Deming graphic., 1913-10-03
THREE HUNDRED WERE
At FARMERS PICNIC
Drove In from Miles Around TO Hear
Talks by Expert Agricultur-
lists and Demonstrators.
ANNUAL CHAUTAU0UA is PLAN
ORGANIZATION Launched Which will be
Responsible for Securing
Talent for Next Year

Three hundred persons, mostly
farmers. attended the farmers pie.
me- last Wednesday al the Little
VINEYARD, farm. The farmers drove
in for miles around. many "t Ihru
with their lunches. and made a daN
of it. The speaking did not begin
mtil = o'clock in the afternoon. but
the Little Vineyards pumping plants,
Silo,. blooded stock and dairy. which
were being used III the regular course
of work on the big lOO-arrr farm CO..
Grated by Ralph {. Ely, were Inspect
ed with interest by the visitor, who
had come to learn all thai the "cro
sion promised
MANY INTERESTING SIGHTS
The four large lsO-ton ~il"~ ut the
farm were the center ot interest dur
ing the early hours. Two ut lhre,
,llu~ were built II year ago aud arr
of the concrete. aboyc-and -brloW
ground type. The tw" new ones, the
construction of which l.. Just brin.
completed. are all below ground and
are pIa~tcrrd with half inch ot rr.
mrnU. Our ut the Older ~llue wa be-
ing filled with green Indian r"lu
Wednesday. and the process ui cat
ting and filling was watched with
great interest. The dairy herd 81
forty Jersey and llnlsteln COWS, and
the manner Of turning their milk in
to rich. yellow butter, wa~ another
exhibition which was watched krrrIy.
The cement tloorrd milking barn and
the cement block milk house. wlth
it, equipment of churn, Bubrork lrN-
ter. milk scale aud heating boiler
were inspected. The Prrrhrruu hurr
t. imported from California were rX-
aminrd by the careful farmers Many
of the farmers brought the rholcr
products of their own fields. barn
yard and rurralf, and the wonder.
Of Mlmbre. Valley production wa
the mdrYel of the entire assembly.
THOSE WHO SPOKE
The speakers oi the afternoon
were: II. VI. Baincr. farm demon.
Nlratur for the Santa Fr with head
quarters at Amarillo, Texas; Mis-
Mancllr Myers. head of The depart
mrnl of industrial rducallol for New
Mexico with hcaduuartrr~ IN Santa
Fc; Fabian Garcia, head of the hor-
tIruIIural department of the New
Mexico College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts; II. II. Simpson, head
"i the department Of animal hn>
bandry Of the New Mexico College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts ;
and Il. e, E.lN. host and owner ui
The LATHE Vineyards farm. Al noon
The speakers were the guests of l."
j. Pntchrll of the Harvey hotel. W.
+, Holt. secretary of the chamber al
commerce, Clyde Earl Ely ot the
prmIng Graphic, and State Senator
I. }. lauehren were also in the par
".
THE SlLO
"Ihe foundation of the ,ilo l. the
beginning of success. said Prot.
Banner in opening his talk on "Slloa
and Sllo Crops" "Silo~ mean more
ualry COWS, more hogs. more chick
ems, more beef aud more money loI
The tlllrrS of the soil. You people
here have better home markets than
almost any other community with
winch | am acquainted, because ot
Tie non productive mining camps and
town, tributary to the Mimbrc- Val
ley' You get three, four or tive dol
larS more 10 the ton for your al
ialfa than other communities. bnI
The time will come when this great
valley will need another outlet fol
IT'S increased production. Even now
the sllo will mean more profits, but
Then, il will be necessity to youl
continued prosperity. Even now yo'
need feterita, kanr or milo maiz'
l" balance your ratons.
FETERITA Is BEST
"Felerita is new crop and is wei
worthy of consideration here /
taxes less time than the other sor
shnlns To mature. II planted carl'
III july, after wheat. it will malur
IN from sixty to seventy five days
u can, therefore. be- made To folloy
winter wheat. II has more s,arrI
ana larger kernel, and is II bette
crop to grow here than milo maiz
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