions 10 plant growlh anti
nlsO 40 iearn ~ ali kinds % plnpt
FOOD tarc present N sufficient puanu-
ties for crop production. asld " nug'
so find out whnt kind 0f fertilizer
should l,o applied, the quantity need
ed per acre and the sources FROM
which u could BE- most economcal's
obtained.
Through cooperative work Win
farmers u has bern demonstrated that
the sugar beet Industry ia feasible IA
most parts Of the atRtc, ami u j. par-
ticulhrly well suited % the northern
portion. 1hh Investigation covered
4 a. u.